Greg Worley, Caterpillar, provides detailed instructions for backhoe-loader walkarounds. “You start a walkaround visual inspection from the bucket on the left hand side of the machine,” he says. “Look ...

While backhoe loaders have many of the same maintenance requirements as any machine with a diesel engine, there are unique maintenance demands. The backhoe is the working end of the machine and ...

The backhoe loader has a material-handling bucket at the front and an excavating tool (backhoe) at the rear. Most use two large wheels at the rear of the chassis to power the vehicle, and two smaller ...