Camso, a rubber track system and components manufacturer, is also an OEM supplier to a few major brands. It builds and provides the engineering for the track systems installed on tractors and other equipment right at the factory. But it also supplies aftermarket bolt-on track systems. This fall the brand had a few announcements to […] Read more
More news from rubber track maker Camso
Track component manufacturer offers several updates for 2020
New truck tire brand hits the market
Nextroad brand jumps into the Canadian marketplace
Prometeon Tyre Group, the parent company of the well-known Pirelli tire brand, is introducing another name to the U.S. and Canadian markets: the Nextroad range of heavy truck tires. As an initial offering, Nextroad will produce 295/75R22.5 and 11R22.5 tire sizes. Beginning in the first quarter of 2020 it will add 11R24.5 to its portfolio. […] Read more
John Deere 7R versus 8R tractors
With overlapping horsepower ranges, what’s the difference between them?
Across Western Canada, most John Deere dealers will likely tell you that on their lots, 8R tractors far outsell the 7Rs. Given that these two model ranges have overlapping horsepower ranges, what is it that each series offers that might be a better fit to each potential buyer? That was a question that marketing staff […] Read more
Movin’ On
Aside from growing up on the farm in the ‘70s and being around machinery on a regular basis as a kid, the TV show “Movin’ On” was a can’t-miss event for me every week the show ran. (There was no DVR back then!) To my mind, the star of that show was the Kenworth W900 […] Read more
AFS Soil Command hits the market
Case IH begins producing new tillage tools equipped with digital tech
Digital technology has become commonplace in powered farm machinery, but it has also been steadily moving to all types of equipment. This past winter Case IH announced the introduction of their AFS Soil Command digital technology for tillage equipment. Now it says production has started on machines equipped with it, and they’ll be hitting customers’ […] Read more
Mahindra’s Roxor takes to Canadian trails
India-based Mahindra updates the old Jeep design for off-road
Scanning through the online spec sheet for the Roxor off-road vehicle, one phrase stands out that seems to sum up what the Roxor is. It’s “a blend of old school simplicity and current technology,” reads the description. Why does that phrase seem so on point? Well, one look at the vehicle, even from a distance, […] Read more
Lemken improves parts life
German-based Lemken expands line up of wear-resistant parts
In the 1980s, Germany-based Lemken, which specializes in tillage equipment, introduced its “Dural” hardened wear parts to improve service life on ground-engaging components. Ten years ago it introduced the DuraMax line of wear parts, which offered another 15 per cent improvement in wear resistance over the Dural parts. This year Lemken has announced it’s expanding […] Read more
AGCO’s tillage approach on trial
Are new technologies paying off in the field? AGCO wants to find out
This year AGCO hired a new PhD agronomist for North America and gave him the task of testing the effects of today’s equipment and high-tech features when used in the real world. Speaking to a group of journalists at the brand’s Jackson, Minnesota, facility this summer, Jason Lee gave an update on the progress of […] Read more
John Deere revamps its 6M tractor line
New models, a redesign and longer options list for the 2020 model year
In mid-September, John Deere pulled the wraps off the latest updates to one of its mid-horsepower tractor ranges: the 6M family. That mid-spec line will see a much wider range of new options available for the 2020 model year across all models, but a new 140-horsepower 6140M model will also join the group to fill […] Read more
It’s time for some political common sense
Lately I’ve been eyeing up my back yard to see if a 1960’s style fallout shelter might fit in it, because for the first time in decades I can envision some sort of post-apocalyptic world emerging from the current political chaos. I may be exaggerating a bit here, but I am genuinely concerned about the […] Read more
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