[
UK
/bˈækhəʊ/
]
[ US /ˈbækˌhoʊ/ ]
[ US /ˈbækˌhoʊ/ ]
NOUN
- an excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth
How To Use backhoe In A Sentence
- He mounts it on a Cat 350 excavator or a backhoe, and he most often fits it with shear blades.
- According to the audit, the city's fleet has about 461 units of "rolling stock," which includes transport vehicles, public safety vehicles and heavy machines such as loaders and backhoes. PaloAltoOnline.com
- We threaded rope through the tarp grommets and tied it to the backhoe and pulled him to the barn. Arcane Circle
- Earth movers, excavators, backhoes, and bulldozers rely on hydraulic fluids to lift, move, scrape, and dig.
- On any construction site you see hydraulically-operated machinery in the form of bulldozers, backhoes, shovels, loaders, fork lifts and cranes.
- It is designed specifically for fueling excavators, backhoes, and other diesel-engine vehicles in the field without spillage.
- Its most popular segmented tire is used for grading and excavation work mounted on skid-steer loaders, backhoe loaders, tool carriers, wheel loaders, or trenchers.
- Noise ordinances in cities and other sensitive areas are leading to quieter hydraulic breakers and demolition attachments for excavator and tractor-loader backhoes.
- For most of yesterday morning, more than 20 blind and vision-impaired people remained trapped in the building, surrounded by trucks, backhoes and excavators.
- Up ahead, Larry pointed to a backhoe chugging away, and I slowed.