Escorts launched the first Backhoe Loader in India about three decades back as a machine for excavation and loading of good earth. Slowly but steadily it found traction in the market as it got deployed for multiple applications. The acceptance led to major market growth and soon it became the largest selling product across the board in material handling, earthmoving and road construction equipment.
Even today Backhoe Loader is the leader in the construction equipment industry. In the year 2011-12, more than 30,000 units got sold. No surprise that all the leading Global players are in the fray. Escorts Backhoe Loader Digmax II has found acceptance and being appreciated for the hardware as also performance.
With the passage of time Backhoe Loaders were deployed on hard and abrasive strata but the performance has left a lot to be desired. Escorts worked around the desired deliverables on such applications. The backhoe Loader designed for this purpose in particular is JUNGLI.
JUNGLI is a 76 hp, 4-wheel drive machine with specially designed bucket made out of special steel with hard faced stiffner plates and hardox side cutting blade material for cutting into hard strata. The loader is a heavy duty structure fabricated out of high tensile steel.  The dump height and ground reach are better than the competition. The loader bucket capacity in the backhoe bucket capacity is higher than the completion. The bucket break out forces and loader arm break out forces are much higher than the competition. Higher productivity coupled with better fuel efficiency verses the competition reduces the operation cost to make it the best in class.
The 4-wheel drive makes it versatile for all types of underfoot conditions. The engine is turbocharged with an inline fuel pump. The machine has caught the fancy of the customers with an eye catching colour that is combat colour of a battle tank. It goes with the brute look which is the way it has been positioned in the market. n
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Rajinder Raina, GM – Marketing, Escorts Construction Equipment Ltd