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Versatile just introduced the 170- to 210-horsepower Nemesis tractor line. It will also be sold under the Kubota brand. Production is set to begin this summer.
Machinery

One line, two brands?

Kubota and Versatile partner up to build a tractor

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Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s been no secret that Winnipeg-based Versatile has had a new tractor line in development for the past several years. But maybe there’s more you need to know. Versatile has long been thought of as a producer of high-horsepower tractors. Historically, though, it has had a presence in a lower horsepower class with production of […] Read more
The 6230R and 6250R were first shown to the public at Agritechnica in Germany in 2017.
Machinery, Machinery Guide

More 6R tractors from John Deere

The green brand imports two new models from Europe

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Reading Time: 3 minutes When John Deere introduced its newest offerings to European farmers at the 2017 Agritechnica in Germany, it showed off two new models for the top end of its 6R tractor line. These two tractors, rated at 230 and 250 engine horsepower, packed a lot of power into a compact chassis. And there was more. Deere’s […] Read more
Kubota has introduced its second-generation M7 tractor series, the M7-2.
Machinery, Machinery Guide

Kubota updates its flagship M7 tractor line

The M7-2 series brings new technology and introduces the Deluxe model

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Reading Time: 2 minutes It was a poorly kept secret in 2018 that Kubota was about to introduce an updated version of its most powerful tractor, the M7 Series, into North America. In fact, the brand showed a newer M7-2 at the Agritechnica machinery show in Germany in 2017. Now, however, the updated tractor line has finally arrived on […] Read more
Model diesel engines under heavy load no longer belch out black soot than those of a couple of decades ago, thanks to today’s sophisticated engine emissions systems.
Guide Business, Machinery

Chipping away

Tinkering with the environmental control systems on your new tractor or combine could cost a whole lot more than the $3,000 chipset

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Reading Time: 6 minutes A few months ago I was talking with Jim Wood, chief sales and operations officer, at the Rocky Mountain Equipment dealership chain. He voiced concern at the time about equipment owners who were deleting the emissions systems in their late-model equipment. Aside from the issues this creates at dealership service departments, he expressed concern that […] Read more
New 8R tractors get larger tanks that provide six percent more fuel capacity and 12 per cent more DEF.
Machinery, Machinery Guide

Upgrades for 8R and 9R John Deere tractors

Deere makes changes to its highest horsepower tractors

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Reading Time: 3 minutes John Deere’s two biggest tractor lines, the 8R and 9R Series, will see a host of upgrades beginning this fall. “For the 2019 model year (8R and 8RT) tractors, we’re making the Premium CommandView III Cab with cab suspension standard on all 8RT Series tractors,” says Tiffany Turner, product marketing manager, large tractors for John […] Read more
Machinery, Reuters

CNH Industrial improves guidance after strong Q2, shares up 10 pct

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Milan | Reuters (July 26, 2018) – Truck and tractor maker CNH Industrial raised its full-year guidance on Tuesday after better-than-expected quarterly earnings, sparking a more than 10 percent rally in its shares. Milan-listed shares closed 10.6 percent higher at 9.93 euros, making it the best performer on the city’s blue-chip index, which ended the session […] Read more
Tilmor is gearing up for its 2019 debut, reinventing the iconic Allis-Chalmers Model G. for the 21st century.
Guide Business, Machinery

The Allis G tractor roars back to life

Ohio company sees a new opportunity for a very old design

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Reading Time: 5 minutes The unique design of the vintage Allis-Chalmers model G tractor (or implement carrier, as it could be more accurately described) makes it one of the most identifiable machines at any antique tractor show. It was manufactured from 1948 to 1955. And as Lydell Steiner, project lead on the Tilmor tractor project, sees it, it may […] Read more
John Deere has added one more model to its 100 Series lawn tractor line and uprated their model designations to the E100 Series.
Machinery, Machinery Guide

Keeping the place up

Manufacturers offer new yard care machines for 2018

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Reading Time: 3 minutes As the warm weather comes on, a job on every farm is to pull the yard care equipment out of storage and get it running again. If that’s getting to be a nuisance, you might want to look at some of the new offerings in the lawn and sub-compact tractor segments that manufacturers have introduced […] Read more
John Deere added the 6230R and 6250R to the top end of its 6R line in Europe. Expect to see them become available here soon.
Machinery, Machinery Guide

Deere strengthens its tractor promise

More models and a unique fuel guarantee to boost Deere’s European presence

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Several years ago, John Deere was one of the earliest brands to give the digital component of its equipment a strong emphasis. Without a doubt they were ahead of all the major brands, which have since recognized the growing importance of that technology. Now, Deere is again getting ahead of curve by using the data […] Read more

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