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James de Havilland
December 21, 2013
Kuhn Axis fertiliser spreaders — Rauch in Eire — were first offered from December 2005 in basic 30.1 D and electric variable-rate 30.1 Quantron E ‘QE’ versions. James de Havilland takes a look at the…
December 6, 2013
USED MACHINERY: With its hydrostatic transmission and standard power steering, the nominal 22hp diesel Kubota RTV 900 was unique in the utility vehicle sector when it was launched in 2005. More than seven years later,…
November 22, 2013
After its purchase of Dutch sprayer maker Douven, John Deere first entered the UK sprayer market in 1998. Its own in-house trailed models, the 800-series, arrived in time for the Smithfield Show in 2000, and…
September 21, 2013
USED MACHINERY For clarification purposes Claas divided its nominal 120 to 160hp six-cyl Arion tractor series into three lines: the entry-level C, and the more advanced CIS and CEBIS. Yet for the used Arion buyer…
February 14, 2013
USED MACHINERY: At first glance, McHale F550 balers might appear to have changed little over their product life cycle — from their launch in 2005 to the 2011 season, when the final machines were built.…
February 1, 2013
Anyone thinking that a second-hand Väderstad TopDown will save huge sums over buying new might be in for quite a shock. The TopDown is a fashionable bit of kit, with used demand typically outstripping supply…
October 12, 2012
USED MACHINERY: If the once ubiquitous Massey MF30 dominated UK drill sales in the 1970s, then the 1980s Accord DA, perched atop a power harrow, was its nemesis. The power harrow drill went on to…
April 21, 2012
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…
March 21, 2012
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…
January 11, 2012
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…
December 3, 2011
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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