backhoe loader

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Noun

1. A type of {{l|en|heavy equipment}}, a wheeled {{l|en|tractor}} unit with an {{l|en|excavator}} arm on the back and a {{l|en|payloader}} attachment on the front, and usually having hydraulic outrigger arms for stabilization. Such tractors frequently have the excavator bucket replaced by other attachments such as a {{l|en|jackhammer}}, and may have {{l|en|forklift}} forks replacing the loader bucket attachment.

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