Case IH has launched an eight-step semi-powershift transmission for its mid-range Maxxum tractors. The new box incorporates double clutch technology and is tried out here within a 125hp Maxxum 125 model

While its competitors have been driving through six- and eight- step semi-powershifts for some time, CNH has stuck resolutely with its proven four-step on the basis that ‘if it ain’t broke’ … That’s fair enough, yet even that old argument runs out of puff in the end. Bottom line is that CNH needed to at least offer the option of more steps ……….[To read more, see the instructions on this page]