MARAWI CITY—Jelbin Darantinao maneuvers the backhoe into position on a site marked for digging—not for canals or road projects that he had been doing for 12 years for the Lanao del Sur provincial ...

Backhoe-loaders have been a time-honored tradition on construction sites for many years. But with the introduction of specialized equipment for digging and a greater diversity of attachments for ...

The backhoe loader has a material-handling bucket at the front and an excavating tool (backhoe) at the rear. Most use two large wheels at the rear of the chassis to power the vehicle, and two smaller ...

BASALT — A backhoe pinned its operator in freezing water Wednesday morning after its outriggers gave way and it slid into an irrigation ditch here. The backhoe operator, whose name was not released, ...

The XT1600 excavator/tool carrier is a triple threat, says Ditch Witch, because it is designed to perform the work of three machines: a backhoe-loader, mini-excavator and compact track loader. The ...