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Buyer's Guide: Front tank and rear toolbar direct drills

Designed to improve weight distribution and machine manoeuvrability, the front tank, rear toolbar direct drill or strip tillage combination is seeing a resurgence, with several UK manufacturers offering new machines

Toby Whatley
Head of Machinery and Farm Technology
clock • 7 min read

Once a common sight with combination drills in the 1980s and 1990s, the front tank, rear toolbar combination fell out of favour as tractor lift capacities and overall machine weight increased. However,...

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