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Operators planning to use a VSO to tow trailers should contact their insurers and advise they are doing so. JCB cannot comment on what the insurers may or may not do regarding insurance premiums. 

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This varies depending on the model of mini digger within JCB’s range, JCB’s smallest mini digger the JCB 8008 CTS micro excavator has a maximum dig depth of 1.69m, whereas the largest model, the JCB 100C-2 midi excavator has a maximum dig depth of 5.09m. Find the right machine for you by looking at our full range of mini excavators here – you can even filter by different specifications, such as maximum dig depth.

A grain shovel is just that – a shovel for grain, feed, and fertiliser. However, a JCB grain shovel comes as an attachment for agricultural machinery to enable hands free shovelling for up to a massive 5.8m³ of grain at a time. This new generation of JCB grain shovels have a greater focus on strength and durability, making them an extremely robust agricultural attachment.

JCB's backhoe loader is a type of excavator loader with a loader on the front and a backhoe on the rear of the machine.

This makes it ideal for a range of applications, such as loading, excavating, and earthmoving. It can carry out the latter across construction, highways, landscaping, and agriculture, with a variety of attachments that are used for carrying out specialised applications such as loading, digging, dozing, drilling, grading, grabbing, spreading, breaking and sweeping.

A backhoe loader is a type of excavator with a loader-style shovel on the front and a backhoe on the back, with the ability to be driven on and off road at high speed.

Essentially a tractor with two attachments, the "backhoe" (as it's known in the industry) is a versatile piece of equipment that can carry out fast and effective loading, roading, and excavating.

There are a number of JCB backhoe attachments available which include: 6-in-1 shovel, buckets, earth drills, compactors, breakers, sweepers, snow blowers, forks and patch planers. Find out more here.

The JCB 1CX is the World's first skid steer backhoe and the smallest backhoe loader that JCB produces. At 3.57m in length, 1.8m wide, and 2.38m tall, it is a powerful and versatile machine.

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