Issue: May ( 2025 )
Kuhn GA4201 rake: Front-line player
PRACTICAL TEST: Kuhn has presented a new generation of GA single-rotor rakes. We used the 4201 last year and were impressed.
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Issue: May ( 2025 )
G Rae Contracting, slurry separating service: Added value
REPORT: G Rae Contracting set about expanding their winter work in 2023, by building a mobile slurry separator. The operation has since taken on a life of it’s own.
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Issue: May ( 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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Issue: May ( 2025 )
Excavators: Unearthing ideas
TUNING: Not every farm will have an excavator. But, once you have one, you'll find more and more jobs you can do with it, even if that means being extra creative in the farm workshop…
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Issue: May ( 2025 )
Bedfordia Farms, Milton House Farm, Bedfordshire: Rolling out of bed
REPORT: Following Bedfordia Group's decision to enter a contract farming partnership with Velcourt, it was time to sell off the wide range of well maintained machinery. Brown and Co was tasked with the dispersal.
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Issue: April ( 2025 )
McHale R68-78 rake: Simple and easy — what’s not to like?
PRACTICAL TEST: McHale launched its two-model rake range in 2017, and over the years it has been tweaked here and there to bolster reliability and performance. To find out just how capable it is, we…
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Issue: April ( 2025 )
Deutz-Fahr AgroXtra 6.07 and 6.17: Lovin’ the slopes
REPORT: Deutz-Fahr was at the forefront when it came to developing better visibility with its sloping ‘snoopy’ bonnet tractors in the late 1980s. We take a look at the two large AgroXtra models from the…
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Issue: April ( 2025 )
Four precision planters with front hoppers — Part 2: Pressure is on
PRACTICAL TEST: Following on from last month’s front hopper and fertiliser accuracy test, here our attention is on the planters as we assess their seed singling and placement accuracy along with their technical differences and…
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Issue: April ( 2025 )
Krone Swadro TC1570 rake: Four rotors on a V
DRIVING IMPRESSION: We had the chance to operate Krone’s new four-rotor rake, the TC1570, in third cut last season. Keep reading to find out why the firm has gone with a V formation.
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Issue: April ( 2025 )
Sumo DTS seed drill: Affordable versatile drilling?
USED MACHINERY: Sumo DTS seed drill: Affordable versatile drilling? Sumo began development of its DTS ‘Deep Tillage Seeder’ drills back in 2007, with production models reaching the market in 2011. The DTS replaced the Versadrill,…
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Issue: April ( 2025 )
David J Black & Sons: Trio of six-wheelers
REPORT: British contractor David J Black & Sons three refurbished Ropa Tigers lift around 2,300ha of sugar beet a season.
