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Article: Will this machine find a home on American farms? (agricultural materials handling trucks)
- Article from:
- Implement & Tractor
- Article date:
- July 1, 1989
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1989 Farm Journal Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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IS THERE, somewhere in your trade territory, a dairy farmer with 100 or more cows to milk? Or is there someone who is doing a great deal of material handling work the hard way with a couple of used front-end loaders?
Who in your area has equipped a four-wheel-drive tractor with a loader bucket just so he can reach up or down to handle lots of heavy material-silage or manure?
Perhaps a telescopic boom material handler would be the right machine for such an ag customer. For years, farmers have used field tractors with loaders for materials handling work. They also have used skid-steer loaders. What other options are available?
JCB, a British manufacturer of ...