Specific tyre requirements met by Continental for specialist crop harvesting

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The option of tracks was not considered viable because the fleet covers 2,000 hectares, split over 65 farms.
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The option of tracks was not considered viable because the fleet covers 2,000 hectares, split over 65 farms.

Having chosen to run four Oxbo GP 1189 pea harvesters, Anglia Pea Growers' Andy Beach explains how tyre technology has improved reliability and why the business runs the machines on tyres rather than tracks....

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