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Boasting a power rating of 673, the Fendt MT 1167n Vario is the biggest model in Agco’s tractor stable.
Equipment, Machinery

The horsepower race is back on again

Recent tractor models boast increased power ratings at most brands

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When the maximum horsepower ratings of production tractors hit 500 several years ago, I recall seeing a magazine editor ask the question, “Will we ever see 600?” For several seasons there’s been a kind of yellow flag in the race as brands just lap the track holding their positions — but all of that seems […] Read more
Canadian manufacturer AgriBrink has introduced an aftermarket auto tire inflation system for ag tractors and equipment.
Equipment, Machinery

AgriBrink introduces an auto-inflation system

Aftermarket system allows for auto tire inflation from the cab

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That big, new aircart that recently arrived on the farm has the widest available radial tires on it, so there’s no need to think about soil compaction, right? Wrong. Choosing the right rubber is only the first step in ensuring equipment does the least possible damage to soil. “Big tires are great, but they’re useless […] Read more
Michelin’s new EvoBIB “transforming tire (front) has gaps in the tread bars that allow the sidealls to “hinge” down and increase the width of its footprint at low inflation pressures.
Machinery

Michelin EvoBIB is a “two-in-one” tire

New radial offers two effective footprint widths based on air pressure

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We call this the transforming tire,” said Michelin Tire’s Mike Pantaleo, as he stood beside his company’s display of new tire technology during the Ag in Motion farm show near Saskatoon in July. “It’s a brand new tire and it’s brand new technology. We launched it in January in France at the SIMA show.” He […] Read more
Titan Tire’s LSW 1400/30R46 tires can replace a set of 710 millimetre radial duals.
Machinery

Titan Tire to build world’s largest agricultural tire

These new low sidewall tires have 1.4 metre tread width

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Radial tire technology has greatly reduced the amount of soil compaction that happens underneath today’s large farm equipment. Building on those refinements, Titan Tire intends to offer producers another tire choice that offers more than reduced compaction, the LSW 1400/30R46. These tires offer advantages in other aspects of field and road performance as well. Aside […] Read more
50-inch Michelin spraybib tire
Machinery

Michelin’s Ultraflex ag tires

The brand showed off the benefits of its IF and VF radials during an event in France

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Today’s ag tires may not be able to exactly match the reduced levels of compaction and floatation tracks offer, but Increased Flexion (IF) and Very High Flexion (VF) radial tires have narrowed the performance gap between tracks and tires considerably. IF tires are capable at operating at up to 20 per cent reduced air pressures […] Read more

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