Two JCB Fastrac 4220's run up reliable hours

Over the past six years, two JCB Fastrac 4220s have clocked up almost 14,000 hours for one Oxfordshire farmer and contractor. But how have they performed? Geoff Ashcroft reports.

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(Left) Chris Cox and son Ted say both tractors have proved to be great all-rounders for the fleet.
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(Left) Chris Cox and son Ted say both tractors have proved to be great all-rounders for the fleet.

When Ted Cox had a JCB Fastrac on demonstration over six years ago, it divided opinion among the team at JTW Cox's Folly Farm, Beckley, Oxfordshire. As dad Chris Cox explains, the first demonstration...

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