Switzerland. Canton Ticino. Lugano. A large Cat Caterpillar Excavator demolishes an old building neat the Italian Hospital. A backhoe — also called rear actor or back actor — is a type of excavating equipment, or digger, consisting of a digging bucket on the end of a two-part articulated arm. Caterpillar Inc. or sometimes shortened to CAT is an American Fortune 100 corporation which designs, develops, engineers, manufactures, markets and sells machinery in a worldwide dealer network. It is the world's largest construction equipment manufacturer. 26.10.19 © 2019 Didier Ruef