In this third video for Scott Garvey’s eQuipTV series on used trucks, Scott talks with Brad Van Wyck with Freightliner Manitoba about the value producers can expect when buying a truck that maybe costs a little more, but offers more reliability down the road. Video production by Greg Berg and Spencer Myers.
VIDEO: How much truck for your money? – Part 3
A model of controversy
This past week I was having lunch with a group of machinery product reps. We were talking about new machinery introductions when one asked me if I’d ever been to a European farm machinery show. The answer was, I’ve been to farm machinery shows on three different continents at one time or another. We started […] Read more
Evaluating used heavy trucks: Part 1
In this multi-part series we look at what’s out there in the used truck market
Heading to a dealership or auction sale and bringing home a new-to-you machine is one of those experiences that just naturally goes with farming. Every producer will have done that many times over the course of his or her career. But shopping for heavy trucks compared to farm machines can be a little different experience. […] Read more
Gearing up
It’s become a ritual for me, heading over to Hanover Germany every second November to spend a week at Agritechnica, the world’s premiere farm machinery show. During my time as machinery editor I’ve attended many farm shows in countries on three different continents, but none of them can really be compared to Agritechnica. I suppose […] Read more
Hagie expands its use of Deere engines
Deere’s 6.8 litre diesels power STS10s & STS12s
Deere had a couple of announcements to make in May about sprayers. One of those, the Hagie brand, which is now majority owned by John Deere, will expand the use of John Deere engines by making them the standard power plant in STS10 and STS12 models, beginning with 2019 model year. Deere’s PowerTech 280- and […] Read more
VIDEO: How much truck for your money? – Part 2
In this episode of eQuipTV, Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey talks with Marty Cook, Director of Sales for Freightliner Manitoba, to find out what type of value truck buyers can typically expect from trucks in a mid-level price range and why you may want to think twice about buying that less-expensive used truck you saw on […] Read more
A New Year’s resolution suggestion
It’s hard to believe, but Christmas is almost here—again! The year seems to have flown by, but that may be because for me, personally, there have been so many changes. It was the year we made the transition from being involved in farming for decades as well as living there for a long time to […] Read more
Amazone pushes the pull type sprayer
Brand hopes to impress Canadian growers with big capacity, pull-type model
In North America, the self-propelled sprayer has certainly come to dominate the market. For the most part, pull-type models have faded from use over the years. But that is hardly true in Europe, and one European brand, Amazone, thinks it’s time for the pull-type model to make a comeback here in Canada. With several high-end […] Read more
PHOTOS: Germany’s Dammann sprayer comes to Canada
Another European brand looks to start sales in this country
Anyone who’s ever walked the aisles of Agritechnica, the giant German farm machinery show, will understand that Europeans have taken sprayer technology to an entirely new level. A relatively intensive agriculture regime coupled with extremely stringent regulations and intense public scrutiny of herbicide use has demanded it. At the same time, farmers are still looking […] Read more
VIDEO: How much truck for your money? – Part 1
Thinking of buying a large truck for your farm anytime soon? Depending on how much use the truck will likely get, your budget and a host of other factors, there’s a lot of trucks on the market to choose from. In part one of his five-part series, Grainews machinery editor Scott Garvey takes a look […] Read more
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