With diesel prices still relatively high, fuel consumption remains a hot topic in the world of agriculture. Which is why we’ve decided to pull together the Powermix results from the 34 tractors tests carried out so far.
Not particularly wanting to blow our own trumpet, but, hey ho, why not for a change? profi is the only farm machinery magazine that puts new tractors through their paces, month after month, with the DLG test centre instead of relying on brochure figures. For proof, just look at what we’ve scrutinised over the past 12 months: Case IH Luxxum 120, Case IH Magnum 400 AFS, Deutz-Fahr 8280TTV, Fendt 211 Vario, Fendt 314 Vario, Fendt 724 Vario, Kubota M4-073, Massey Ferguson 8S.265 and Valtra’s G135 Versu. That’s quite a list, we think you’ll agree. And there’s a whole lot more to come throughout 2023.
As a reader of the magazine, you’ll know that an important part of our tractor tests are the Powermix consumption measurements. In effect, they give real-world credibility to the test station data.
This is much more involved than just hitching up a tractor to a dyno, loading the pto and looking at the fuel consumption at set points on the engine map.
Doing this would not simulate real working conditions. And this is what we set out to do with Powermix, which also takes into account draft, pto and hydraulic work at varying degrees to match the demands of different types of implement.
Practice put to the test
The rolling road test bed at the DLG can do just that: measure the drawbar power, pto performance and check the hydraulics.
In this way, traction, pto and hydraulic power can be demanded from the tractor at the same time under laboratory conditions, making the tests repeatable at any time. This guarantees comparable test results between different tractors all of the time. And this is what sets the test apart.
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