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Martin Rickatson
April 3, 2004
Last time profi looked at a Keenan mixer wagon was back in January 1997, in our Easi-Feeder 115 driving impression. Since then, the green machine has changed shape into today’s Klassik, with the latest development…
January 10, 2003
Vario? Great gearbox; excellent on spud work; it can be made to ‘dance’ by the right operator. Yet despite these kinds of comments, the Fendt still has a reputation of being a one-man tractor, tricky…
December 13, 2002
Driving impression: Powered by Cat engines, the Challenger MT800 crawlers put down their considerable marker at this year’s Smithfield Show. Their aim – and more particularly the aim of the 370kW/500hp MT865 flagship? To be…
December 20, 2002
Valtra T-series driving impressions come courtesy of this 92kW/125hp T130 model, coupled up to a six-furrow Gregoire Besson vari-width reversible plough.
December 12, 2002
With its future seemingly secured, the HTC-owned Zetor can get on with doing the job it does best – building economically priced tractors. The maker’s mid-line models are due for an upgrade, but results are…
September 21, 2002
Lincs self-propelled sprayer specialist Househam tends to follow a policy of continuously updating its models rather than spending too heavily on developing a new range. Martin Rickatson finds out whether last spring’s design revisions keep…
July 5, 2002
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Despite acquiring the rights to Cleanacres' bigself-propelled sprayer technology and buying inHouseham skid units for its previous machines,Knight Farm Machinery has now designed its firstcompletely in-house self-propelled model, the 1530.Martin Rickatson tours a…
July 21, 2002
Practical test: …and Claas claims that its Volto grass tedders, complete with their so-called Permalink driveline, really do ‘go’. Other Volto unit changes include a beefed-up frame and the option of a hydraulic crop deflector,…
June 14, 2002
Lincs sprayer specialist Chafer is going all out forthe upper end of the arable farm and contractormarket with its new self-propelled range-topper,the Rogator. Martin Rickatson climbs aboard tofind out if its fusion of UK, US…
March 21, 2002
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Greenies don't come any bigger than the 331kW/450hp John Deere 9520, top model in the recently launched 9020 wheeled and tracked range and the most powerful tractor ever built by the company. Across…
March 14, 2002
DRIVING IMPRESSION: No, there’s still no semi-powershift option for the smaller Fendts. Yet, importantly, there are changes on the latest Farmer 300C – and more than just the adoption of 400 Vario-style curves at the…
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