An excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth

A backhoe loader, also called a loader backhoe, loader excavator, tractor excavator, digger or colloquially shortened to backhoe within the industry, is a heavy equipment vehicle that consists of a tractor-like unit fitted with a loader-style shovel/bucket on the front and a backhoe on the back.

To excavate using such equipment.