March 14, 2025
Silage and hay equipment: Foraging ideas
TUNING: We're thinking ahead to warmer times and the smell of fresh mown grass. Now is your chance to draw on some workshop inspiration for silage- and hay-making kit.
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Mowers, tedders & rakes
Here you can find the archive of profi test reports on a wide range of mowers, tedders and rakes.
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December 10, 2024
Samasz XT-F302 front and XT340 rear mower: Modest mowing
PRACTICAL TEST: If you want to drop grass with a modest amount of horsepower and are on a budget, then the simplistic Samasz front and back offering could be just the ticket. We've been using…
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November 1, 2024
Kuhn GA13231 four rotor rake: Living with a clever rake
PRACTICAL TEST: Last year (profi 08/23) we carried a driving impression of Kuhn’s GA13231 four rotor rake where it impressed with its advanced control features including section control. Here we take a further look to…
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November 1, 2024
Claas Volto 1300TS tedder: Join the club
DRIVING IMPRESSION: There were a handful of the new wide-working Claas Volto 1300TS tedders operating in the UK this season. We caught up with one of the pre-series machines.
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October 1, 2024
Krone Big M self-propelled mower: Avoiding a big mistake
USED MACHINERY: Soft mowers, underpowered, expensive — all things that have been said about the Krone Big M, and they're mostly true. Or at least that's the case for the early units. But with those…
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June 1, 2024
Tanco Autocut M3 and M9 mower combination: Razor blade on wheels
PRACTICAL TEST: Tanco Autocut M3 and M9 mower combination: Razor blade on wheels. Has Tanco hit the market bang on cue with its mower combination? The rise of more powerful but relatively lightweight tractors means…
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April 1, 2024
Tedders – eight rotors plus: Wider spread of tedders
MARKET ROUND UP: Wide working tedders are an increasingly common sight, helping get grass crops into the clamp in a timely manner and keeping pace with high capacity mowers and rakes.
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April 1, 2024
Kuhn GF13003 tedder: Just when you think it’s not possible…
PRACTICAL TEST: Kuhn comes along and builds an even wider mounted tedder.
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December 1, 2023
Krone EasyCut B950 Collect: Halfway house
The EasyCut B950 has undergone a comprehensive overhaul — that's of its hardware, along with the fresh addition of ISObus controls. We were able to take a close look at the new PreSelect controls in…
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December 1, 2023
Samasz P10-1100T tedder: Ted a little, ted a lot
While Samasz has offered a range of mounted tedders for several years, it's a relative new player in the trailed market, launching its P10-1100T in 2022. We've been operating the 11m machine through the 2023…
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October 20, 2023
McHale Propel M6-770 tedder: Thrust to the fore
DRIVING IMPRESSION: It's official — McHale now has a tedder range. For the past two years there have been several sightings of the Propel in dealers' yards as a limited number of early machines were…
