We showcase the revival of an old Ford 555 loader backhoe that had been sitting for many years due to a leaking hydraulic pump. The backhoe is dragged out from the weeds, loaded onto a trailer, and ...

The modern backhoe-loader traces its lineage to a hydraulic digging attachment developed in the late 1940s. Lee Horton and Dave Willens, co-authors of Wain-Roy and the Invention of the Backhoe ...