May 21, 2000
Tractor test: John Deere 5500
TRACTOR TEST: Scaling an elf-like 3t, the 59kW/80hp 5500 tops the 5000-series and costs a full £7,312 less than the 6110 SE, the other 80hp model from Deere's low hp stable. Less weight, less of…
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May 21, 2000
TRACTOR TEST: Scaling an elf-like 3t, the 59kW/80hp 5500 tops the 5000-series and costs a full £7,312 less than the 6110 SE, the other 80hp model from Deere's low hp stable. Less weight, less of…
May 21, 2000
DRIVING IMPRESSION: For the past three years Case’s massive Quadtrac has been keeping the Caterpillar-built Claas Challenger company in the UK’s 300hp+ rubbertracked sector. But that crawler company is in danger of becoming a crawler…
April 21, 2000
USED MACHINERY: John Deere 7000 series tractors tend to carry a used price premium. But are these high residuals based on actual merit? To find out, we talked to more than 20 users to see…
April 21, 2000
March 21, 2000
DRIVING IMPRESSION: So, it would never happen? Wrong. Those who scoffed that Fendt would never fit its Vario stepless transmission to smaller tractors will now be tucking into humble pie. For, at Agritechnica '99, Fendt…
February 21, 2000
DRIVING IMPRESSION: With the introduction of the CVX/CVT models, Case IH and Steyr proudly present the tractor market’s second infinitely variable gearbox. The unit is fitted on four models, which also benefit from new engines…
February 21, 2000
February 21, 2000
January 21, 2000
DRIVING IMPRESSION: After a 15-year absence, John Deere is back in the UK’s articulated tractor market with the US-sourced 9000-series. Andrew Faulkner gets a drive on the smaller of the two models destined for this…
December 21, 1999
DRIVING IMPRESSION: John Deere’s 8000-series wheeled and tracked tractors were updated at this year’s Agritechnica show with the launch of the 8010 range. Andrew Faulkner reviews the major changes
December 21, 1999
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