News

Lemken gets Sirius about sprayers

14.05.2012: Autumn 2012 will see Lemken introduce its new generation Sirius mounted sprayers. Replacing the Sirius 7 and 9 will be the Sirius 8 and 10 which have tank capacities spanning 900 to 1,900 litres. AS Read more »

Grassland UK: Lely adds entry level wrapper

11.05.2012: Lely has introduced the PT130 trailed wrapper as a cheaper alternative to the £13,875 PT160. This uses a lower positioned wrapping table which places a wrapped bale directly onto the floor. To improve Read more »

Grassland UK: Big tanker from Richard Western

11.05.2012: Richard Western was showing the STC3500 tandem axle tanker. Its forced steer tandem axle commercial running gear was fitted with 710/50 R30.5 tyres. By using a separate chassis the tankers can be Read more »

Grassland UK: X70 to replace two McCormick ranges

11.05.2012: The 188hp X70.70 on show at Grassland UK was the first of the new range in the country for McCormick. The six model X70 line-up will replace the XTX and TTX models and span 150hp to 214hp using SCR Read more »

Machinery Tests

John Deere 8335R: 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 (97/68... Read more »

Challenger MT765C rubber-tracked tractor: The last time we looked at the Challenger MT700 line was as the subject of a used machinery guide in the September 2008 issue, where we focused on A- and B-series tractors. No surprises, then, that... Read more »

Tractor test: Case IH Puma CVX 230 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 added SCR... Read more »

Used machinery Tests

New Holland BR variable-chamber round balers: Second-hand high capacity round balers have often had a contractor as their first owner, who could well have racked up more than 20,000 bales per season. After four or five years, that’s a... Read more »

Zetor Proxima four-cylinder tractors: After a period that saw strong export sales seriously deplete stocks of its used tractors, Zetor has pushed hard to persuade its dealers to keep more units, such as the Proxima, back for the... Read more »

Hardi Commander trailed sprayers: Hardi replaced its Commander trailed sprayers with new but hardly different machines in 2005. Or, at least, that’s how it first appears. In practice, the still-current Commander models are a... Read more »