FAQs

JCB's range of backhoe loaders includes: 

1CX

3CX Compact

3CX Compact Highways Master

3CX

4CX

5CX

Polemaster+

JCB is a family-owned business.

JCB's World Headquarters is based in Rocester, Staffordshire in the United Kingdom.

JCB was founded on October 23rd, 1945 by the late Joseph Cyril Bamford in a tiny lock-up garage in the Staffordshire market town of Uttoxeter in the UK.

There are 22 factories in total around the world that make all the different types of JCB machines, engines and attachments.

JCB stands for Joseph Cyril Bamford.

A vibratory roller has an eccentric vibrator shaft inside the drum that gets rotated when it moves. This produces a centrifugal force which makes the drum move and vibrate, causing vertical and horizontal vibrations which put dynamic loads on the soil. While the vertical vibrations cause the soil particles to rearrange and fill the voids, the horizontal vibrations increase the lateral movement of the soil, resulting in compaction depth.

Our JCB loader buckets are primarily designed for loading purposes. The JCB loader buckets include the front loader bucket, wheel loader bucket, and backhoe loader bucket. However, our 6-in-1 bucket range for backhoe loaders, Loadalls and skid steer loaders also comes with digging capabilities. 

This means the range is suitable for 6 applications, including dozing, loading, digging, grabbing, spreading and grading.

JCB machines are almost always yellow mainly for safety reasons. On a building site or quarry, you are more likely to see a machine which is yellow than any other colour. Some customers do prefer their own colour machines and the second most common JCB colour machines are green followed by red.

The JCB dealer network reaches across 120 countries and 2,000 different depots. So to answer the question, "is there a JCB dealer near me?" Absolutely. To find your nearest JCB dealer, just click here to use the JCB dealer locator. Simply select your country, the type of dealer you're looking for