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The Difference Between JCB and Backhoe

12/13/2018 4:05 AM

Dear sirs,

In construction works, JCB and Backhoe are used. While both appears to have a bucket attached to the arm and body - and a long arm with additional loader (for soil levelling etc).

What is the basic difference between them? Is JCB the name of machine or is it a name of manufacturer?

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12/13/2018 4:41 AM

JCB is name of manufacturer, used as a generic term for the machine in the UK.
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12/13/2018 5:03 AM

As Del says, JCB is a company, stands for Joseph Cyril Bamford, main works at Rocester, Staffordshire, UK. Started out making farm machinery, I remember as a kid using Bamford hay rakes.

Backhoe is the word for that attachment, but anybody can make it. That's the official term, but everybody in UK with any involvement in construction calls it a backacter.

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12/13/2018 6:47 AM

Joseph Cyril Bamford.

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