February 13, 2013
Fendt 500 Vario
Four models, three versions: Fendt’s new 500 Vario range will replace the current 400 series. Technology marches on even in smaller tractors, as we discover aboard assorted members of the 500 family.
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Manfred Neunaber
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February 21, 2013
Massey Ferguson 7615
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Massey Ferguson has been stirring its model pot yet again and bundled the 130hp+ 5400-, 6400- and 7400-series tractors into the one 7600 line-up. Just as on the 180hp+ 7600 units we looked…
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October 21, 2012
Fendt Farmer 313 Vario SCR
DRIVING IMPRESSION: With the introduction of the new Vario 300s, Fendt now has Stage IIIB-compliant tractors in the 75kW/100hp class. The top-line 313 SCR hits 99kW/133hp/135PS — enough to prompt us into giving one a…
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October 12, 2012
Combine world record
Visitors to the ‘Combines 4 Charity’ Guinness world record event in July were treated to the sight of 211 combines all cutting in the one field. Of these, 208 harvesters made it to the end…
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September 21, 2012
Case IH Puma CVX 160
TRACTOR TEST: Nothing runs like a Deere when there’s a Puma snapping at its tail — a statement made in jest yet underlining the ferocity of the competition within the 130-180hp tractor category. We plucked…
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August 21, 2012
Case IH Farmall 75C
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Plucking their name from Case IH’s extensive back catalogue, the latest Farmall tractors have a job on their collective hands if they’re to live up to their steeped-in-history billing. To find out whether…
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August 21, 2012
John Deere 8020-/8030-series tractors
USED MACHINERY: The core difference between an 8020- and 8030-series John Deere tractor is a shift from an 8.1- to a 9.0-litre power unit. James de Havilland reviews this and other specification factors to consider…
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June 21, 2012
Fendt GuideConnect
DRIVING IMPRESSION: By combining GPS with sophisticated control technology, Fendt can yoke moving machinery together like great-grandfather yoked his oxen. As the operator steers the tractor he’s in, a driverless tractor moves in step. We…
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June 21, 2012
Massey Ferguson 5440 Dyna-4
TRACTOR TEST: Last year Massey Ferguson subjected its 5400 tractor range to something of a shake-up, and one of the resulting newcomers was the 74kW/100hp 5440. We briefly drove this tractor in our July 2011…
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May 21, 2012
Tractor test: John Deere 7280R
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April 21, 2012
Massey Ferguson 7600:
