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JCB has sold over 400,000 Backhoe Loader since we produced the first in 1953.
Over 14 million nuts and bolts
The Fastest BHL is the JCB GT has a top speed of 120mph with 7.4 liter 1000 hp engine
The amount of diesel a 3CX uses will depend on what it is doing during that hour. It could be driving on the road (what we term 'roading') or loading dumper trucks using it's front bucket or excavating ground with it's excavating arm. On average a 3CX will use 11 litres per hour of diesel when it is excavating ground, however this will depend on the type of ground (soft soil or hard, compacted soil) and how much machine is working during the hour.
It takes 2 days to assemble a JCB Backhoe Loader on our production line. Our factory is near Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, however we also build Backhoe Loaders in the USA, India, Brazil and China.
The initials 1CX, 2CX, 3CX, 4CX refer to different sizes of the Backhoe Loader, 1CX being the smallest and the 4CX being the biggest. However there are a few more differences between the 4 machines.
Micro Excavator is a small wonder from JCB. Small enough to fit through doorways, strong enough to do the work of ten men! The JCB micro excavator is a truly remarkable machine. It is remarkable not only for its size, but also for the fact that it is very powerful. Able to access areas that were previously out of reach, they can track through a standard 2ft 6in doorway.
Every year, the Backhoe Loader factory uses 60,000 tonnes of iron and steel - enough to build the Forth rail bridge. The Loadall factory uses 26,000 tonnes of sheet steel - equivalent to the weight of 107 jumbo jets.
At the end of 2007, JCB had produced 702,387 machines since 1954 (which is when our records start).
JCB headoffice is located in the countryside because of its company history. JCB was founded in 1945 by Joseph Cyril Bamford who lived near Uttoxeter. His first product was a tipping trailer and he produced these in a rented lock-up garage in Uttoxeter. In 1947 he moved to new premises in Crakemarsh Hall and took on his first full-time employees. The business grew and by 1950 it was producing the 'Major Loader' the fore-runner to the 'digger' you see today. In 1951, the company moved to the old Witshire United Dairies milk and cheese factory and former cattle market on the outskits of the village of Rocester. The site was renamed Lakeside Works and today this is where JCB has its global headqarters and has factories producing Telescopic Handlers and Backhoe Loaders.
There are many different JCB machines which do different jobs. For example, Excavators are great at digging and also at demolishing buildings, Wheeled Loaders are strong machines specifically designed to collect material and load it into Dumper Trucks. Loadalls are experts at lifting heavy loads and the Backhoe Loader is famous for its versitility, i.e being able to do many different types of job. Each type of machine has different models, usually because we produce different sized machines, some small enough to drive inside a house to those big machines needed for heavy duty work in quarries or on big building sites. You will find more information about the different types of JCB machine in the Information section of the JCBexplore website.
Torquelock engages in top gears, eliminating torque converter slippage. This means that when it is engaged, Torquelock reduced fuel consumption and decreases travel time. Torquelock is the world's first fully automated lock-up torque converter and comes as an option on powershift and autoshift transmissions.
The maximum speed of the 3CX model is 21.6 miles per hour.
The cost of running a JCB Backhoe Loader depends on how you use the JCB machine. Different parts will wear at different rates and the fuel consumption will vary on how much the machine is used. For example it is is used everyday on a building site, excavating and also clearing rubble, then it will use a lot of diesel and both the bucket and scoop will be used, meaning at some point they will need replacing as the teeth wear out. I have spoken to the Backhoe Loader senior engineer and he informs me that each machine needs servicing at regular intervals. The oil and the oil filter needs changing every 500 hours of use. The fuel filter is changed every 1000 hours of use. Therefore the more you use a machine, the more often it will need to be serviced, adding to the cost of running it.
Mr JCB (Joseph Cyril Bamford) died in 2001 in London aged 84 years old.
CAT was the first company to have yellow machines. JCB machines were initially blue and red, before they too became yellow. This was mainly because the colour yellow had become associated with safety on a building site. The reason for this is that you are much more likely to notice a yellow machine or object in your periphery vision ( by that I mean what you see out of the corner of your eye,) than any other colour. Nowadays most construction machines are yellow for safety reasons.
We produce many different machines. Here are some examples of what different ones weigh:
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