Case IH CVT drive added to high power tractors
Case IH has taken its long-standing experience with CVT technology and produced a hydro-mechanical power splitting system for its tractors from 294kW (400hp). It is now installed in selected models of Steiger four-wheel drives and Quadtrac full-size track tractors, and all three sizes of the Rowtrac, which is equipped with wide-spaced narrow tracks to operate […]
Challenger MT700 Series small track king
A continuously variable transmission comes to the smaller of the two Challenger track tractors for the first time with the introduction of the latest generation MT700 Series. Accompanying the new Accu-VT transmission is a re-designed Mobil-trac undercarriage with enhanced traction belt guidance and suspension. Along with powertrain control technologies that promotes fuel-saving ‘low-speed, high-torque’ strategies, […]
New Holland methane fuelled tractor
Enthusiasm for exploring the practicality and cost effectiveness of likely alternatives to diesel is the motive behind the creation of a methane gas-fuelled tractor by New Holland. The sleek looking model, that may give some clues to possible future design language for commercial tractors, is based on a New Holland T6.180 and produces up to […]
Valtra tractors to offer smart glass display
The Valtra SmartGlass development is described as ‘robust and bright’ transparent display technology and is laminated inside the windscreen. Tractor operators need to pay attention to many things while operating the tractor – observe surroundings, watch and control the implement, assess the work being done and be aware of machine status. Valtra’s SmartGlass transparent display […]