October 21, 2001
Tractor test: John Deere 6910 AutoPowr
TRACTOR TEST: The John Deere 6910 is back for another go at the profi tractor test, this time in AutoPowr guise. Which for those not familiar with Deere speak, means that we’re focusing on the…
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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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September 21, 2001
Driving impression: John Deere 6020 tractors
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Summer rumours have been rife within the farm machinery industry over what John Deere had planned for its mass-market 6010-series tractors. Now all is revealed. Here we profile the ten main changes incorporated…
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September 13, 2001
Driving impression: Mercedes-Benz Unimog U400 tractor
Oh no! What have they done? After all these years has Mercedes-Benz (or more correctly Daimler Chrysler) abandoned the 50 year-old high speed tractor’s farming roots in favour of the more lucrative mass markets outside…
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July 21, 2001
Tractor test: Case IH CS94
TRACTOR TEST: Back in 1996 Case IH bought Austrian tractor maker Steyr, which was quickly followed by a limited ‘in-red’ model offering in the UK. Not for long, though. With the sale of Case’s Doncaster…
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June 21, 2001
Tractor test: Massey Ferguson 8280
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June 6, 2001
Long-term test: Valtra 8150 HiTech
...Which is probably just as well for this month’s long-termer, the 92kW/125hp Valtra 8150. No tractor oil painting it may be, yet this Finnishbuilt mid-ranger has many other attributes – as we reveal in the…
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May 11, 2001
Challenger 35, 45 and 55 ‘row-crop’:
USED MACHINERY: Sold as Claas machines since August 1997, Caterpillar-made Challenger 35/45/55 ‘row-crop’ rubber-tracked tractors have undergone only one set of major changes since launch in 1994. But are these significant for the used buyer?…
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March 21, 2001
Tractor test: Fendt Farmer 411 Vario
TRACTOR TEST: When Fendt launched its Farmer 400 tractor range at Agritechnica ‘99, questions were asked – and one in particular. Can it really make sense to take Vario stepless transmission technology all the way…
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March 21, 2001
Massey Ferguson 6200 and 8200 updates
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February 21, 2001
Tractor test: New Holland TM150
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February 21, 2001
6 tractor linkages compared
PROFI TEST: Running a mixed fleet of tractors? Yes. Then the following is almost certain to ring true: On one of the farm’s tractors the link arms always couple up at the first attempt, while…
