How Do Backhoes Work?
I get asked this quite a lot, so I thought I'd put up a rough guide to how backhoes work. Even though I couldn't give a detailed set of instructions for every different make and model of backhoe, I can sure outline the basic movements and how the controls work on most backhoes.
Firstly, when we talk about backhoes, we sometimes mean the backhoe part, which is the digging arm and the bucket, or we can mean the whole machine. The whole machine is often called a backhoe loader.
Now that might get confusing, so for the purposes of this article, I'll just focus on the backhoe part. If you want further information on the loader then leave a comment or shoot me an email and I'll put something together about that too. Read all of How Do Backhoes Work? →
Hi there. My name is Buddy and I built this site so I can share some of my experiences and talk about backhoes with like minded people. Please leave a comment if you get a chance.