Editing Backhoe (section)

==History==
[[File:FIRST BACKHOE.tif|thumb|Wain-Roy Backhoe mounted to a Ford tractor 1948|left]]
[[File:T1Patent.png|thumb|Terramite T1 US Patent# 3362548A]]

The backhoe swing frame was invented in 1947 by Vaino (pronounced "Waino") J. Holopainen and Roy E. Handy Jr. The swing frame "allowed the hydraulic digging arm to swing to the side to dump the bucket under US patent # 2,698,697".<ref name="forgotten">{{Cite web |url=https://www.equipmentworld.com/book-claims-inventors-created-backhoe/|title=These are the forgotten inventors of the backhoe, new book claims|date=6 July 2018|publisher=Equipment World|access-date=2019-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Wain-Roy and the invention of the backhoe as told in 1991 |website = [[YouTube]]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xZOD1yOfys|language=en|access-date=2020-02-05}}</ref> In April 1948 Wain-Roy Corporation sold the first hydraulic backhoe, mounted to a Ford Model 8N tractor, to the Connecticut Light and Power Company for $705.<ref name="forgotten" />  

The first tractor-loader backhoe was a Wain-Roy backhoe mounted to a Frank G. Hough model "HE" in 1952 in Holden, Massachusetts, US, for the Holden Water Department. The F.G. Hough Company was a subsidiary of the International Harvester Company. By early 1954, two Hough "Payloader" model wheel loaders, the HE and the HF, were available with Wain-Roy backhoes. In 1954 the Wain-Roy Corporation negotiated a deal with IH for the Hough TLB full-scale production on several other models of Hough loaders.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.digrock.com/original-backhoe-2/|title=Wain-Roy and the Invention of the Backhoe|last=Horton|first=Lee|date=2018|publisher=www.digrock.com|access-date=2020-02-05}}</ref>

In the same year, [[J. C. Bamford|JCB]] launched the first European hydraulic loader, followed by a backhoe with a 180° slew, fitted to a tractor, in 1953. In 1957, [[Case Construction Equipment|Case]] developed the first integrated tractor backhoe loader at the [[CNH Industrial|Case New Holland]] plant in [[Burlington, Iowa]], helping contractors complete their work more efficiently.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/30/integrated-tractor-backhoe-has-roots-in-southeast-/|title=Integrated tractor backhoe has roots in southeast Iowa|website=The Washington Times|access-date=2024-11-09}}</ref>

JCB introduced the first dedicated backhoe loader, incorporating the excavator and the major loader in a single, all-purpose tool.<ref name="obit">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,446404,00.html |title=Obituary: Joseph Bamford &#124; News |work=The Guardian |date= 2001-03-05|access-date=2009-09-15 | location=London | first=David | last=Phillips}}</ref>

In 1960, Vaino Holopainen was introduced as "Mr. Backhoe" to Henry Ford II. <ref name=":0" /> Wain-Roy continued to produce them for Ford until 1963, when Ford started making their own. Wain-Roy Corporation later bought the AC Anderson Company.<ref name=":0" /> Although the Wain-Roy Corporation no longer exists, the Wain-Roy product line of backhoe attachments and couplers is still available through the Woods Equipment Company of Rockford, Illinois, US.<ref>{{cite web |title=Backhoe Loaders: History, Types, Pricing, Uses, Where To Buy/Sell |url=https://www.boomandbucket.com/blog/backhoe-loaders-the-ultimate-guide-for-buyers-and-operators |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref> In 1965, Kelly G. Cunningham used the 7.6 [[Gravely Tractor]] to create the Terramite Model 1 compact backhoe, known as the T1.<ref>''T7 Operators Handbook, Maintenance, Service & Parts Manual'', Terramite Construction Equipment, published 3/2007</ref>

Because of the long-time predominance of the [[J. C. Bamford|JCB]] marque in the United Kingdom and Ireland, it has become a [[genericized trademark]] there, and backhoe-equipped diggers are commonly called ''JCBs'', while the term "backhoe" as an excavator component is almost unknown to the general public in this context. The founder of the JCB company, [[Joseph Cyril Bamford]], is the only Briton to be honored in the [[Association of Equipment Manufacturers]] Hall of Fame.<ref name="obit" />

Backhoe sales in the United States have decreased in recent years due to advances in other technologies, like the compact [[Tracked loader|track loader]] and compact [[excavator]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lovely |first=Lori |date=2023-02-07 |title=Category Evolution: While Sales Have Shrunk, Backhoe Loaders Are Still a Classic in Many Markets |url=https://compactequip.com/backhoes/while-sales-have-shrunk-the-backhoe-loader-is-still-a-classic-in-many-markets/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=Compact Equipment Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>