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Hubert Wilmer
December 21, 2003
PRACTICAL TEST Danish firm Hardi is one of relatively few global players in the specialist crop sprayer market. Last summer we tested a Commander Plus 2800 trailed unit on the Continent over several weeks –…
October 21, 2003
Driving impression: More engine power and a different rotor are just two of the extra features that appear on the latest generation of Case IH Axial-Flow models. There’s also a new unit in the launch…
September 17, 2003
Lely launched its latest big square baler model, the Welger D 6060, at the backend of 2001 in Europe, so that harvest 2002 provided the first opportunity to see this high-output machine in action. It…
April 19, 2003
PROFI TEST: Electronic linkage control (ELC) is standard spec on most current UK tractors of 100hp and above. Here, though, we specifically focus on the control systems fitted within the 140hp sector – on midsector…
March 20, 2003
PRACTICAL TEST: Last autumn we put Kverneland’s seven-furrow PB Variomat 100 semi-mounted plough through a detailed practical test – to find out how KV’s slatted mouldboards perform. Overall we were largely impressed, as becomes self-evident…
November 15, 2002
With its double star roller said to be capable of producing seedbeds in heavy soils in a single pass, Rau’s ground-driven Sterntiller was heralded as an alternative to pto-driven tillage equipment. Last autumn we put…
March 10, 2002
PROFI TEST: The infinitely variable gearbox is unquestionably the hot tractor topic of the moment. Manufacturers are selling and promoting an increasing number of these more sophisticated transmissions, yet the big farmer question remains: Is…
March 8, 2002
Though not on UK sale yet, Rabe importer WestMac has plans to ship the firm’s Cormorant semi-mounted plough across the Channel. Here we test the seven-furrow, hydraulic vari-width heavyweight, including its distinctive beam turnover mechanism,…
November 10, 2001
Similar to the 6m wide Multi-Seedbed Combination (MSC) launched in 2000, a 4m model joined the Kverneland stable earlier this year. In the spring we put peas and spring barley through this smaller MSC drill,…
September 13, 2001
With forager outputs continuing on their seemingly relentless upwards climb, the mower sector is doing its best to keep up – hence the move towards 9m+ self-propelled units. First there was the Big M from…
May 21, 2001
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Last season the six-row Gaspardo ST maize drill was priced at a seemingly very reasonable £8,000 including fertiliser placement and telescopic frame. But could there have been a catch? We were curious as…
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