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A 23-year-old Case IH 2188 Axial Flow provides cost-effective harvesting for one Wiltshire farm, as Geoff Ashcroft found out during a recent visit.

A 23-year-old Case IH 2188 Axial Flow provides cost-effective harvesting for one Wiltshire farm, as Geoff Ashcroft found out during a recent visit.

Getting a contracting business up and running is not without its challenges. For Jake Clover of Swineshead-based Clover 51AVÊÓƵServices, Lincolnshire, those challenges have included buying the right tractors to help the business grow.

Over the last five years, one Oxfordshire grower has made the most of a Versatile 550DT for frontline power. Its performance and low running costs have led to a second Versatile joining the fleet. Geoff Ashcroft reports.