Shovels
A power shovel (also stripping shovel or front shovel or electric mining shovel or electric rope shovel) is a bucket-equipped machine, usually electrically powered, used for digging and loading earth or fragmented rock and for mineral extraction.
Benefits
Front shovels work by pushing into the pile, away from the machine, but a backhoe pulls the material towards the superstructure and also exposes the bucket cylinder to damage.