May 14, 2008
Sumo – Trio
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…
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Ploughs & cultivators
Here you can find the archive of profi test reports on a wide range of ploughs and cultivators.
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January 21, 2008
Gregoire Besson – SPMLW9
Practical test: Grégoire Besson SPMLW9 semi-mounted plough Grégoire Besson is best known for its centre-carriage ploughs, designed to be pulled by the likes of the Challenger MT crawler or Case IH Quadtrac. Y
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November 15, 2007
Lemken – VariTansanit 8
Practical test: Lemken VariTansanit 8 hybrid plough Like so many crossbred machines, the Lemken Tansanit plough is a hybrid packed with anomalies. It looks and weighs like a semi-mounted model, yet pulls like a fully…
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July 21, 2007
Gregoire Besson – Discordon DXRV-HD
Practical test: Grégoire Besson Discordon 4.2m DXRV-HD cultivator For the fourth of profi's detailed one-pass cultivator tests we profile Grégoire Besson's 4.2m Discordon, which shouldn't have too much left to prove as it has been…
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June 15, 2006
Lemken – VariTansanit
Driving impression: Lemken VariTansanit plough Hybrid plough exhibits extra vigour There's nothing too revolutionary with the view that two contrasting machine configurations invariably have their respective good points and bad points. But if, somehow, a…
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December 16, 2005
Kverneland – Stubble F
Practical test: Kverneland Stubble F CTS450 cultivator Big Daddy of the one-pass stubble browners Over the past two autumns, profi has carried out one-pass cultivator tests, thus reflecting the move by many arable farms into…
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March 18, 2004
Vaderstad – Carrier
USED MACHINERY Väderstad Carrier cultivator: A comprehensive overview of some of the better known ‘compact disc' shallow cultivators appeared in profi 01/05. These machines may be prohibitively expensive for the smaller grower, but how about…
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December 24, 2004
Vaderstad – TopDown 500
Practical test: Väderstad TopDown 500 cultivator With cereal prices languishing at £60/t for many the prospect of spending £40000+ on a cultivator would seem to border on the profligate. Not at all say the likes…
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October 15, 2004
Kverneland LD series ploughs:
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,…
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January 9, 2004
Lemken – Thorit 9/600
Driving impression: Lemken Thorit 9/600 KUA tine cultivator Sign of the tines – or discs? We're supposed to live in a revolutionary farm kit world yet it never ceases to amaze how old ideas come…
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January 2, 2004
Simba Mono/Solo cultivators:
Back in the early 1980s, Simba was producing toolcarriers and trailed cultivators designed to reduce the cost of reclaiming land and establishing crops. Its current Solo cultivators have come on a long way since those…
