Compact high power Case IH Optums provide farm flexibility

Looking for flexible front-line power, one Warwickshire arable farm replaced a pair of Case IH Magnums with two 300hp Optum models

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300hp Case IH Optum is as capable with trailer work as it is with field work, according to Robin Turney.
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300hp Case IH Optum is as capable with trailer work as it is with field work, according to Robin Turney.

Heavy draft tractors have a reputation for being one-trick ponies and away from a six or eight week window of cultivations and drilling, such muscle can be parked in a shed for around 10 months of the...

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