December 21, 2003
Claas Lexion 500 combines
Driving impression: With the Lexion heading into its ninth year, many had argued that it was time for Claas to give its combine family a bit of a tweak. Which is precisely what the harvester…
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Gottfried Eikel
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May 21, 2003
Claas Jaguar 870 Speedstar forager
Driving impression: It will be a familiar experience for most grass/maize foraging gangs: The 40-50km/hr trailer men arrive at a stock farm, only to sit twiddling their collective thumbs while the 25km/hr forager chugs on…
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March 8, 2003
Practical test: Bobcat, Gehl and JCB skid-steer loaders
PRACTICAL TEST: There has long been a feeling that farmers could perhaps make better use of skid-steer loaders.
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March 21, 2003
Claas Lexion 430 Montana combine harvester
Driving impression: Along with the extra Evolution models, the main combine news from Claas for harvest 2003 comes in the form of two hillside models. We operated a pre-production Lexion 430 Montana on a sloping…
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January 10, 2003
Practical test: Weidemann 1090 D/P Teleboom
At the ‘smaller’ end of the wheeled loader market Weidemann has launched the 2006 Teleboom as a telescopic alternative to its conventional pivot-steer. To get a feel for 2006 potential we put the model’s predecessor,…
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November 21, 2002
Used self-propelled forager buying tips
Investing in any second-hand farm machine always carries a risk factor, but with a self-propelled forager getting the ‘buy’ decision wrong can have wealthwilting implications. Is there any way of increasing the chances of making…
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November 15, 2002
Amazone, Howard, Lemken, Pöttinger and Sulky: Part 2
Quality of planting work provided by the 3m wide mechanical seed drills from Amazone, Pöttinger, Howard, Lemken and Sulky came under the profi test spotlight last month. But other key attributes, such as machine design…
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October 3, 2002
Amazone, Howard, Lemken, Pöttinger, Sulky: Part 1
The first part of our comprehensive drill comparison looks at seed rate adjustment systems and seed placement accuracy. Here we test 3m drills from Amazone, Pöttinger, Howard, Lemken and French maker Sulky
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June 5, 2002
Driving impression: Lemken Rubin disc cultivator and Achat tine cultivator
One of the recurrent major themes at last year’s Agritechnica show was shallow, fast cultivation, with a number of companies launching new kit for this type of work. And among those firms was Lemken, displaying…
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December 21, 2001
Claas Lexion 470 combine harvester
Driving impression: Claas has announced its combine fleet for the 2002 harvest, including the launch of a smaller rotary model, the Lexion 470, complete with 1.42m wide threshing system. Here we tuck the Lexion 470…
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March 15, 2001
Sugar Beet Demonstration 2000:
Every four years, the association of sugar beet growers in the Wüerzburg region of Germany arranges an international demonstration of sugar beet harvesters. Before the demo is open to the public, the Agricultural Machinery Institute…
