Justin Roberts, Author at Agriland.ie

Justin Roberts

LAMMA 2019: Manitou previews new, smaller telescopic loader

January 18, 2019

Although Manitou was keen to promote the re-badging of Mustang skid-steer loaders in its own red livery at LAMMA 2019, the machines remained…

LAMMA 2019: Valtra has an all-new engine in the offing

January 18, 2019

Machinery

Revolutions often come in small stages. Valtra has taken a few incremental steps forward this year, with changes to the specifications of tractors…

Plans afoot: New Crystal…and new assurances from Zetor for Ireland

January 16, 2019

Machinery

Ireland had been an especially strong market for Zetor at one time. The old Crystal 8011, for example, has become something of an…

LAMMA 2019: Lofty claims for Kuhn’s latest belt merger

January 16, 2019

Machinery

Aimed primarily at larger farmers and contractors, the ‘Merge Maxx 950’ belt merger from Kuhn spans 9.5m in width. It attracted plenty of…

LAMMA 2019: ArmaTrac moves up to 125hp

January 9, 2019

Machinery

Following the purchase of ArmaTrac last year, there can be little doubt that the Mahindra empire is determined to make headway in the…

LAMMA 2019: ‘New-look’ Manitou skid-steer unveiled to show-goers

January 9, 2019

Machinery

Manitou has announced at this week’s LAMMA show (England) that all Mustang skid-steer loaders sold in Europe, and many other markets, are to…

Trade focus: Back to the future with the Batrake

December 17, 2018

Machinery

Over the past year there has been one farm implement in particular that has drawn a good deal of interest at shows around…

Topcon adds tillage depth control to its high-tech toolbox

December 17, 2018

Machinery

Topcon has taken the concept of sprayer boom height control and applied it to tillage equipment which, it claims, will ensure an even…

Lozova on its way to LAMMA…for the first time ever

December 17, 2018

Machinery

Lozova Machinery is not a company that is well known here in the west. It hails from Ukraine – a part of the…

Steel wheels and strakes are neither gone nor forgotten

December 17, 2018

Machinery

Before the days of 4WD for tractors, much attention was paid by engineers to increasing the traction available from just the two rear…

Trade focus: Mastek, macerators and the business of moving muck

December 17, 2018

Machinery

If there is one universal opinion in the machinery trade at present, it is that the splash-plate is on the way out as…

Auction report: Tractors and trimmers come under the hammer

December 5, 2018

Machinery

An on-site auction, which took place on November 3, 2018, at West Corner Farm, Dairy Drove, Thorney, Cambridgeshire (England), brought a wide selection…

Auction Report: Mixed bag of ‘blues’ at on-site sale

December 4, 2018

Machinery

Early November saw an on-site auction take place at West Corner Farm, Dairy Drove, Thorney, Peterborough, UK. It was held by Brown &…

A cache of Nuffields ‘cashed in’ at West Corner Farm

December 3, 2018

Machinery

November 3, 2018, saw an on-site auction take place at West Corner Farm, Dairy Drove, Thorney, Cambridgeshire, UK. It was held by Brown…

Tillage galore and Claas aplenty at Kellys of Borris open day

November 30, 2018

Machinery

With the autumn tillage season now drawing to a close, Kellys of Boris is holding an open day on Tuesday, December 4, at…

Trade focus: Slurryquip and the benefits of going big bore

November 29, 2018

Machinery

With the continuing onslaught of digital technology, it is easy to forget that agricultural machinery still relies on basic engineering principles to function…