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Abstract

Apparatus for attachment to a boom of a backhoe or other mobile material handling machine, having a stick member pivotally attached to the boom, a first jaw and shear pivotally attached to the distal end of the stick member, and a second jaw and shear pivotally attached to the first jaw and shear, so that power actuation of one jaw causes opening and closing of the jaws and permits interleaved jaw engagement and shearing action between the jaws near the closure position. A heavy duty shear for a backhoe including a lower jaw having a shear blade and a guide blade lying along each other and tied together at their outer ends, an upper jaw defining a shear blade and having a wear plate or guide to engage and slide along the guide blade of the lower jaw, the guide blade of the lower jaw having is edge recessed below the level of the cutting edge of the shear blade of the lower jaw.

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