Dual wheels open up opportunities for Welsh hill farm

Operating on a single set of wheels on steep inclines can often bring limitations to traction and stability. One family of hill farmers in Wales have overcome trials of the terrain by operating dual wheels

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Dual wheels open up opportunities for Welsh hill farm

Since moving to Esgair farm, Llanidloes, mid Wales in 1950, the Rees family have become accustomed with the use of dual wheels. "We are pretty much in the heart of Wales, on quite a steep hill farm,...

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