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SANY's backhoe loaders

Dealing with groundwork, we cannot avoid seeing those big digging machines in different colors - whether it be yellow, orange, or else. These machines are called "Backhoe". In Thai, the name has been creating confusion. There are many names for the word backhoe - makko, รถขุด (rot kuud), etc. which one might ask: How is it actually called?

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The word backhoe is an English word that is combined with two words which are back and hoe. Together, the word, therefore, means "A machine that can dig/excavate from behind

The official way to call a backhoe is a backhoe loader. Officially in Thai, one could call it รถตักหน้าขุดหลัง (rot tak na khud lang) or shortly "backhoe", just like in English.

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