Backhoes are machines used for many different jobs at construction fields. Other types of heavy equipment can be replaced by backhoes. The relatively small-sized skid steer backhoe is a uniquely designed engineering vehicle that allows precise control.

Modern backhoes are operated by hydraulic pressure power. They are excavating equipment consisting of digging buckets on the end of articulated arms. Backhoes are typically mounted on the back of a tractor or front loader. However, a skid steer loader with such attachments mounted on the front is still called a skid steer backhoe.

A backhoe loader is also called a loader backhoe. The tractor, front shovel or bucket and small backhoe in the back make up the backhoe loader. It also has the backhoe in the back of the tractor. In building small houses or fixing roads, it performs such functions as digging earth, lifting heavy loads and dropping them in piles. Most suitable for digging holes and ditches, it is equipped with stabilizer legs to prevent from falling into the hole.

The versatile skid steer backhoe is common in urban engineering and small construction projects. The machine is very efficient and it saves a lot of time. Switching between two different pieces of equipment need not be done by the operator. A swivel seat that turns around a central point to face different directions is provided when the backhoe is permanently attached. There is a separate seat on the attachment itself when removable backhoe attachments are used.

It is mostly used for digging ditches with its backhoe, and them carrying out the dirt with the loader. Filling back the ditch with extracted dirt can be done by the loader afterwards.

Other than construction and small demolitions, the skid steer backhoe is an efficient vehicle for taking building materials from one place to another. It also works well in breaking asphalt and paving or making roads suitable for walking or driving on. It can do some smashing of concrete and rock by simply replacing the backhoe bucket with other tools or attachments.

There are loader buckets with bottoms that can be moved inwards or backwards for grading and scratching off sand. Other devices or tools can easily replace the bucket for performing other tasks.

Equipping the skid steer backhoe with a tool coupler allows it to mount different attachments. It consists of hydraulic powered expanding or retracting cylinders that allow different tool attachments.