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Shaking things up

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The expectation of quality among buyers of farm machinery has risen substantially in past decades. As a result, all manufacturers have felt the heat to live up to customer demand and implemented a host of new quality control programs both on and off assembly lines, including at the design phase. That goes for vehicle manufacturers[...]
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Jack allows for safe, heavy lifts

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It’s common to find tractors and heavy machines inside farm shops and even dealership service bays jacked up and resting on a stack of wooden blocks while mechanics work underneath them. Sometimes that blocking doesn’t look very safe. Louis Sigouin and Dan Edwards of Eastwood Products in Arborfield, Manitoba, have developed their Heavy Equipment Jack[...]
Machinery

Turning combines into hot rods

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In the past few years most major equipment brands seem to have recognized the need to offer combines better suited to small grains harvesting, which makes them a bit different than the bulk of machines they build that are tailored to corn and beans growers. Even though new models have hit the market that better[...]
Machinery

Understanding hydraulic systems

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With so many large implements now demanding multiple oil flows from high-output hydraulic systems, every producer understands meeting those specifications will almost certainly require a tractor with a closed-centre hydraulic system. Less efficient, open-centre systems were once the industry standard. And there are still many new tractors on the market today that rely on them,[...]
Machinery

Cool it: cold temps for a smooth fit

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A variety of parts on ag equipment and vehicles are designed to have a friction or interference fit, which means components fit together so tightly they maintain their position relative to each other without any kind of fastener holding them in place. Bearing races, for example, remain fixed tightly in a housing this way. It’s[...]
Equip Blog

By the numbers

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A few days ago I was stopped on the side of the road chatting with a member of the harvesting crew from a neighbouring farm. The field just beside where we were parked, along with others nearby, were yielding exceptionally well, he told me. The canola was running somewhere north of 60 bushels per acre.[...]
Machinery

Big Roy debuts — again!

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Back in January, Grainews was invited into Versatile’s Winnipeg tractor assembly plant to follow the restoration of the classic Big Roy, eight-wheel drive tractor, which has been a brand icon since the 1970s. The Grainews video team documented the work being done to the tractor by company employees throughout the restoration process. The goal of[...]
Equip Blog

Keeping your head above water

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Nearly every day some new press release pops up in my email inbox, usually several. In the agricultural machinery world most of those announcements use a pretty matter-of-fact style. They generally rely on the newsworthiness of the machine to provide any impact. I guess all the brands think we machinery editors a pretty pragmatic bunch.[...]
Machinery

How to replace worn steering components

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Older tractors, self-propelled machines and farm trucks tend to get a little hard to control with age. Driving some of them down the road at maximum speed can be a bit like herding goats, and a little dangerous. They will only go approximately where you want them to. The reason is often due to excessive[...]
Equip Blog

At the show

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Last week involved yet another road trip as I headed south to take in the U.S. Farm Progress show in Boone, Iowa. This year all four of the major brands coordinated their primary new product launches around that event. For its official launch, John Deere invited members of the farm media to its nearby Des[...]

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