I tend to find if a producer has dealt with more drought, they’d rather have a flood, and vice versa — but how you adjust your equipment to deal with the conditions is in your hands.
Tag Archives Towing
How non-stop rain affects your farm equipment
Be careful what you wish for in those dry years
We review the Kubota RTV-XG850
Grainews’ practical test puts the new ‘full size’ UTV through its paces
In September, Glacier FarmMedia editors had a chance to spend a few days with one of Kubota’s newest side-by-sides, an RTV-XG850 Rancher Special Edition. Kubota calls this model line its “full size” UTVs. The XG850 model comes in five different variations. The Rancher Special Edition offers a sort of mid- to higher-range level of features, […] Read more
How to add warning lights
Putting lights on older implements adds to on-road visibility
I can recall an incident driving back to the farm late one fall evening. There was something on the road ahead. I couldn’t quite make it out. On getting closer it was clear I was coming up fast on a tractor and round baler travelling in the same direction. The baler obscured the rear tractor […] Read more
Road testing the new Silverado HD
A new, safer generation of pickups offers drivers both brawn and brains
Chevy recently partnered with John Deere at its world headquarters in Iowa to show off the newest versions of the Chevy HD Silverado pickup. The reason? A work-related backdrop is vital to understanding the needs of the HD truck owner, and frankly what looks better than some spanking new construction equipment towed by shiny 2018 […] Read more
Testing Ford’s Trailer Backup Assist
Does adding an auto-back up feature on to the package add value to this farm truck?
Just about every producer is used to backing up towed machinery and trailers. It’s an everyday occurrence on the farm. But not everyone with a driver’s licence is capable of easily navigating a truck and trailer through the rear-view mirror. To help those directionally challenged drivers and anybody who would just like reversing a trailer […] Read more
GM offers retrofit trailering options
Rear view cameras and hitch packages available for 2014-2016 Silverado
Farm pickups usually see their fair share of road miles with a trailer in tow, especially those owned by mixed farmers who almost always have a livestock trailer. This year the major pickup truck brands seem to be vying for attention from those who pull trailers by offering increasingly better option packages. When Ford introduced […] Read more
UniCrawler adds more floatation
German manufacturer uses tracked carrier to keep trailers out of the mud
Rubber track systems have been gaining a lot of interest in all areas of farm machinery design lately. But one German manufacturer, Annaburger, has taken the application of tracks a step beyond the usual tires-to-tracks conversion concept and created a floating chassis, which is designed to carry wheeled trailers across soft terrain. Tractor-drawn trailers are […] Read more
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
