April 21, 2012
Claydon V-Drill and SR seeders:
USED MACHINERY In 2002, Jeff Claydon and his team built ten of his then new V-Drill direct drills; a decade on, and the concept has evolved through SR to current Hybrid designs. Today, Claydon drills…
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James de Havilland
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March 21, 2012
Claas Disco 8550C and Disco 8550C Plus mowers:
USED MACHINERY: To achieve its full potential, a used Claas Disco 8550C — or subsequent Disco 8550C Plus — ‘butterfly’ mower conditioner needs the right fields, a powerful tractor and an appropriate front mower to…
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January 11, 2012
Zetor Proxima four-cylinder tractors:
After a period that saw strong export sales seriously deplete stocks of its used tractors, Zetor has pushed hard to persuade its dealers to keep more units, such as the Proxima, back for the second-hand…
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December 3, 2011
Hardi Commander trailed sprayers:
USED MACHINERY: Hardi replaced its Commander trailed sprayers with new but hardly different machines in 2005. Or, at least, that’s how it first appears. In practice, the still-current Commander models are a ‘generation’ design advance…
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October 13, 2011
Kverneland LO/EO ploughs:
Launched in 2001, Kverneland five- to seven-furrow LO shearbolt and EO auto-reset ploughs offer on-land/in-the-furrow working positions, suiting them to both wheeled and tracked tractors. James de Havilland picks out some of the more important…
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July 21, 2011
Grégoire Besson Discordon stubble cultivators:
Launched way back in 1992, the Grégoire Besson Discordon disc cultivator is now offered in widths of up to 7.2m in the UK and comes with a choice of disc size and tine leg designs.…
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June 4, 2011
Kubota livestock tractors
USED MACHINERY: Kubota livestock tractors? Why not concentrate solely on the ME and 2008-and-on M40 series? Or perhaps take a detailed look at just the M105S, first seen in 2005, and its M108S successor? No.…
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April 16, 2011
Case IH Axial-Flow 8010-8120 combines:
USED MACHINERY: When launched in 2003/04, the Case IH AFX 8010 was the first of an all-new generation of Axial-Flow combines. It was later joined by the 7010 and 9010 in 2007 and 2008, prior…
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March 9, 2011
Claas Scorpion telescopic handlers:
USED MACHINERY: The early Claas Targo telehandlers suffered from reliability issues, so when their replacements, the Scorpions, were launched in late- 2005, the new Claas handlers had to be spot-on from the start. James de…
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January 6, 2011
New Holland TL/TL-A tractors:
New Holland TL and TL-A series tractors originally spanned 65 to 95hp in TL guise, the firm subsequently bracketing 72 to 100hp as the more cutely curved TL-A. So what should you look for ‘used’,…
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October 8, 2010
Case IH – CVX (and New Holland TVT)
USED MACHINERY: Case IH CVX tractors: Fancy being a Case IH X-Man? ‘X' – or CVX – is the special designation given by the tractor maker to its CVT stepless models, which first started to…
