backhoe loader
English
Alternative forms
- backhoe-loader
Etymology
backhoe + loader. From being a combination tractor vehicle with a back-end digger unit and a front-end loader unit.
Noun
backhoe loader (plural backhoe loaders)
- A type of heavy equipment, a wheeled tractor unit with an excavator arm on the back and a payloader attachment on the front, and usually having hydraulic outrigger arms for stabilization. Such tractors frequently have the excavator bucket replaced by other attachments such as a jackhammer, and may have forklift forks replacing the loader bucket attachment.
Synonyms
- loader excavator
Coordinate terms
- backhoe
- bobcat
- construction equipment
- digger
- earthmover
- earthmoving equipment
- endloader
- excavator
- front-end loader
- front loader
- heavy construction equipment
- heavy equipment
- loader
- payloader
- skidsteer
- tractor
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