
June 21, 2003
Long term test: John Deere 6920S
TRACTOR TEST: It’s about 18 months since John Deere launched the mass-market 20-series tractors. To get a feel for how the range is faring, this month we add an 830- hour 118kW/160hp 6920S model to…
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June 21, 2003
TRACTOR TEST: It’s about 18 months since John Deere launched the mass-market 20-series tractors. To get a feel for how the range is faring, this month we add an 830- hour 118kW/160hp 6920S model to…
June 21, 2003
TRACTOR TEST: Test timing meant that both this month’s long-term John Deere 6920S tractor and our earlier 6920 AP test tractor (profi 02/03) used the firm’s ‘old’ twovalve engines. Since then, Deere has introduced its…
June 21, 2003
April 21, 2003
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Different sources for similar ‘horses’: John Deere’s former 3000/3010 was a green Renault Ceres, its current 5010 tractors are made by Agritalia, while the all-new 5020 line comes from its own German factory.…
February 21, 2003
USED MACHINERY: When Case IH introduced the 99kW/135hp MX135 back in 1997, most overlooked the fact that it was broadly based upon the proven mechanicals of the outgoing ‘square-jawed’ 132hp Maxxum Pro 5150. As it…
February 21, 2003
January 21, 2003
TRACTOR TEST: Main John Deere news at Smithfield concerned the imminent arrival of four-valve common rail motors, due to be transplanted into the maker's 6020-series tractors. But these engines are not here yet. In the…
January 1, 2003
DRIVING IMPRESSION: Well-established in big bale wrappers, McHale has now gone the complete silage packaging ‘hog’, in launching its own combined baler/wrapper. Not a true ‘all-in-one’ nor a combi-type outfit, the green machine has some…
December 21, 2002
November 21, 2002
November 21, 2002