When there’s a job to be done around Nixa or Branson, Missouri, the crew at Envirotek Systems brings out their standard solution: a rubber-tired backhoe. It’s a JCB North America model 214. Owner Jon Hancock bought this machine new in 1995, and it’s still running strong.“It has great engineering in it, and it has a wider stance than some of the other manufacturers, and so it’s great in a hillside application because of the stability of it,” Hancock says.Stability is important because in the Ozarks, working on a grade is more common than not. About 90 percent of the job
