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B.C. company to offer hybrid conversions for farm trucks

By Scott Garvey February 7, 2024

There’s an old saying that everything old is new again. When it comes to automotive and machinery design today, that seems to be true in spades. Diesel-electric equipment has been in use for decades, but until recently, that system had largely fallen out of favour with many equipment manufacturers, including heavy truck builders. “It’s weird,”[...]

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New tracks from Unverferth

By Scott Garvey February 6, 2024

Earlier this month Unverferth announced it had won an AE50 design award for its tracked Equalizer SP undercarriage, which is available on some grain cart models. The AE50 design awards is an annual event sponsored by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). It recognizes 50 product innovations in the areas of agricultural,[...]

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New Bobcat L95 wheel loader offers more horsepower, capacity

By Scott Garvey February 4, 2024

Is that skid steer loader on the farm proving to be not exactly the best machine for the conditions it has to operate in? Skid steers with limited ground clearance can often get hung up in soft ground in a barnyard, especially in muddy corrals in the spring. And they are slow, with top speeds[...]

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How to repair a power tool

By Scott Garvey February 2, 2024

On a recent trip to my local Princess Auto to buy an angle grinder, the store just happened to have a temporary scratch and dent stand set up in the parking lot by the front door, clearing out some not-quite-good-as-new merchandise. An angle grinder sitting on a table in that display caught my eye. Just[...]

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Multi-process welder provides arc, MIG and TIG functions

By Scott Garvey January 24, 2024

Are you thinking about buying a new welder for the farm shop? If so, there’s a lot out there to choose from. Do you need an arc, MIG or TIG type to handle typical repairs and on-farm workshop projects? It’s likely an average farm will need all three at one time or another. The good[...]

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Titan rolls out more tire size choices

By Scott Garvey January 24, 2024

Tire manufacturer Titan announced it has significantly expanded its newest line of R-1W tires, called the AgraEDGE. It will now produce sizes ranging from 320/85R24 for tractors all the way up to 800/70R38 for flotation applications. The company says the AgraEDGE line now covers the majority of the most in-demand sizes for MFWD tractors, as[...]

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Fendt adopts the Rogator

By Scott Garvey December 22, 2023

Longtime farmers will easily recognize the familiar yellow Rogator sprayers that have worked North American fields over the past few decades, but that eye-catching bright colour on their sheet metal has changed, as has the brand name they wear on their flanks. Parent company AGCO has transferred these sprayers over to its Fendt line of[...]

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Expensive new equipment or older/cheaper: Which makes more sense?

By Scott Garvey December 7, 2023

In late 1978 I bought a new Ford 4x4 pickup truck. The sticker price was under $10,000 and my job at the time was paying me around $25,000 a year. That meant the truck, at about a third of my annual income, was pretty affordable. Using the Bank of Canada's inflation calculator, that truck would[...]

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Editor's Rant: In good company

By Dave Bedard January 20, 2024

So for weeks I’d been planning to fill this space with a tirade about last month’s cynical-yet-predictable developments in Ottawa on Bill C-234, but when Linamar went public with its plan to buy Bourgault Industries I got distracted by developments closer to home, so to speak. In case you missed the news shortly before Christmas,[...]

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Claas adds to its tractor offerings

By Scott Garvey November 2, 2023

Germany-based Claas has been making moves in recent years to expand the global reach and product line it offers farmers in several countries. But July was a unique first for the brand as it launched a new tractor line in North America, making that the first major launch of new models outside Europe for the[...]

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B.C. company to offer hybrid conversions for farm trucks

New tracks from Unverferth

New Bobcat L95 wheel loader offers more horsepower, capacity

How to repair a power tool

Multi-process welder provides arc, MIG and TIG functions

Titan rolls out more tire size choices

Fendt adopts the Rogator

Expensive new equipment or older/cheaper: Which makes more sense?

Editor's Rant: In good company

Claas adds to its tractor offerings

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