A backhoe operator in middle Tennessee was saved on Tuesday after a pit of rocks and dirt he was digging collapsed and buried him alive for almost half a day, officials said. Firefighters responded ...

MAURY COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — David Golden remembers the day in great detail. It was around 11 a.m. in mid-March when the 54-year-old father of six and grandfather of two was working in a pit in ...

Most families groan when orange cones and blinking lights indicate construction detours. Not Lori Alexander’s family. Alexander, the 42-year-old mother of two, wrote the new picture book “Backhoe Joe” ...

Industrial equipment — skid-steer loaders, wheel loaders, excavators and backhoes — has become agriculture’s mechanical equivalent of a utility player. Planters, combines and sprayers are ...

The backhoe loader has a material-handling bucket at the front and an excavating tool (backhoe) at the rear. Most use two large wheels at the rear of the chassis to power the vehicle, and two smaller ...