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Gottfried Eikel
October 6, 2000
Lemken learned quickly from customer feedback after prematurely launching the Solitair pneumatic drill in Germany during 1997. But the revised machine that followed took up successful field challenges in 1999, as our test reveals.
August 21, 2000
Driving impression: The Claas RU600 maize header works across rows, at varying row widths and with the four large rotating discs swallowing two crop rows apiece. In total, it munches through eight rows in a…
July 7, 2000
PROFI TEST: In our June issue we reported on the test results achieved by six materials handlers – from Claas, JCB, Manitou, Massey Ferguson, Merlo and New Holland. Now read how the test candidates performed…
June 15, 2000
PROFI TEST: For the farm machinery success story of the past decade, look no further than the telescopic handler. These machines are now considered essential items on many UK farms, they're starting to take off…
April 12, 2000
Reversible ploughs are getting bigger, with articulated frames and a seemingly endless number of bodies, too. German maker Lemken is the latest to join the big league adding the Vari-Titan semimounted reversible to its range.…
January 21, 2000
Driving impression: Cross-Flow is the name given to a new range of combines from Case which, in a departure from the firm's usual Axial-Flow technique, uses a combination of drums and straw walkers. This past…
December 4, 1999
Or, more appropriately, hello Blue Bird because Rabe's tine/disc cultivator has yet to make it to UK shores. Potential buyers won't have to wait for long, though, with Rabe importer WestMac planning to bring the…
October 8, 1999
PROFI TEST: Glossy combine brochures have page upon page of great pictures, cutaway drawings and text about performance-enhancing features extolling the virtue of the machines. But are they an accurate description?
September 21, 1999
Driving impression: It may be all-red today, yet the heritage of the current Case baler has passed through many hands – and many colours. First it sported the green/white of former East German giant, Fortschritt;…
March 12, 1999
Driving impression:The Hardi Alpha and its distinctive 'droop snoot' may not win many beauty contests, but that beauty – or lack of it – is only paint deep. Much more important is how the sprayer…
January 1, 1999
With the EuroPlough, Lemken is gearing up for European conditions, both in terms of badging and technical specification. Last autumn we tested the hydraulically variable furrow width version, the Vari-EuroPlough 7
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