The action tractors

Despite the obvious slowdown due to the pandemic, developments have continued, mainly led by the transition to Stage V engine emissions compliance. Other updates have included an improvement of the cab environment and adoption of the latest control and data management technology. Specific improvements nod to the diverse roles played by this size of tractor – from enhanced braking for fieldwork in tricky conditions by Claas to John Deere’s announcement of a model aimed at transport operations.

While stepless transmissions are broadly available across the sector, powershift boxes endure for the ‘workhorse’ jobs and have been updated by some manufacturers to be more versatile, particularly by improving road performance or the ease of brake-to-clutch functionality. For this reason, we have focused on the six-cylinder powershift models in our market round-up, having charted the CVT versions in last year’s guide. On the transmission side of things in our guide = semi-powershift, = full powershift and = dual clutch.