![]() ![]() The product developed rapidly, with the launch of the Hyddra-Digga in 1956. The company's first backhoe was the JCB Mark I and the concept quite literally went on to change the shape of the world, mechanising many jobs which had previously been done by hand. It remains the biggest selling machine of its kind in the world and has been for 19 consecutive years. The company now manufactures backhoe loaders in the UK, India, Brazil and the USA.Ĭurrent JCB Chairman Anthony Bamford is the son of founder Joseph and is estimated to have a net worth of €3.8bn.ĭespite its maturity, the backhoe loader remains hugely popular in terms of global construction and plant equipment sales. In fact, it would go on to take more than 20 years for the first 50,000 to be made. In its first full year of production in 1954, just 35 were produced. We may not think twice about them nowadays if passing one on the road or watching it work in a field, but back then, these most dexterous and versatile machines must have been a sight to behold. Customers were amazed at the hydraulic strength of JCB's early backhoes from the 1960s ![]()
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