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November 15, 2017
As is the case with so many items of cultivation equipment, a used buy’s specification and description can be confusing. This certainly applies to Lemken Karat 9 stubble cultivators, these versatile tools offering a specification…
February 1, 2013
Anyone thinking that a second-hand Väderstad TopDown will save huge sums over buying new might be in for quite a shock. The TopDown is a fashionable bit of kit, with used demand typically outstripping supply…
April 21, 2012
USED MACHINERY In 2002, Jeff Claydon and his team built ten of his then new V-Drill direct drills; a decade on, and the concept has evolved through SR to current Hybrid designs. Today, Claydon drills…
March 21, 2012
USED MACHINERY: To achieve its full potential, a used Claas Disco 8550C — or subsequent Disco 8550C Plus — ‘butterfly’ mower conditioner needs the right fields, a powerful tractor and an appropriate front mower to…
December 3, 2011
USED MACHINERY: Hardi replaced its Commander trailed sprayers with new but hardly different machines in 2005. Or, at least, that’s how it first appears. In practice, the still-current Commander models are a ‘generation’ design advance…
October 13, 2011
Launched in 2001, Kverneland five- to seven-furrow LO shearbolt and EO auto-reset ploughs offer on-land/in-the-furrow working positions, suiting them to both wheeled and tracked tractors. James de Havilland picks out some of the more important…
March 9, 2011
USED MACHINERY: The early Claas Targo telehandlers suffered from reliability issues, so when their replacements, the Scorpions, were launched in late- 2005, the new Claas handlers had to be spot-on from the start. James de…
May 8, 2010
USED MACHINERY: Strautmann Giga Vitesse and Giga Vitesse Duo silage wagons: Over the past five years, Strautmann self-loading silage wagons have enjoyed greater sales success in the UK. Main reasons for their rising popularity include…
January 8, 2010
USED MACHINERY: Väderstad Carrier: Ten years ago, Väderstad introduced its Carrier shallow stubble cultivator series. The design aim was to produce a tool that left a level, well-consolidated seedbed as well as delivered good trash…
May 14, 2008
Sumo Trio cultivator: … would seem to be how most users rate the Sumo Trio mounted cultivator if current sales are taken as a barometer. The reality is that anyone ordering a new machine today…
October 15, 2004
USED MACHNERY: Kverneland is not alone in producing what looks to be, on the surface, a bewildering array of new plough types and options. Break the various offerings down into their basic constituent parts, however,…
