May 9, 2025
Front loader removal and fitting: Safe stand, safe operators
WORKSHOP: Removing and fitting a front loader is easy, provided you know the correct procedure. Here we have tips on how to do just that with Stoll and Quicke loaders.
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Materials handling equipment
Here you can find the archive of profi test reports on a wide range of materials handling equipment.
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May 9, 2025
Seven silage forks compared, Part 1: Silage times seven
PRACTICAL TEST: How complicated can it be? Surely, items as relatively simple as folding silage forks can't be that different? To find out, our German colleagues have been comparing seven different brands of these clamp-filling…
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April 20, 2025
Market round-up – slurry separators: Divide and conquer
REPORT: Although slurry separators are not new, they certainly seem to be the in-thing right now and there is plenty of choice. Here is our pick of what is available on the UK market.
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April 20, 2025
Walterscheid Connected Service Counter: Counting hours
TECHNICAL: The Walterscheid Counter can be used to keep track of operating hours and maintenance intervals on pto shafts. We fitted the small sensor to a machine to try it out.
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March 14, 2025
Weycor AR680 loading shovel: Finding its way
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Weycor has upgraded its proven 15t-class shovel for farm work. We took the agri-spec loader on to a maize clamp.
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January 17, 2025
JCB TM280S telescopic wheeled loader: The material family
DRIVING IMPRESSION: With the TM280 and TM280S, JCB is closing a gap in its 'pivot' range. Although they share some parts with the bigger TM320S, there's a lot different on the two new 2.8t lift…
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December 10, 2024
JCB Loadall plant, Rocester, England: Loads of Loadall
REPORT: The telehandler is an unmissable tool for UK farmers and contractors, and the Loadall is one of the most commonly seen handlers across the country. We’ve been to Rocester to see how they are…
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December 1, 2024
JCB 418S and 419S loading shovels: Look before you leap
USED MACHINERY: JCB launched the 418S loading shovel in November 2013 to replace both the 414S and 416S.
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December 1, 2024
Volvo L25 Electric wheeled loader: All or nothing
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Volvo has now ceased the diesel version of its L25 wheeled loader, deciding to place its focus on the entirely electric version with one battery. We give it a whirl.
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December 1, 2024
Merlo TF30.7 telehandler: Compact and mighty?
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Merlo has returned to the 3.0t handler market with the relatively svelte TF30.7, small in stature with a sizeable punch. There have been lots of changes to the long-awaited TF32.6 successor.
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December 1, 2024
JCB Loadall 514-40 telehandler: Compact helper
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Measuring under 1.6m across and just 3.0m long, the diminutive 25hp JCB 514-40 is the smallest and least powerful member of the Loadall telehandler family. So how does this handler stack up on…
