In March Ford invited Grainews to put one of its newest F-350s equipped with a 6.7 litre Powerstroke diesel to an on-farm test. We gladly accepted the challenge and spent a full week evaluating the truck. In the process we added over 500 kilometres to the odometer reading. But we didn’t cover all that ground […] Read more
PHOTOS: Farm testing the new F-350 Powerstroke
We spent a week putting Ford’s newest one-ton diesel pickup to work in an on-farm test
Safely extricate a stuck machine
Replace those chains with tow straps and think safety
If you have a pile of old chains in your workshop ready to use when your tractor or combine gets stuck, just leave them there was the message instructors gave students during a lesson on how to extricate stuck heavy trucks and machines. The January classroom session was part of the University of Manitoba’s first […] Read more
PHOTOS: How to use a metal shrinker-stretcher tool
It may not be a standard piece of farm workshop equipment, but for anyone who needs to do a little metal fabrication occasionally, a shrinker-stretcher can be a pretty useful tool. It came in very handy on the Grainews workshop toolbox project. The metal shrinker-stretcher basically does exactly what its name implies: shrink or stretch […] Read more
Come with us to Agritechnica
When I attended my first Agritechnica in 2009, I happened to be at the New Holland display’s official product introduction at exactly the right time. In typical Agritechnica fashion, the launch was an extraordinary display. Events at this show make Canadian and U.S. events seem pretty dull by comparison. On that day, NH had a […] Read more
Combine cylinder reverser system
Hydraulic wrench designed to make clearing plugs easier
As a farmer, Richard Arnold, who describes himself as heading research and development and Arnold Innovations, turned his own observations about the difficulty of clearing plugged combine cylinders into a small business. Arnold Innovations now produces two hydraulically assisted cylinder-reversing wrenches to make that job easier. Richard and his son were promoting their products at […] Read more
Wider field cultivators from Unverferth
Three models offer different capabilities
Unverferth Manufacturing has broadened the available working width range of its Perfecta field cultivators, which can now be ordered in sizes from four to 40 feet. The company claims the Perfecta models blend tillage, levelling and finishing actions into one implement. The new, wider sizes use a floating wing design that can rise up to […] Read more
PHOTOS: Special edition machines in 2016
Classic Machinery: Our look at a few of the unique offerings brought to the machinery market last year
You may have noticed an apparent contradiction in the title of this page. We’ve put this article under the “Classic Machinery” heading, yet this feature is all about models that appeared in 2016. No. It isn’t a mistake. So, why did we do it? We’re taking a quick look over our shoulder at what “special,” limited […] Read more
Grainews needs you
Last year we kicked off the first-ever Grainews Machinery Challenge, which we ran in conjunction with the Ag in Motion farm show near Saskatoon. We focused our attention on UTVs and had a pretty broad selection of them to turn over to our judging team. That team, made up of editors from Grainews and our […] Read more
How to build a custom toolbox, Part 2
It’s time to build the box portion and finish off this custom toolbox project
In the last article we took the hood from a 1960 Ford truck and used it as the basis for a completely customized workshop toolbox. Now with all the fabrication work done on the hood, which will be the box lid, we know the required build dimensions the lower box section that will fit to it. […] Read more
New fertilizer applicator from Summers
Customizable tool can incorporate up to three types of product simultaneously
For those who want to incorporate fertilizer other than during seeding operations, North Dakota’s Summers Manufacturing has introduced a new machine to the marketplace to help accommodate that: The VT Flex applicator. It’s a fully customizable fertilizer applicator, according to the company, that will allow placement of up to three fertilizer mediums (dry, liquid and […] Read more
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