Profi

If you are interested in tractors and farm machinery then Profi International is the magazine for you with its in-depth technical articles, keeping you up to date on all the latest farm machinery news. Profi magazine is the only monthly magazine assessing, scientifically testing, comparing and advising on tractors, machinery and ancillary equipment. Profi also advises on buying used equipment, and includes a wealth of practical and technical features to help readers get more from their existing machinery. Profi magazine also has a new workshop tips section and expanded classifieds! A subscription to Profi delivers you 13 issues per year.

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FIRST PÖTTINGER MERGER

LOW PRESSURE TYRES

INCREASED PRECISION

SMMT DEBUT FOR AT35

IN BRIEF …..

WIDEST KUHN MOWER

MASSEY 3 SERIES SPECIALS

PRECISION GUIDED HOES

COUSINS SOIL LOOSENER

FIXED CHAMBER UPDATES

MORE 5G POWER

INTEGRATED TANKER TYRE INFLATION

Back on the green • While the Dumfries drizzle the night before threatened the working demos, a drying win eventually allowed the grass machinery to make a start, albeit a little later than planned.

No steps, the Deutz way • The 8280 TTV maxes out with 287hp. This grunt works its way to the wheels through an infinitely variable transmission, which showed its many strengths in our tractor test. But can it really challenge that other German tractor maker and its Vario?

Three tractors in comparison • This is a comparison of three similar hp tractors that have been tested by profi in past magazines

A passion for collecting • Krone introduced its fifth-generation big balers last year and gave us the chance to put the latest Big Pack 1270 VC, with Bale Collect, through its paces.

A SCRAP-END FREE FUTURE

Talented hands • We tested how well five different makes of bale grab can handle both round and square wrapped bales. Read on to see how the four linear grabs compare to a soft hands design.

An updated character • APV’s 6.00m wide GP600 M2 is aimed at the contractor end of the grass harrow market. This revamped version gains some easier to use features, as we found out when we caught up with a prototype unit.

Back to the drawing board • In a bid to lure operators over to the yellow side, JCB has given its Fastrac controls a much-needed overhaul. We were at the launch to find out about the new controls and other updated kit coming this year.

Clamp climbing heavyweight • Aiming to cater for the needs of large AD plants and high-output contracting fleets, JCB has added a new loading shovel to its Agri line-up.

Speedy loading

Control along contours • Kuhn has added some wide working models to its Optimer short disc harrow range, spanning 9.0m and 12m. We tucked the L9000 into varied dirt to see what it has to offer larger farming operations.

Four-wheeler XL • We’ve been to see one of the two pre-production models of the VT5536, a higher capacity and more powerful four-wheeled self-propelled Vredo Trac

Within the scope of possibilities • With the Optima F, Kverneland is now closing a gap in its product range. For the first time, the SX seeding unit is available on a fully mounted 6.0m folding frame.

Top power consumption rates • The Astronaut, assessed in our 7/2019 issue, showed the single-box robot to be the most economical milking system we'd tested with the DLG. But there was one result that made us think …

HOW THE MEASUREMENTS WERE TAKEN

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Straightforward drills, easy to understand choices • Evesham based Weaving offer two types of mounted tine drill, the coil sprung Tine models and, for lower disturbance drilling, the straight tine Sabre. Both have a straightforward...