MACHINERY AND TRACTOR To supplement three JCB telehandlers, one hay and straw merchant opted for a brace of JCB Fastrac 4220s carrying colour-coded Quicke 6M loaders. Geoff Ashcroft finds out if the investment has proved worthwhile.
Occasional loaders
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or many, a JCB Fastrac equipped with a front-end loader might not seem like a natural choice, but for Exmoor Hay and Straw the combination is an ideal solution.
Saul Kidston says his approach to buying kit is based around logistics and productivity. “If it makes life easy, cost-effective and productive, then it gets a look-in. “We want as much as we can from
as few people as we can – efficiency is key for our business.” The business, based near South Molton, Devon, is one that spends its harvest period working throughout Wiltshire and Hampshire, buying
Big bales are handled using an MX Manubal grab.
straw in the swath. A contractor provides three big balers to string-up 32,000 straw bales per year, with extra work coming with hay and timber haulage. “Timber is one of Devon’s
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