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lummetingprices for awide range of crops has seen
new tractor sales tumble during recent years inmany
e
uropean countries, but the fruit sector has escaped
relatively unscathed and themarket for specialist tractors is
buoyant.
f
ruit growers in themarket for a new tractor have
numerousmodels to choose from, evident by the number of
newones on display from all themajor brands at theBologna
f
airgrounds. There are noprecise figures, but it seems that
New
h
olland is the global leader when it comes to volumes of
speciality tractors, followedbyCarraro in secondplace, and
withArgo Tractors third.
New
h
olland showed the new T4
f
NV series (75-107hp) of
narrow tractors for orchards and vineyards. Poweredby 3.4
litre four-cylinder common rail turbocharged engines
developedby
f
PT
i
ndustrial, the blocksmeet the latest round
of emissions standards using a cooled exhaust gas
recirculation (C
e
G
r
) system and second-generation diesel
oxidation catalyst (D
o
C) technology. New
h
olland says the
compact solution does not require filter regeneration, there is
no filter to replace and the engine hardware is simpler so that
maintenance is easier, and the temperature on themuffler’s
external surface is lower.
TheBlueCab 4 system features a patenteddouble filtration
system; with two filters – oneCat 2 andoneCat 4 – in the
same roof system, the operator can operate the filtration
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Numerous new orchard and vineyard tractors
launched at
ei
MA show
Therewereplentyof new fruit tractorsondisplay at November’s ItalianEIMA show. Steven
Vale joined the record285,000 visitors to the five-day event to see someof thehighlights.
