Tracks vs Tyres: Different boots, same game
Tyres: Fendt 939 Vario Gen6
Cheveley Park Farms consists of multiple units spread from Cambridgeshire through to mid-Norfolk growing a wide variety of crops across a range of soil types. The Fendt 939 Vario we’re looking at is based at company’s Lower Farm, Narborough, Norfolk, where the surrounding area consists of sandy Breckland and chalky loam. An agreement with a large potato grower to carry out cultivations and planting sees the operating area extended even further afield.
The tractor in question, a Fendt 939 Vario Gen6, was delivered new in September 2020 by Thurlow Nunn Standen when it replaced a 66-plate 936 Vario. The 939 is joined on the farm by a 20-plate 930 Vario, and a new Fendt 1167 Vario MT crawler has been ordered to replace a hired Challenger MT865C. Until 2016 the tractor fleet was solely John Deere based, and the farm continues to operate numerous John Deere 6R-Series models of all generations alongside a solitary 8370R and a handful of older 30 Series tractors.
The 385hp 939 Vario is the second largest model in Fendt’s current sixth generation 900 Series which was launched in mid-2019. Much more than just a facelift, the new tractors use MAN engines in place of Deutz and the heavier-duty TA300 transmission
