CASE Construction Equipment is making numerous updates to its N Series backhoe loaders, including new industry-exclusive PowerBoost functionality, a new PowerDrive transmission upgrade with Direct ...

New E-Series backhoe-loader is the first to offer a factory-installed hydraulic thumb, Caterpillar says. New flow-sharing hydraulic valves provide proportional hydraulic flow to all implements and ...

The new Caterpillar 420E, with a Tier-II-compliant 3054C DIT diesel engine rated at 89 net horsepower, uses modified transmission and rear-axle ratios to increase travel speed to 25 mph (up from 20.4 ...

The modern backhoe-loader traces its lineage to a hydraulic digging attachment developed in the late 1940s Some basic concepts that still survive today were developed during this same time period.