Customer Reviews

ROADMAX Loader Backhoe

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My 4 year old son got this toy for Christmas, and has not stopped playing with it since. It is very durable and has very bright colors. I have not seen another tractor colored like this before. He and his twin brother love scooping up dirt with it. This would be a terrific toy for any little boy who loves tractors!!

Our 17mo son loves this thing. He's infatuated with excavators ("Dump!" "DUMP!"), and this backhoe fits the bill with its authentic digger articulation. We tried another that was more of a front-loader, but he rejected it as it did not have the Proper Scooping and Dumping Action he required. Our fault, duh. This one has very realistic excavator movement on the rear digger.

The design is realistic, and well done. It's plastic, and doesn't feel very tough, but it has proven durable so far. It gets unceremoniously dragged around by its backhoe bucket, has been trashed at the beach, etc, and it's holding up just fine. It's not old-steel-tonka-tough, but it's ok.

The front bucket moves up and down and pivots forward to dump. Both buckets will stay up, to drive around with something in them. An important feature.

The tires are soft RUBBER. I cannot emphasize enough just how nifty this is, particularly if you have wood floors.

The cab opens up to put a driver inside. Playmobil people work pretty well.

Bruder backhoe for the win!

*** Update 1/2010: I finally killed this thing after over a year of good play. I stepped on it in the dark (crunch). The wheel hub is broken, possibly fixable with creative zip ties. Until now it's been a great toy, the only problem being that the detent-nubs on the rear digger arm wore down, so the arm doesn't stay up by itself very well.

A great toy.

My 3 yr old son received this toy last year for Christmas and was so excited. In less than a week, one of the rear wheels cracked in half, rendering it a non-returnable piece of junk.

Wow, my grandson was so happy when he opened this toy. He loves to play in the dirt and was smiles all over. Great shipping and very good communication on progress of shipping.

Great tractor for the money. Very durable and highly liked by both my boys. The Rubber wheels on these Roadmax toys are a blessing to my ears! A childs must have if they like tractors..

We have a 2 year old and 3.5 year old and they love this thing. Also got the tracktor and trailor. Only thing in their eyes that could have made it better is if it had John Deere on it and was green and yellow. Roadmax toys are the toys that now go everywhere with us and nothing has been broken yet. Things do pop off but you can get them back on. Thought we lost the windshield to this one but found it in the back year a couple weeks later and popped back on.

My little guy is almost 2. We saw a child at a playground with one of these trucks and he was fascinated. So we got him two different ones for Christmas. He loves them. The big tires help them move easily over the floor and they are very sturdy...enough so that we can take them outside. And best of all (for us moms), they don't make any noise!!