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Here you can find the archive of profi test reports on a wide range of tractors.
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
December 17, 1999
The recently launched Valtra-Valmet 8350 pumps out its rated 99kW/135hp at an ear-pleasingly low 1,800rpm. Impressive statistics indeed, but what’s it like to drive? Andrew Faulkner finds out
November 21, 1999
PROFI TEST: Cab suspension may be all the rage among some of the world's tractor makers, but the 'Big Four', for the moment at least, seem content to maintain a form of splendid isolation. That…
November 11, 1999
The 73.5kW/100hp Valtra-Valmet 6550 HiTech is a tractor with many strengths: Grunty engine, robust axles and running gear, easy-to-operate gearbox and a comfy cab. Out in the field it also performs well – although, like…
October 21, 1999
September 21, 1999
LONG TERM TEST: It’s long-term test time, again. This month we enlist New Holland into our long-term fleet, with the tractor maker’s 119kW/160hp 8560 model signing up alongside existing recruits – a 99kW/135hp Case Maxxum…
September 16, 1999
TRACTOR TEST: Nobody actually drives a Fendt Favorit 716 Vario, they manage it. When and if operators are able to recognise this base requirement, they will quickly come to appreciate a premium-priced 118kW/160hp tractor that…
July 21, 1999
USED MACHINERY If a farmer is looking to buy a second-hand, high hp prime mover without shelling out bucketfuls of cash, then he could do worse than scan the classifieds for a Case Magnum. profi…
July 21, 1999
TRACTOR TEST: For this month’s tractor test we revert to our ‘longtermer’ format, first featured in the 7/99 issue. This time it’s John Deere’s turn, with a 1,000-hour 84kW/115hp JD6610 joining the 99kW/135hp Case Maxxum…
