The new JCB 417 HT compact wheeled loader

With its new cab and single-piece bonnet, the new JCB 417 HT compact wheeled loader certainly looks different to the JCB 416 that it replaces. But there's more to the new model than just aesthetics. Guy Woodford, Assistant Editor of World Highways, took a closer look during JCB’s recent International Press Launch of its 2013 machine range.
June 18, 2013 Read time: 1 min
With its new cab and single-piece bonnet, the new 255 JCB 417 HT compact wheeled loader certainly looks different to the JCB 416 that it replaces. But there's more to the new model than just aesthetics.

Guy Woodford, Assistant Editor of 3260 World Highways, took a closer look during JCB’s recent International Press Launch of its 2013 machine range.

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