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When you use a shovel to pick up a scoop of dirt you place the bucket close to the operator and scoop away from them, when you use a backhoe you place the bucket far from the operator and pull it closer to fill it. The two styles of digging are named after the hand implements they immitate, you use a hoe to pull things towards yourself and a shovel to scoop things away from yourself. The third option is a bucket crane that drops a clamshell scoop straight up and down for each load.

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