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Here you can find the archive of profi test reports on a wide range of tractors.
September 21, 2013
USED MACHINERY: Tractors competing in the sub-100hp livestock tractor sector traditionally featured a pared-back specification. Not always, though. With its 2003 launch of the 5020-series, John Deere offered a tractor with a comprehensive standard spec…
August 21, 2013
TRACTOR TEST: For John Deere in the UK and Ireland the 5M is the jewel in its sub-100hp crown. This tractor family offers owners a mix of key creature comforts, but stops short of providing…
June 21, 2013
TRACTOR TEST: While it may not rank as top dog in Massey’s 7600 tractor pack, the 163kW/222hp/219PS (rated output to 97/98 EC) MF 7624 still possesses a sizeable punch. Sold with either a mechanical or…
March 21, 2013
TRACTOR TEST: John Deere is making some substantial claims for its double-clutch DirectDrive transmission, which has been previewed across our technical and driving impression pages over the past couple of issues. So time now to…
March 21, 2013
DRIVING IMPRESSION: John Deere has a new 24-speed transmission — DirectDrive — which uses two clutches, three ranges and eight powershift steps to bring most of a CVT’s in-field/on-road benefits. How does it stack up…
February 21, 2013
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Massey Ferguson has been stirring its model pot yet again and bundled the 130hp+ 5400-, 6400- and 7400-series tractors into the one 7600 line-up. Just as on the 180hp+ 7600 units we looked…
October 21, 2012
DRIVING IMPRESSION: With the introduction of the new Vario 300s, Fendt now has Stage IIIB-compliant tractors in the 75kW/100hp class. The top-line 313 SCR hits 99kW/133hp/135PS — enough to prompt us into giving one a…
September 21, 2012
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…
September 21, 2012
August 21, 2012
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…
August 21, 2012
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…
