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Charlene Finck
January 18, 2002
Driving impression: There is no doubt that the Cat MT-series has quite a tractor act to follow, its predecessor Challenger 35/45/55 models having developed a substantial reputation on this side of ‘The Pond’. Reporting from…
January 21, 2002
TRACTOR TEST: The first cutting-edge tractor with an infinitely variable gearbox – that was the Favorit 926 Vario, launched by Fendt in 1996. Five years after we tested that first tractor, Fendt is lining up…
December 15, 2001
Bristling with high-tech gadgetry – cruise control, screen-based operation, seven spools with progressive setting options – the Valtra S-series certainly boasts all the ingredients needed to make a serious impact in the UK’s highly competitive…
November 17, 2001
PRACTICAL TEST: A staggered – or should that be staggering – 37 tines feature on the Köckerling Precision Cultivator to give a power requirement of 35-40hp/m. And that power requirement is critical in achieving a…
October 5, 2001
Kverneland claims to offer the only mower of its kind in the 4040C mower conditioner – a 4m wide trailed machine with its own integrated grouper. Andrew Faulkner travels across the Irish Sea to operate…
September 13, 2001
Oh no! What have they done? After all these years has Mercedes-Benz (or more correctly Daimler Chrysler) abandoned the 50 year-old high speed tractor’s farming roots in favour of the more lucrative mass markets outside…
August 21, 2001
Practical test: Electro-hydraulics play a big part in the Claas Liner 3000 four-rotor rake, which is capable of gathering in a massive 12m of grass into the one swath. Is such sophistication justified on what…
August 23, 2001
The obvious route to boosting rear-mounted mower workrates is to stick a second unit onto the front of the tractor. But there are alternatives. Perhaps surprisingly, a big trailed mower is capable of returning similar…
September 12, 2001
The Horsch Pronto 3 cultivation combination incorporates rotary cultivator components and a pressure system that transfers weight from the tractor on to the press. Last autumn we operated a first-generation Pronto model, drilling barley, grass…
July 13, 2007
Shallow cultivation requires high speed and plenty of horsepower for best effect. Andrew Faulkner develops a taste for all three, knocking down 50ha of autumn-ploughed ground with a 200hp Case MX220 Magnum and 5m wide…
August 23, 2001
Already on sale for a number of seasons, the Sulky DPX fertiliser spreaders have benefited from a recent facelift. As well as the Prima version, capable of spreading up to a 24m bout width, the…
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