Backhoe The founder of the JCB company, Joseph Cyril Bamford, holds the honour of being the only non-American in the U.S. construction industry's hall of fame. The American company Hy-Dynamic, a division of Bucyrus-Erie, introduced the second purpose-built American-made backhoe loader in 1959, the Dynahoe Model A. It offered a 14,000 lb. operating weight, 14-foot dig depth, and was powered by either a 65 hp Continental flat-head "Red Seal" 6-cylinder gasoline engine, or starting in 1961, a Detroit Diesel 353 diesel engine. The gasoline engine was phased out in 1964, with only diesel-powered units produced from that point on. The company
Rear-eject haul truck bodies The truck can also be driven while dumping is in progress; this reduces subsequent time and effort spent on grading the dumped material. Rear-ejects are typically better suited to completely eject sticky material, preventing "carry-back." A rear-eject truck can deliver a load in an area with a low overhead barrier. Rear-eject haul truck bodies Rear-Eject Haul Truck Bodies are an alternative haul truck body style developed for quarry, road-building, steel mill, landfill and underground mining applications. Instead of lifting the bed vertically, the hydraulic cylinder pushes a ram-face horizontally through the body to eject the hauled load. Rear-eject dump vehicles