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It's spring, so harvest season will soon be upon us and shrewd operators will have used the long winter nights to service their tractors and machinery to ensure a trouble-free campaign.

Witch tractors of 250-300hp favoured by many cropping farmers and contractors it's no surprise to see Case IH launch the Optum series.

Setting up tractors for best performance relies in large part on getting the ballasting right, for weight distribution and maximum traction in the paddock, or creating balance and safety using frontloaders.

Ken Wilson started out on the family farm, but a love of machinery drew him to contracting, initially with a bulldozer on the slopes above Colyton, Manawatu.

Kubota, well known for its smaller lifestyle tractors and farm units to 100hp, about a year ago announced it would build a range of higher powered models.

Josh Carston and Dion Richards joined forces two years ago as Carston Contracting, Reporoa. 

A gel that deters starlings from roosting in tractors – raising a sky-high risk of fires – has been launched by Shoof International. 

While the modern farm tractor runs almost exclusively on a diet of diesel, over the years we have seen derivatives running on bio-diesel and one unit out of Germany that ran on pure rapeseed oil (Canola).

Like many engineers, Des James’ early days were focussed on tractors. 

The fourth generation of the Valtra T series offers models of 155-250hp with up to 1000Nm torque – lots of power to take on demanding tasks.