Cutting it fine: Top tips for shear grab maintenance

Indispensable on many farms for cutting and handling clamp silage, the shear grab is a daily necessity which may not get the service attention it needs

Toby Whatley
Head of Machinery and Farm Technology
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Cutting it fine: Top tips for shear grab maintenance

For many livestock farms, the shear grab is one attachment that spends more time fitted to the farm handler than any other during the winter months, and provides for the daily needs of stock feeding and...

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