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Tobias Bensing
October 2, 2025
REPORT: In the Italian region of Forli-Cesena, harvesting grain can be a character-building experience, with the steep terrain presenting a nerve-wrecking challenge. We visited the region to see a mountaineering Massey in action.
August 2, 2025
TRACTOR TEST: On the market since 2017, the big-frame six-cylinder 6R has become the best seller in the 6R range. Reason enough, then, to take a fresh view on this refined Mannheim heavyweight in its…
March 14, 2025
TECHNICAL: It sounds almost too good to be true: the forager operator takes a few photos of the chopped material and is able to clarify the machine is achieving the best chop quality and a…
March 14, 2025
LONG-TERM TEST: The 6120M with its sloping bonnet and 120hp rated output is proving an ideal loader tractor. Our long-term candidate doesn’t just have to take a load from A to B, but it has…
December 1, 2024
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Pacam from the Netherlands sells yard loaders that use a Chinese-made chassis, whereas the hydraulic components are sourced from Western manufacturers. We put the 2525 to work to find out if this is…
November 1, 2024
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Spreading slurry or digestate into a standing row crop is a specialist task. Holmer has developed its own strip-till hoe for such applications and calls the implement the SecatFlex SL. We find out…
October 1, 2024
REPORT: If you want to mechanically harvest tree saplings, then you are going to need to embrace technology. Mark Pasveer visits one such farm in the Netherlands.
October 1, 2024
REPORT: The Claas Commandor is a special combine harvester. The threshing system and chassis are different … and even the harvesting conditions were unique when we caught up with our featured machine.
October 1, 2024
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Strautmann is looking to meet the needs of farms wanting a shorter chop length from a forage wagon. The new Magnon 11 has an 84-knife chopping unit with just 22mm between the blades.…
September 1, 2024
TECHNICAL: Wheel motors are becoming more popular, especially on larger trailers and tankers ... or on more specialist machines such as potato harvesters, where they can lend a helping hand in wet conditions or on…
September 1, 2024
PRACTICAL TEST: A jack of all trades. That is Krone’s promise for its GX trailer with its belt-based moving floor. We used it to shift all sorts of farming materials in our practical test.
