When it comes to hunting for used machinery, turning to the Internet opens up a lot of opportunities. The virtual world has made machinery shopping an armchair experience. Just type in the make, model and specifications of the machine you want, and you can find almost every one currently on the market in Canada and […] Read more
Three Reasons For Buying Local Used Equipment
Reminiscing About Roto-Thresh Combines
Western Roto-Thresh isn t exactly a household name among farmers anymore. In fact, it never really was. The Saskatoon-based combine manufacturer had a relatively short-lived existence during the 1970s, but it managed to become a pioneer with its innovative harvesting technology, nevertheless. Its machines used a large-diameter, longitudinally mounted, axial separating drum for the final […] Read more
How To Repair Your Windshield
One of the biggest headaches with traveling on gravel roads is that those roads are hard on windshields. Getting stone chips repaired before they turn into full-blown cracks is important and should save you money in the long run. Having a glass repair shop do the work will cost between $35 and $40, unless you […] Read more
News from Versatile
Senior management at Versatile had a lot to talk about on the 26th of October. The Clarence Avenue assembly plant in Winnipeg celebrated completion of the 100,000th tractor built there since it began production in 1966. The milestone model, a 305 MFWD, along with the dealer that sold it and the customers who bought it […] Read more
Do you see what I see?
No, that caption wasn’t my attempt to be the first one to sing a Christmas carol this year. My trip to the grand opening of Seed Hawk’s expanded production facility earlier this month made me think about those words. It became clear to me that owners of the many prairie-based implement manufacturers, like Seed Hawk […] Read more
No Driver? No Problem!
At its product introduction event in Illinois in August, John Deere introduced Machine Sync, a telematics product that will allow a combine operator, and the combine s autosteer system, to take control of a tractor and grain cart during on-the-go unloading. It does not, however, eliminate the need to have an operator in the tractor […] Read more
Make A Fresh Start With An Old(er) Machine
When older farm equipment ends up sitting unused for a few seasons, restarting it usually requires a little extra effort. Lack of use can be as hard on farm machinery as years of service. To show you what s involved in a typical restart, here s a look at what we had to do this […] Read more
SeedMaster’s Nova XP-820 Smart Cart Is VRT Ready
Late last year, management at SeedMaster gave some of their customers (and Grainews)a preview of a prototype air cart the company had under development. In June, that prototype appeared at the Western Canada Farm Progress Show in the form of the Nova XP-820 Smart Cart, where it won a Sterling Innovation award from show organizers. […] Read more
Five Ways To Prepare Machinery For Winter
Now that the 2011 crop what there was of it, if you live in southeastern Saskatchewan is in the bin and winter crops are safely in the ground, it is time to put your equipment back into winter storage. That means it is also the perfect time to perform all those annual, routine engine maintenance […] Read more
Seed Hawk expands its manufacturing plant
With 8 million acres left unseeded in parts of Saskatchewan this season, it’s been a tough year for some producers. But overall sales of new equipment remains relatively strong across the west. According to management at Saskatchewan-based Seed Hawk, domestic demand for its seed drills continues to grow. In order to keep up with increasing […] Read more
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