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VIDEO: Garvey takes on Booker in equipment operator challenge
Equipment, Machinery

VIDEO: Garvey takes on Booker in equipment operator challenge

Bragging rights were on the line as Scott Garvey and Robin Booker take skills challenge at Ag in Motion

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In an editorial meeting earlier this year, Western Producer editor Robin Booker challenged the Glacier FarmMedia editorial team to an equipment competition. Machinery editor Scott Garvey took him up on the challenge and the terms were made: bragging rights and a beer. The equipment? A skid steer and an excavator provided by the folks from […] Read more
Kubota’s new SVL65-2 compact track loader will be available 
from dealers this spring.
Machinery

Kubota adds a smaller track loader to its line

The SVL65-2 uses a smaller chassis but offers a spacious cab

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Kubota has added one more track loader to its product line this year with the addition of the new, smaller SVL65-2. The SVL65-2 is powered by a 68 horsepower engine and has a rated tipping load capacity of 2,722 kilograms (6,000 pounds). It gets a bucket breakout force rating of 2,093 kilograms (4,614 pounds). And […] Read more
This T5 tractor, serial number 501 was the first Hamilton Plant-built Canadian Crawler.
Machinery

IH Crawlers in Canada, Part 2

Post-Second World War, demand for small crawlers grew in Canada

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In an earlier Grainews article I shared a bit of the early history of International Harvester crawler tractors in Western Canada. I looked at their evolution during the ’30s until after the Second World War, that was when improvements in wheel tractor design nearly spelled the end of crawlers for farm power. Fortunately, a new […] Read more
In 1947 the 37,500-pound TD-24 was added.
Machinery

PHOTOS: International Harvester crawler history, Part 1

Former IH employee looks back 
at the development of crawlers

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The period after the First World War, I saw an explosion in farm tractor innovation. International Harvester engineers were aware of the work being done by Holt and others in the design of track laying tractors; and as a result they experimented with new versions of the eight to 16 wheel tractors, including one with […] Read more
The C237 offers the same lift capacity as the C238 but a lower horsepower engine that doesn’t require DEF.
Machinery

New Holland introduces the C237

Another model in NH’s track loader lineup

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New Holland’s Doran Herritt, product marketing manager for construction equipment, says customer feedback was behind the February introduction of the brand’s newest compact track loader, the C237. “Our customers told us that while the C238 will fit their needs for lifting and carrying, they didn’t need all the horsepower to complete their tasks,” he said […] Read more
Management at CASE Construction believe their new 
G Series wheel loaders will appeal to many farmers.
Machinery

New CASE G Series wheel loaders

CASE Construction offers seven new 
models with strong farmer appeal

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In August CASE Construction, the partner brand of Case IH, introduced the all-new G Series line of wheel loaders, and brand managers think some of these new machines will appeal to agricultural producers. Spanning the 141 to 347 horsepower range, they have bucket capacities ranging from 2.1 to a massive 6.25 cubic yards. The design […] Read more
Red 4WD Tractors, 1957 – 2017 is a detailed history
Machinery, Wheat & Chaff

Red 4WD Tractors, 1957 – 2017 is a detailed history

A new book for the tractor lover in your life

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Lee Klancher’s new book Red 4WD Tractors, 1957 – 2017 is no lightweight, figuratively or literally. (That seems only fitting, given the high-horsepower subject matter.) The large format book runs over 370 pages and includes a more than ample helping of rare photos. With Red 4WD Tractors, Klancher follows up on his previous book about […] Read more
Four new BX Series sub-compact tractors from Kubota offer some high-end 
features and a three-cylinder diesel engine. 

Machinery

Kubota expands its sub-compact tractor line

Brand adds four new BX80 Series diesel tractors to its range of offerings

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Most farmyards have a lot of grass to cut to keep things tidy around all the buildings. Cutting those areas can often be a tough job for run-of-the-mill lawn tractors. That’s where the much more sturdy sub-compact tractors on the market today really shine. They rely on more robust drivelines and are really miniature ag […] Read more
Three new models in Kioti's PX Series push the brand's tractor offerings above 100 horsepower.
Machinery

Kioti grows up, and into utilities

The South Korean brand adds 
three new and more powerful 
models to its tractor line

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Kioti wants to be a bigger player in the mainstream ag tractor market. As part of that effort, it recently added three more models to the top end of its relatively new PX Series. Prior to the introduction of these new machines, the brand was really only a player in the compact and sub-compact tractor […] Read more

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