THE CRC Speedshow, held recently at the Auckland Showgrounds, featured fast and furious machines young and old.

WHEN DRIVING a genuine motoring icon you tend to forgive shortcomings, especially when you are driving the last of the breed.

FARM WORK rates are optimised by a raft of technical features and operating benefits in a new tractor from Case IH NZ Operations. 

MANITOU’S NEW rough-terrain telehandler, model MLT 840-137 (replacing the MLT 741-120) turns in 3.98m, carries 4000kg, and will tip 3 tonnes into a 4.5m-high trailer. Its boom allows carrying loads up to 7.55m in height with 800mm of offset. 

NEW FROM Fendt is a compact mid-horsepower (70-110hp) tractor with CVT (continuously variable transmission) – the first in this power segment offering such transmission.

THE VOLVO XC90 doesn’t look dated despite being a 10-year-old design. It set the benchmark for the family-friendly SUV when it launched in 2002 and was such a strong design in every respect, little has been changed over the years.

A 5.4M Landplane made by Newman Engineering, Dargaville, has made short work of cultivation for Waitoa dairy farmer Brendon Mulgrew.

FARMING IS clearly in view in the design of AGCO’s new Massey Ferguson MF 9400 series telehandlers.

A NEW electronic hand-held tag reader from Leader Products fits snugly in palm or pocket and suits close-quarters work, reading tags up to 200mm away, says the New Zealand company’s sales and marketing spokesman Murray Jacob.

LARGE TANK capacity and various fit-out options on Silvan's new Broadacre Fieldmaster trailed sprayer make this suitable for large orchardists, farmers and contractors, the company says.