Have tractors improved? 

Have Tractors gotten more or less fuel efficient in the last 10 years? Canada's tractor test lab, The Prairie Ag Machinery Institute, averaged the ratings...

How to calculate your tractor's fuel efficiency 

Go to http://tractortestlab.unl.edu. Click on Test Reports. The Web site shows all makes and models tested at the lab since 1999. (Hard-copy reports for...

Shift up, throttle back 

By: By Mark Moore

You've Heard all the usual tactics for using less tractor fuel: Change the oil, clean the air filters, inflate the tires. But there's one operating procedure...

One-pass wonder 

Clyde Cook constructed this fertilizer/drill for the family Ririe, ID, wheat farm. He built a cart from a Yielder drill frame to carry a 3,000-gal. anhydrous...

Reinventing the engine 

By: By Jodie Wehrspann

For 12 Long Years, ever since the EPA included off-highway diesel engines on its hit list of polluters, engine makers have been scrambling, reviewing,...

The science of Tier 4 

Solution EGR exhaust gas recirculation with a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) and diesel particulate filter (DPF) This technology diverts a percentage...

Hooked on Smart 

By: By Jodie Wehrspann

Will Your next farm implement be smarter than you? Will it be a better driver? Maybe. Electronics are increasingly common on planters, sprayers and other...

Tracking 20,000 

Challenger Recently sold its 20,000th track tractor. Caterpillar introduced its Mobil-trac system for its Challenger tractors in 1987, creating the first...

Tractors go Global 

By: By Karen McMahon and Mike Boyatt

The South Korean manufacturer TYM has boosted horsepower in its utility tractor line with the new T series. The trend among manufacturers is to build...

The ultimate power tool 

By: Jeff Ryan

It's a heavy-duty cargo truck, it's a tractor, it's a service vehicle. The Power Platform from Custom Chassis is everything in one package. The vehicle...