Three new high-horsepower models offered
By Diego Flammini
Assistant Editor, North American Content
Farms.com
Part of what makes the London Farm Show a must-attend event is the list of innovations and technology farmers get to see.
Wednesday morning visitors at the Deutz-Fahr exhibit were privy to the unveiling of a new tractor.
“Deutz is improving their line of tractors,” said Yves Daoust, Deutz’s District Manager for Ontario and Western Canada. “It started with the 4000 series, 5000 series and now we have the 9000 series of tractor.”
According to Daoust, the tractor is “fully loaded.”
It can come in 295, 320 and 340 horsepower configurations. Each model comes standard with variable speed transmission and a front hitch; there’s also one feature that Daoust gave extra attention to.
“Four wheel disc braking,” he said. “It’s a very important feature for the tractor, especially if you haul a big trailer in the back.”
The inspiration for the four wheel disc braking came from overseas.
“If you look in Europe, they use a lot of tractors to haul big trailers in the back and farmers in Canada are going that way,” he said. “You mainly use the rear brakes on the tractor and it can damage the tractor.”
Daoust said simply it allows the tractor to stop safely and quickly when it needs to.
Another important feature Daoust pointed out was the tractor’s iMonitor – a nearly 13-inch monitor that can connect with a variety of precision agriculture equipment.
“Whatever the customer has as a machine in the back, the customer just plugs it and can adjust it,” he said. “It doesn’t matter what brand it is.”
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