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Here you can find the archive of profi test reports on a wide range of tractors.
June 21, 2012
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…
June 21, 2012
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…
May 21, 2012
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February 21, 2012
TRACTOR TEST: As a way to meet current Stage IIIB emission regs, all the big tractor makers use SCR (selective catalytic reduction) and AdBlue liquid. All, that is, except John Deere. How does the Deere…
January 21, 2012
TRACTOR TEST: Following on from our driving impression of an 8360R in the December magazine, we’re once again back in the Deere driving seat. On this occasion we take a closer look at the 274kW/335hp…
November 21, 2011
TRACTOR TEST: The last time we looked at a Puma our main observational beef was with its mechanical transmission. Since then Case IH has provided this tractor range with a CVT option and more recently…
November 21, 2011
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Deere’s 8360R heads up the new 8R range introduced earlier this year. Measured under rating standard 97/68 EC, its engine peaks at 301kW/409PS/403hp — enough to stake a claim for the crown of…
October 21, 2011
DRIVING IMPRESSION: For a few years Fendt 820 operators have had to look on in envy at the spacious cab fitted on the 900s and, more recently, the 800 SCR models. But now it’s the…
August 21, 2011
USED MACHINERY: From its first 1988 Magnum, through Magnum Pro, MX Magnum, Magnum and current Stage IIIB-compliant Magnum, Case IH is firmly established as one of the major high-horsepower players. James de Havilland investigates what…
August 21, 2011
TRACTOR TEST: Big things are being expected of Stage IIIB-compliant tractors, namely substantial savings in fuel consumption. This month we test the first of a new breed of emission-friendly prime movers, the 191kW/260hp (ECE R24)…
