backhoe

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Festival-goers can compete for the title of best welder, crane operator or backhoe loader -- or be crowned the "Oildorado Queen."

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

On Friday, a gray and red backhoe moved piles of trash and other items into a large blue dumpster.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

“Not a backhoe, cement truck or crane within miles,” Chris Book, the institute’s administrative director, said.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2023

They trucked in 500 cubic meters of sand and spent weeks with a bulldozer and backhoe sculpting a beach and dune to look like shores along the northeastern United States.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 15, 2023

Dropping the rock that he’d been carrying for protection, Curly dashed to the next machine in line, a backhoe.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen