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Here you can find the archive of profi test reports on a wide range of tractors.
September 13, 2001
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…
July 21, 2001
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…
June 21, 2001
June 6, 2001
...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…
March 21, 2001
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…
March 21, 2001
February 21, 2001
February 21, 2001
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…
January 19, 2001
Some monikers can be a little misleading. While Valtra’s – formerly Valmet – HiTech badge aptly describes its semi-powershift transmission, the name actually refers only to that gearbox. The idea that the whole tractor is…
December 21, 2000
TRACTOR TEST: John Deere admitted its 8000-series high hp models into the '10' club back in 1999. Indeed the 8000 was the last of the Deere tractors to receive the '10' treatment, following on from…
November 21, 2000
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Poking out a gargantuan 440hp, the STX440 becomes the most powerful tractor on the UK farm machinery market. And it's available with tracks or tyres. We travelled to the United States launch of…
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