Despite taking a serious hit in sales during the economic downturn in recent years, and despite having its job-site presence challenged by the likes of mini-excavators, large skid steer loaders, and ...

Bruce Conn sat in his car and watched as two large backhoes tore through the exterior walls of Universal Mall in Warren, sending bricks and beams tumbling. “This has been an eyesore a long time,” said ...

Safe lifting with a backhoe, or any machine, starts with knowing the weight of your load and the capacity of the machine. But if all you have is a backhoe’s maximum rated lift capacity, you really ...

A section of Uhler Road in Forks Township was shut down for more than six hours Wednesday after a large backhoe being pulled by a dump truck broke loose and flipped onto the road. Forks Police Chief ...

Likely under the cloak of darkness, in July, someone attempted to sabotage the construction of Energy Transfer's Rover 42-inch pipeline by pouring dirt, sand and gravel into the gas tanks of three ...

TAMARAC — Thieves drove up to a construction site in the 8100 block of North University Drive and loaded a $40,000 backhoe onto a trailer on Aug. 25 or 26, police said.

A backhoe stolen from a Leamington worksite was used to break into a fenced-in compound and steal a large spool of industrial wire in Lakeshore over the weekend. Leamington OPP said the 2003 John ...