JCB is celebrating 60 years of its iconic backhoe loader. The world’s first backhoe rolled off the British firm’s assembly line back in 1953, making 2013 the machine’s diamond anniversary. Its concept ...

JCB celebrated a unique milestone as its 750,000th backhoe-loader rolled off the production line in Rocester, Staffordshire – the very location where the first JCB backhoe was manufactured almost 70 ...

STAFFORDSHIRE excavator manufacturer JCB has marked the 60th anniversary of its iconic backhoe machine. Company founder Joseph Cyril Bamford invented the concept of the backhoe and the first JCB model ...

The machine, pioneered by the company's founder Joseph Cyril Bamford more than 50 years ago, was judged to be the number one digger by a panel of experts on The Greatest Ever, a television series ...

“Many times, people say that the backhoe-loader market is a declining market – it’s shrinking, backhoes are going away. And that’s not true,” says Diego Butzke, product manager, JCB. While he ...

JCB is celebrating a major machine milestone with the production of its one millionth Backhoe Loader. The first JCB Backhoe rolled off the production line in Rocester, Staffordshire in 1953. Called ...

JCB has passed the production milestone of 500,000 backhoe loaders, with its half-millionth machine a 5CX destined for a customer in Russia. JCB’s founder, Joseph Cyril Bamford, invented the backhoe ...

And, to make it an even more special day, the team welcomed retired JCB welder Ken Harrison, aged 100, to join in the celebrations. The first JCB backhoe rolled off the production line in Rocester, ...