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Martin Rickatson
December 7, 2007
Driving impression: Vicon RV2190 Balepack round baler/wrapper Launched at the end of last summer, there are some important specification differences between Vicon's RV2160 and 2190 variable-chamber round balers and the RV1601 and 1901 machines that…
September 13, 2007
Long-term tractor test: Zetor Forterra 9641 When there are cattle to be fed, yards bedded and muck shifted before the next milking, a tractor that ‘does exactly what it says on the tin' is essential,…
July 21, 2007
Driving impression: Kellands Jacto Uniport 2500 SP sprayer While its acquisition of the Multidrive tractor product has extended Kellands' SP sprayer offering out into higher capacity territory, the introduction of the Brazilian Jacto range of…
July 21, 2007
Practical test: Grégoire Besson Discordon 4.2m DXRV-HD cultivator For the fourth of profi's detailed one-pass cultivator tests we profile Grégoire Besson's 4.2m Discordon, which shouldn't have too much left to prove as it has been…
June 21, 2007
Driving impression: Tanco Autowrap 1300 EH handler-mounted bale wrapper Tanco Autowrap believes the ‘wrap and stack' version of its 1300 EH wrapper, which can be mounted onto front-end loaders, telehandlers and wheeled loaders/shovels, offers a…
May 21, 2007
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Case IH CS100 tractor Recently refocused as the home of Case IH in Europe, the brand's Austrian St Valentin factory is producing the majority of Case IH's mid-power tractors for the region. Martin…
March 9, 2007
Driving impression: Challenger MT 975B tractor … is the footwear question now being posed by those boys at Challenger, a brand that has built its high-hp tractor reputation on offering tracks – and nothing else.…
March 21, 2007
Driving impression: Grimme CS/CW150 Rotapower stone/clod separator …the bank balance without an effective destoner working ahead of the potato planter – to remove those in-field undesirables. Martin Rickatson tries out Grimme's revised Combistar models, which…
April 5, 2007
Practical test: Väderstad Rapid 300S Super XL drill Mention the name Väderstad Rapid, and most UK farmers immediately think of the firm's big 400, 600 and 800 air seeders rather than the less glamorous Super…
December 21, 2006
Claas Axion 850 tractor Latest introduction onto the 200hp tractor market is the Axion 800 series from Claas, designed to fit between the firm's current Ares and Atles lines. Martin Rickatson drives the Axion flagship,…
December 6, 2006
Isolating short circuits: A short circuit or ‘short' is caused by accidental connection of differing voltages within a circuit. The typical result is to blow a fuse. This, in turn, leads to the affected circuit…
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