Trio cultivator to under go major overhaul
SUMO recently released a revised model of the mounted Trio cultivators on their open day and this manufacturer from Yorkshire also provided preview of the latest drill – Versaplus. The idea of 1 pass Trio cultivator is same but aside from the 2 rows of cut away discs and the stands, almost all other aspects of this machine is being updated for the New Year. It is available in the 3m and 2.5m models and the weight here is lesser than the predecessor. There isn’t any strength lost either, according to the manufacturer. Sumo says that the leading... [Read more of this review]
JCB announces a £31m project for engine development
JCB recently announced new plans for investing £31 million in an engine development project for UK. It will create about 350 jobs in Wales and Midlands plants between the year 2016 and 2021. These programs will the start soon with the £4.5m that they got from Government’s Regional Growth Fund as an award. Research and design of this new project of engine will be taking place at the Foston, Derbyshire premises where the Dieselmax engine of the firm is manufactured. The new generation 4.4 litre Ecomax engine, (see picture) will get installed in... [Read more of this review]
New Holland TC5000 combine will gets AdBlue treatment
With advent of the SCR or Selective Catalytic Reduction engines, New Holland will be updating their combine line up. This time, TC5000 five and four straw walker range gets treatment of AdBlue along with some extra automated features. 6 model line up has Hillside version and it ranges from 175 hp to 258 hp at a speed of two thousand rpm. All these models are powered through FPT 6.8 litre engines and top TC5080, TC5080 Hillside, and TC5070 models have SCR with AdBlue for reducing emissions. AdBlue 80 litre tank is located close to the diesel tank... [Read more of this review]
Smart handling system on Scorpion
For complying with EN 15000 technical longitudinal standard, all the Claas Scorpion telescopic handlers will be having the all new control system of Smart Handling Overload. The EN 15000 has telescopic handlers will have LLMC or Longitudinal Load Moment Control for making sure that machines can reach forward safely without any tipping, according to Claas. But there are some drawbacks for the agriculture work. For instance, it adds pushing up the muck or grain where temporary over load results in hydraulics getting locked out on some of the machines. Smart... [Read more of this review]
