Talk:Backhoe loader

JCB
As I remember them the first JCB's I saw were built on a Fordson Model F's which were the ubiquitous farm tractor post WWII 81.132.114.109 (talk) 15:24, 10 March 2008 (UTC)


 * JCB did not invent the backhoe, Joe Bamford, bought one that he saw in Norway and then adapted and refined the idea and went on to create the modern integrated design that sold so well, the early versions were tractor mounted implements. See "50 golden years of JCB" published by Construction news 1n 1995 for the anniversary of the founding of JCB (written for JCB).
 * BulldozerD11 (talk) 16:10, 14 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Fordson Major, not an F. These were used from 1953-1960, when the first complete JCB vehicles were produced. The power for the hydraulics needed more engine power. The F was pretty obsolete by the start of the '50s. Still plenty in use, but many features were technically far behind. Andy Dingley (talk) 23:13, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

The backhoe was invented in Hubbardston Massachusetts in 1948
Waino Holopainen and Roy Handy invented the hydraulic backhoe. The first commercial model was delivered to Connecticut Light and Power in 1948, and is currently stored in Hubbardston Massachusetts where it was built. It is well documented in the Hubbardston Historical Society. The company that Holopainen and Handy created was Wain-Roy which is a subsidiary of Woods Equipment Company today. The early models of their backhoe attachment were marketed under the name "Sherman Power Digger".

Glenn Capone Former Woods Equipment Company Employee 66.202.86.8 (talk) 15:29, 10 November 2011 (UTC)