Compact tractor-loader-backhoes (compact TLBs) used to be thought of as toys when compared with the big iron on jobsites of days gone by. Today, however, they are taken more than seriously by seasoned ...

Wheel loaders started out in the 1920s as small-capacity farm tractors with bucket attachments on the front. Next came larger four-wheel-drive models designed from the ground up as productive loaders, ...

Kubota expected approximately 4,000 dealer personnel at its National Dealer Meeting in Atlanta, Oct. 11-16, where the company introduced a number of new products, including two new ...

Two key factors determine how fast a properly sized wheel loader can load trucks—the trucks' position relative to loading face, and how well the operator fills the bucket with each pass. Construction ...

Tractor loaders, wheeled loaders and telehandlers of all sizes, from ultra-compact to ultra-heavyweight, have become indispensable providers of muscle for contractors and farms large and small. The ...

It wasn’t that long ago that the idea of fitting a loader to a tractor with more than 100hp under the hood seemed a little silly. But as tractors got bigger and loaders got better, the average has ...