February 21, 2014
New John Deere 7R tractors
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Changes, upgrades — Deere’s 7R tractors get a fresh gearbox, smaller engines for some models, a re-jigged cab and, up the road, will use SCR and AdBlue. Here’s a look at what’s in…
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Tractors
Here you can find the archive of profi test reports on a wide range of tractors.
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January 21, 2014
Stepless-transmission Case IH Magnum 370 CVX tractor
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Back in the mists of time we nicknamed Case’s original Magnum 7120 the ‘Jolting Jumbo’ for the delicate way it shifted gears. Things have changed over the past 25 years…
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January 21, 2014
John Deere 6210R tractor
TRACTOR TEST: Engine developments are just one part of John Deere’s mid-line 6R story. To see how the company’s mass-market tractor range is performing in the field we caught up with a 6210R model that…
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January 17, 2014
New Holland T7030–T7060 tractors
USED MACHINERY: Replacing New Holland 177hp TM175 and 194hp TM190 tractors for the 2007 season, the four-model T7000 series spans rated powers from 167hp to 213hp. Although these tractors carry over a substantial amount of…
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January 8, 2014
Zetor Major 80 tractor
Zetor’s new Major sports a big capacity four-cylinder turbodiesel. A test drive? Certainly, sir. We find out what this refreshingly simple tractor has to offer…
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December 21, 2013
Case IH Maxxum 130 EP
TRACTOR TEST: To help identify its Stage IIIB/Tier 4i Maxxum models from their predecessors, Case IH has given them the Efficient Power tag line. Presumptuous? Maybe. Here we look at the range’s most powerful four-cylinder…
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December 21, 2013
Claas Axion 950
Tractor test: Capable of thumping out a claimed 306kW/416hp/411PS (97/68 EC), the Axion 950 is currently the world’s most powerful conventional tractor on offer from a mainstream maker — or it was when we tested…
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November 21, 2013
Case IH Maxxum CVX tractor
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Long anticipated, Case IH’s stepless-box Maxxum finally took a bow at this year’s SIMA show. We take a tour around one of the first examples
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November 21, 2013
Claas Axion 850 tractor
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Claas has learned lessons from the first-generation Axions, and with a revised series for 2014 sets out to put the wind up the opposition. We see what’s changed...
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October 3, 2013
Valtra N163 Direct
If you need proof to see just how far four-cylinder engine technology has come in recent times, then it’s worth looking at Valtra’s N163. Its maximum output? A whopping 126kW/171hp. But could this be a…
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September 21, 2013
Claas Arion 600 six-cylinder tractors
USED MACHINERY For clarification purposes Claas divided its nominal 120 to 160hp six-cyl Arion tractor series into three lines: the entry-level C, and the more advanced CIS and CEBIS. Yet for the used Arion buyer…
