JCB is a family business named after its founder J.C.Bamford, producing distinctive yellow-and-black engineering vehicles, diggers ("Backhoes") and excavators. In the UK, the word "JCB" is synonymous with any such type of engineering vehicle, although it is still treated as a trademark. Joseph Cyril Bamford, born 1916, CBE (died 2001) was the founder of the JCB company, manufacturing heavy plant. ... Picture 1:Backhoe used for work on the street Picture 2:Skid loader with bucket replaced by backhoe attachment A backhoe, also called a rear actor or back actor, is a piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket on the end of an articulated arm (also called a... A tracked excavator by Daewoo. ...

Company

The company was founded in October 1945 in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England and is today headquartered at Rocester. Other UK factories are at Cheadle, Uttoxeter, Rugeley, Wrexham and Foston. JCB also has factories in India at Ballabgarh(Harayna) and Pune, United States at Pooler, Georgia and Brazil at Sao Paulo. In 2005 JCB purchased its first company since 1968 when it bought Vibromax (a German compaction equipment company), and it has just opened a new factory in China at Pudong close to Shanghai. Map sources for Uttoxeter at grid reference SK0933 Uttoxeter is a market town in East Staffordshire, in the Midlands of England. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st... Rocester is a village and civil parish in the East Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England, about four miles north of Uttoxeter, and close to the county border with Derbyshire. ... Rugeley, historically known as Rudgeley, is a market town in the county of Staffordshire, England. ... Wrexham (Welsh: Wrecsam) is an industrial town in north-east Wales. ... Pune (पुणे in Marathi), formerly known as Punavadi and Poona (पूना) by the British, is a city located in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. ... Pooler is a city located in Chatham County, Georgia. ... This article is about the Brazilian state, São Paulo. ... Shanghai (Chinese: 上海 pinyin: (help· info); Shanghainese: Zanhe ), situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta, is Chinas largest city. ...

The first vehicle that Joseph Cyril Bamford made was a farm cart made from war-surplus materials.

Vehicles

JCB backhoe excavator at Northampton & Lamport Railway.

Restored JCB 3C MkII.

Most of the vehicles produced are some variant of the backhoe, with variations including Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2860x1520, 1253 KB)J. C. Bamford backhoe excavator at Northampton & Lamport Railway. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2860x1520, 1253 KB)J. C. Bamford backhoe excavator at Northampton & Lamport Railway. ... Steam Locomotive 7646 Northampton officially named by the Mayor of Northampton The Northampton & Lamport Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway in Northamptonshire England, and is based at Pitsford and Brampton station, roughly 5 miles (8 km) north of Northampton. ... Image File history File linksMetadata S2300039. ... Image File history File linksMetadata S2300039. ...

• Tracked or wheeled vehicles
• Mini and large versions (but not the "ridiculously large" mining vehicles sometimes associated with CAT)
• Variations for carrying and moving items, for example the fork lift vehicles, and telescopic forklifts for moving materials to the upper floors of a building site.

A Tracked vehicle is a vehicle that runs on its own tracks rather than on wheels. ... A driving wheel on a steam locomotive. ... Caterpillar Inc. ... A forklift that is extended halfway. ...

Tractors

JCB made its name in the tractor world by producing one of the first such machines to feature proper suspension and capable of travelling at speed on roads. (previously, suspension was difficult because of the fixed-height connections required to farm machinery, and tractors were notoriously slow on the roads). Agricultural machinery is one of the most revolutionary and impactful applications of modern technology. ...

JCB called this machine the "FasTrac", and it was featured on Tomorrow's World when it first appeared. Tomorrows World was a long-running BBC television series, showcasing new (and often wacky) developments in the world of science and technology. ...

JCB display team

To demonstrate the versatility of the backhoe configuration, JCB set up a display team (JCB Dancing Diggers) to tour agricultural shows and produce videos, showing some of the unusual ways in which such vehicles could support themselves or manoeuvre. For example, it is quite common for drivers to support the vehicle on both scoops, either for turning on the spot without damaging ground, or for spinning the tracks in a puddle to clean them. The display team expanded this concept into a sort of vehicle gymnastics. A Tracked vehicle is a vehicle that runs on its own tracks rather than on wheels. ...

Use in modelling

The Lego Technic range featured a scale-model of the JCB backhoe (Set 8862), complete with working hydraulics systems (simulated using pneumatics) and many other features of the original. See [1] for some other designs. Lego Group logo The classic red 2x4 Lego brick. ... Tractor made using Lego Technic components. ... Pneumatics, from the Greek πνευματικός (pneumatikos, coming from the wind) is the use of pressurized air in science and technology. ...

Brand Licensing

Owing to its image as making large strong powerful equipment, the firm JCB has also lent its name to a line of Consumer Power Tools, manufactured under license by Alba (electronics) PLC. Alba PLC is a consumer electronics company in the United Kingdom. ...

Humour

The cutting of network cables during road repairs is now so common, that network engineers often refer to "backhoe fade" as an inevitable cause of communications problems. A computer network is a system for communication between computers. ...

Hence the joke: "A network engineer always carries a short length of Cat 5 cable with him. If he ever gets lost in the wilderness, he simply buries that cable, waits, and asks the backhoe operator for directions." Category 5 cable, commonly known as Cat 5, is an unshielded twisted pair type cable designed for high signal integrity. ...

Popular culture

JCB is gaining international notoriety of sorts after being prominently featured in the song "JCB" by the music group Nizlopi, which has achieved UK Number One status. The song is about a boy who accompanies his father to work for the day. JCB (or The JCB Song) is the second single from Nizlopis first album Half These Songs Are About You. ... Nizlopi are a two piece band: Luke Concannon (guitar and vocals) and John Parker (double bass affectionately named Stephanie, human beatbox and vocals). ... This is a list of the number one hits in the UK Singles Chart, from its inception in 1952 to the present. ...

External links

• Company website