DRIVING IMPRESSion: No, there’s still no semi-powershift option for the smaller Fendts. Yet, importantly, there are changes on the latest Farmer 300C – and more than just the adoption of 400 Vario-style curves at the front end. We review the latest entry-level tractor offering from the German farm machinery manufacturer
The traditional boxy Fendt look has almost gone, with just the semipowershift 800s now holding onto the marque’s once very familiar straight lines. From 2002 the entrylevel 300C models are clothed in the same curves as featured on the Farmer 400 Vario, Favorit 700 Vario and Favorit 900 Vario ranges. So that’s dealt with the new 300C look. What of the other changes?
Well, for starters the bonnet opens wider to give much improved access to the engine. As for the motors themselves, these remain largely untouched. The 307C is powered by a 55kW/75hp unit, while the 308C produces 63kW/86hp rated output. Only real tweak of note is to the larger 309C model, which now has a relatively modest power boost, up from 70kW/95hp to 74kW/100hp.
All engines are water-cooled fourcylinder Deutz units, complete with turbocharger and intercooler as well as a separate fuel cooler. Torque rise is still 30% at a speed drop of nearly 35%, and constant power is more than 17%. The individual injection pumps (one on each cylinder) boost injection pressures up to 1,200 bar, a pressure that is claimed to eke out fuel supplies still further.
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