The Farmers Mart Jun-Jul 2018 - Issue 57 | Page 66

66 MACHINERY
JUN/JUL 2018 • farmers-mart.co.uk
JCB in Pole Position for
European Grand Prix Support
JCB is in pole position to play
a vital role supporting Williams
Martini Racing, as the team tours
the top European Formula One
circuits.
A convoy of JCB machinery has
left Staffordshire on a 9,000-mile
summer road trip to help the
JCB-sponsored team in the build-
up to race days and, this week-
end, it sets up camp at the historic
Monaco Grand Prix.
Four JCB machines have key
parts to play in ensuring the team
is ready to race at every Europe-
an circuit this summer. The JCB
Teletruk telescopic forklift will
offload race components, in-
cluding the vital engine elements
and garage kit before each race,
as well as aid with the post-race
pack up.
In addition, a S1930E scissor lift
will help with the safe construc-
tion of a spectacular three-story
‘motorhome’ - made up of nine
20-foot containers - that is the
drivers’, engineers’ and support
staff base at the European circuits.
The scissor lift will offer a secure
platform for teams to work at
height during construction and
throughout the duration of the
event.
Meanwhile, two JCB G150RS
generators will provide power
for the motorhome which is
kitted out with meeting rooms,
rest facilities, an exclusive
rooftop hospitality suite and a
fully operational kitchen where
breakfast, lunch and dinner is
made each day for hundreds of
people.
New McCormick tractor set to make working debut at grassland event
for silage with every pass
will highlight the powerful
new tractor’s performance
potential.
The demonstration will
also mark HJR Agri’s first
event as a dealer supplying
Pöttinger grassland and
tillage equipment to farms
across Shropshire and
mid-Wales from its base at
Oswestry.
But the star attraction
on the demonstration plot
is bound to be the McCor-
mick X8 VT-Drive; with
engine outputs of 286hp
and 310hp also available,
it takes the McCormick
THE most powerful and
most productive tractor
ever to carry the ‘McCor-
mick’ name will make its
public working debut at the
Royal Welsh Agricultural
Society’s Grassland Event
on May 16.
The 264hp version of
the all-new McCormick X8
VT-Drive will be put through
its paces on the site at Four
Crosses, Llanymynech,
Powys by Shropshire and
mid- to north Wales dealer
HJR Agri.
A big capacity triple mow-
er cutting 9 metres of grass
marque into a new perfor-
mance class.
Apart from the perfor-
mance delivered by a
unique combination of ZF
heavy-duty stepless