September 21, 2012
Case IH Puma CVX 160
TRACTOR TEST: Nothing runs like a Deere when there’s a Puma snapping at its tail — a statement made in jest yet underlining the ferocity of the competition within the 130-180hp tractor category. We plucked…
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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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October 11, 2012
New Holland T6.160
New Holland certainly couldn’t be accused of hanging out the machine-launch bunting when its Stage IIIB-compliant T6 superseded the T6000 tractors earlier this year. Which, to be frank, is to the firm’s credit, as not…
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September 14, 2012
New Holland T8.390
TRACTOR TEST: One helluva nose job took place when New Holland installed an SCR-equipped motor within its flagship tractor range: the short stumpy snout of the T8000 made way for a massive, elongated honker that…
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August 21, 2012
Case IH Farmall 75C
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Plucking their name from Case IH’s extensive back catalogue, the latest Farmall tractors have a job on their collective hands if they’re to live up to their steeped-in-history billing. To find out whether…
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August 21, 2012
John Deere 8020-/8030-series tractors
USED MACHINERY: The core difference between an 8020- and 8030-series John Deere tractor is a shift from an 8.1- to a 9.0-litre power unit. James de Havilland reviews this and other specification factors to consider…
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July 13, 2012
New Holland T9.560
Many big-scale UK arable businesses prefer the rubber-tracked route when looking to transfer maximum tractor power to the ground and tread softly; for proof, just refer back to our cost management reports over the past…
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June 21, 2012
Fendt GuideConnect
DRIVING IMPRESSION: By combining GPS with sophisticated control technology, Fendt can yoke moving machinery together like great-grandfather yoked his oxen. As the operator steers the tractor he’s in, a driverless tractor moves in step. We…
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June 21, 2012
Massey Ferguson 5440 Dyna-4
TRACTOR TEST: Last year Massey Ferguson subjected its 5400 tractor range to something of a shake-up, and one of the resulting newcomers was the 74kW/100hp 5440. We briefly drove this tractor in our July 2011…
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May 31, 2012
New Holland TS-A and T6000 series tractors:
The 2003 New Holland TS-A tractors (100-140hp) were replaced by Stage II-/Stage IIIA-compliant T6000 units in 2007.
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May 21, 2012
Tractor test: John Deere 7280R
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April 21, 2012
Massey Ferguson 7600:
