Quick, smooth and versatile it might be, but for all the JCB Fastrac’s virtues it has been increasingly hobbled by one thing – its in-cab controls. Owners
There’s no tractor quite like the JCB Fastrac. Since it hit the market in 1991, this equal-wheeled workhorse has found multiple vocations from high-speed
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A new high-tech precision guidance solution for JCB’s unique Fastrac exploits the tractor’s four-wheel steering system to stay perfectly on track when sowing or working in row crops. Unlike a conventional tractor, which makes steering corrections only through the front wheels, the Fastrac 4000 Series has multi-mode four-wheel steering for maximum manoeuvrability in different situations. The new JCB Twin Steer auto steering option controls the front and rear axles independently for unprecedented levels of accuracy when setting out new crop beds or sowing salad and vegetable crops, while also minimising the risk of running over plants when operating an inter-row hoe for weed control.