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Alex Heath

Articles by Alex Heath

User review: How a forage wagon has enabled flexibility to improve silage and cut machinery costs

Machinery

User review: How a forage wagon has enabled flexibility to improve silage and cut machinery costs

Bringing the silage-making process in-house is something many livestock farms aspire to. For one Cheshire beef rearer, a forage wagon has enabled flexibility to improve silage and cut machinery costs.

clock 04 August 0019 • 4 min read
Review: Bobcat has sights firmly set on UK ag-market

Machinery

Review: Bobcat has sights firmly set on UK ag-market

Having recently launched its largest ag-spec loader to date, Bobcat is motivated to prove its telehandlers are designed to be serious farm contenders and not just rebadged construction machines.

clock 27 May 0019 • 7 min read
User review: How a trailed forage harvester is proving to be a small-scale saviour

Machinery

User review: How a trailed forage harvester is proving to be a small-scale saviour

For one contractor, offering a precision chop service is possible because of the use of a trailed forage harvester.

clock 08 May 0019 • 5 min read
User review: How one JCB TM420 telehandler has been earning its keep on a dairy farm

Machinery

User review: How one JCB TM420 telehandler has been earning its keep on a dairy farm

One of the first JCB TM420 telehandlers to roll off the Staffordshire production line has been earning its keep with a Somerset dairy farm, having clocked more than 800 hours in just seven months.

clock 12 March 0019 • 5 min read
Review: First impression of JCB's new Series III Loadall telehandler

Machinery

Review: First impression of JCB's new Series III Loadall telehandler

Featuring new cabs and greater lift capacity, JCB has been busy re-developing its range of Agri-spec Loadall telehandlers.

clock 31 January 0019 • 6 min read
User review: Can one high horsepower John Deere tractor be a jack of all trades?

Machinery

User review: Can one high horsepower John Deere tractor be a jack of all trades?

A tractor that will do almost any task is an appealing proposition. Something several tractor makers, including John Deere, are now boasting with a raft of high-horsepower, lightweight tractors on the market.

clock 14 January 0019 • 5 min read
User review: Justifying tracks on a combine - despite the hefty price tag

Machinery

User review: Justifying tracks on a combine - despite the hefty price tag

Opting for tracks on a combine will add a hefty price tag over wheels and tyres, but for one Oxfordshire grower, the decision to replace wide boots with long belts was worth it.

clock 09 September 0018 • 5 min read
User review: Classic John Deere 7810 still earning its keep

Machinery

User review: Classic John Deere 7810 still earning its keep

It has been 16 years since the last John Deere 7810 rolled off the production line, yet there are still thousands in service on farms around the world.

clock 24 July 0018 • 7 min read
User review: John Deere L1500 features' ease baler operation

Machinery

User review: John Deere L1500 features' ease baler operation

One south Buckinghamshire-based contractor has opted for a pair of John Deere L1500-series big square balers to handle an extensive forage and straw baling operation.

clock 08 May 0018 • 4 min read
User review: Farmer switches to tyres to cut costs and add flexibility

Machinery

User review: Farmer switches to tyres to cut costs and add flexibility

In search of a flexible and versatile frontline power solution, one Norfolk grower has ditched rubber tracks in favour of tyres, opting for two 500hp Fendt 1050s.

clock 25 March 0018 • 7 min read
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