JCB celebrates one million backhoe milestone

Posted on 30 Jan 2025 by James Devonshire
Company: JCB
JCB Chairman Lord Bamford with the company's one millionth backhoe loader. Image credit: JCB.
JCB Chairman Lord Bamford with the company's one millionth Backhoe Loader. Image credit: JCB.
JCB is celebrating a major machine milestone with the production of its one millionth Backhoe Loader. The first JCB Backhoe rolled off the production line in Rocester, Staffordshire in 1953. Called the Mark One, it brought the new wonder of hydraulic power to construction equipment for the first time. In the first full year of…

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