JCB, the creator and world’s number one manufacturer of the backhoe loader, recently celebrating production of the one millionth machine. As reported in last month's Farmer, centenarian Ken ...

Centenarian Ken Harrison was today a guest of honour at celebrations to mark the production of JCB’s one millionth backhoe loader as the last known survivor of the original team that built the ...

The first JCB backhoe rolled off the production line in Rocester, Staffordshire in 1953. Called the Mark One, it brought the new wonder of hydraulic power to construction equipment for the first time.