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Indian farm machinery maker Mahindra will show its expanded tractor range, including new offerings at both ends of the power spectrum, says national sales manager Russell Burling.
The company will launch its 20-24hp eMax tractors and the mForce 100hp, its first large machine in New Zealand.
At 100hp the mForce 100P will meet the “known largest demand in the New Zealand market – for 90-120 hp tractors,” Burling says.
“They’re used by everyone… sheep and beef farmers, and dairy farmers; we’ve been were looking forward to getting a model in.”
With power coming from a 100hp 4-cyl Perkins 4400cc turbo diesel engine, this model has plenty of power, managed by a 32x32 power shuttle transmission including eight creeper gears.
The loader can lift 1870kg and the rear 3-point hitch can carry a maximum of 3110kg.
The designers have kept simple the layout of the large, double-door cab, but haven’t skimped on features farmers want, offering hydraulic controls for the three point linkage on the
left and right of the tractor.
Burling says the three year, 2000 hour warranty should be an attractive offer.
And while the new eMax series (22-25hp) might appear to be the polar opposite to the larger tractor, they offer more than one might imagine.
The full chassis rail, Tier IV eco-friendly engine, and highly engineered drawbar and 3-point linkage means users are essentially getting the strength of a full-sized tractor inside a compact. “It’s definitely stronger and better,” Burling says.
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While the average size of a tractor in India is much smaller than in Europe or North America, the market is booming, with a record 915,474 tractors sold last year – five times greater than the Western European and three times larger than North American markets.
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