Marion Steam Shovel introduced the 4160 4-yard mine and quarry loading shovel in 1927. It was the first crawler mounted, fully revolving shovel designed specifically for this type of work; until this ...

Apart from enormous silage operations and vast grain storage units, pivoting, fixed-reach loading shovels have never made huge waves in the agricultural sector and the telehandler remains the machine ...

Officially launched at Paris’ Sima show in February, JCB’s 419S loading shovel is now rolling down the firm’s Staffordshire production lines. As the main middleweight model in the company’s ag-spec ...