March 17, 2018
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Combine harvesters
Here you can find the archive of profi test reports on a wide range of combine harvesters.
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May 10, 2018
Claas Lexion 770 combine – a bigger brain and wider wingspan
DRIVING IMPRESSION: For the coming season, Lexions gain an advanced computer control system to provide auto control of threshing intensity and output. In addition, the intake elevator slats now run on belts rather than chains,…
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May 19, 2018
Driving impression: AGCO Ideal combine
As a very rough guide, some 8,000 new ‘Western-style’ combines are sold annually in each of the four key markets (Europe, North America and South America and the rest of the world). The trend towards…
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May 17, 2018
New Holland CX and CR combines: Shaken or spun
DRIVING IMPRESSION Straw-walker and rotary New Holland combines get an update for next season. We caught up with two pre-production machines on a wet day in the West Country
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July 14, 2017
Case IH Axial-Flow 7140 combine: hard to beat … in wheat
PRACTICAL TEST: But that’s all we can say about the Case IH Axial-Flow 7140’s performance in cereals, as it arrived too late last season to use it in anything else. Still, this we do know…
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February 21, 2017
Claas Lexion 700 series combines:
USED MACHINERY: When Claas launched its new-for-2011 Lexion 600 and 700 models, the main changes over the outgoing 500 and 600 combines were the cab, the new performance enhancing CEMOS ‘optimisation system' and engine/hydraulic tweaks.…
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January 21, 2017
Bringing in the hemp harvest:
Dutch hemp grower HempFlax has transformed three of John Deere’s W660 combines into something rather special. And there has been even more workshop fettling carried out since we first looked at the innovative Double Cut…
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December 9, 2016
Case IH draper header:
Combine headers have grown progressively wider in recent years, but, for a big table to have good handling traits, the engineering challenges are considerable. Case IH has invested in its own draper header design to…
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March 21, 2016
Claas Lexion 780TT combine
DRIVING IMPRESSION For the coming season a new generation of Lexion combines will be taking to the fields with more powerful Stage IV engines, larger grain tanks, an improved chaff and straw spreader as well…
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February 12, 2016
Threshing systems compared
Many different things decide combine output and losses. On straw walker machines the walkers are key, while on rotaries it’s usually engine power. How come? We show why this is and look at how to…
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March 21, 2015
Claas Tucano 570 combine harvester
When Claas introduced the Tucano back in 2007 it was a case of right place, right time, as a profitable cereal harvest saw many smaller farms grab the opportunity to replace their old combine with…
