Backhoe

Many heavy-equipment companies manufacturing for the construction industry produce backhoes. These days hydraulic backhoes are used most often, as they provide more power than the old-fashioned ones. Some of the major companies that are well-known for their backhoes are Michelin, Ausa, Racoon, Sandvik, Huddig, Caterpillar, Hydrema, Komatsu, Bell, JCB, Sinoway and many others.Backhoes are used all over the world in the construction industry. Backhoes are also known as JCBs in the UK because it has become a generalised trademark for the tool in the country. It was first invented in the USA by Vaino J. Holopainen in 1947, and was patented by the Wain-Roy company. Vaino J. Holopainen was even known as Mr. Backhoe! Since then, backhoes have been manufactured by many different companies as an integral part of any construction site, and have been used the world over for excavations or digging on construction sites.