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Nokian Tyres and Valtra set the New World Record for tractors: 130.165 km/h
A new world record, the result of co-operation between Nokian Tyres and Valtra has been set by multiple World Rally Champion Juha Kankkunen. Juha drove the machine to a speed of 130.165 km/h (80.88mph) in sub-zero winter conditions on a closed highway in northern Finland. Breaking the record was made possible by fitting the new Valtra T234 tractor with the world’s first winter tyre for ...
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From Finland to the Netherlands by tractor
On June 11th Mr van Remoortele, his wife Emmy and two friends arrived at the Suolahti factory to pick up the brand new Valtra tractor. The plan is to drive around 8 hours (200 km) per day, crossing five major water roads and six countries on the way. After visit to the factory and an introduction to the tractor controls, the adventurers set off on their 12 day trip across Europe: Mr van ...
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Valtra is the most sold tractor in Norway
Valtra has become the best-selling tractor in Norway with a market share of 20.6 percent in 2017 after an amazing finish in December. The most popular Valtra model is the N174, but the new T-series had a very big effect on the success. A total of 688 Valtra tractors were sold in Norway in 2017. This means a total increase of 221 tractors from last year, which equates to almost 50 per cent more ...
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Two of the Tractor of the Year 2022 Awards winners equipped with Sonceboz solutions
The 2022 Tractor of the Year awards have been announced and two of the winners are equipped with Sonceboz best-in-class Mechatronic solutions: Tractor of the year : John Deere 7R 350 Best Utiliy : John Deere 6120M AutoPowr Congratulations to our partner! We are proud to contribute to the global reach of John Deere and we look forward to continuing to provide the best solutions for meeting ...
By Sonceboz SA
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New Composite Fuel Tank for John Deere 9R Series Tractors
New for model year 2017, the 9R Series Wheeled and Scraper Special Tractors will feature a redesigned composite fuel tank. The new sloped design of the tank improves the aesthetics of the 9R and rear visibility for the operator. "The composite fuel tank also features a dual-fill design, allowing operators to fill the fuel tank from either side," says Tiffany Turner, product marketing manager, ...
By John Deere
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Dual fuel tractor awarded silver medal in Moscow
The jury praised especially the low operating costs of the Dual Fuel tractor. Valtra’s Dual Fuel tractors can run on diesel and either biogas or natural gas. If gas is unavailable, the tractor can run normally on diesel alone. When run on gas, small quantities of diesel are injected into the fuel mix to create combustion in the cylinder under pressure. However, most of the power is ...
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Valtra tractor opens first race of World Rally Championship in Finland
The first stage of this year’s Neste Oil Rally in Finland saw a special zero car when four-time rally world champion Tommi Mäkinen opened the Harju Special Stage in Jyväskylä with a Valtra tractor. In rallying, zero cars open the track for the competition cars. Their purpose is to alert the public that the race is about to begin and to check the security of the track. ...
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1-2-3 for Valtra tractors at European Championships
Valtra tractors claimed the top 3 positions at the European Tractor Pulling Championships in Zele, Belgium, on Sunday. Matti Herlevi driving Caesar was crowned European Champion in the Pro Stock category, while Jurian Duijn from the Netherlands took silver with Next Sensation and Johanna Herlevi third with Gangnam Style. This is the fifth time that Valtra tractors have made a clean sweep of the ...
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Massey Ferguson 35X Restoration Part 1
This Massey Ferguson restoration is long overdue. The MF35X has spent the last few years being used for towing a tipping trailer and moving logs to and fro from the log store into the house. More recently being commandeered for demonstrating machinery at the smallholding and when hosting open days. It doesn’t do as much mowing nowadays either, the ride on mower covers the lawns and we have ...
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N163 Direct tractors take care of army logistics
A couple of years ago the Finnish Defence Forces ordered 106 Valtra N163 Direct tractors for logistic tasks. While the last of these military tractors are still being delivered, the Defence Forces have already ordered more tractors from Valtra, including ten for the Army’s engineers. The customer has clearly been impressed by the versatility and ease-of-use of the tractors. The tractors ...
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Pink Valtra tractor raises awareness of producer prices
This summer young farmers toured Belgium with a pink Valtra tractor and trailer in order to attract attention to the low producer prices in agriculture. From August 9 to September 7 the tractor toured sixteen local markets throughout Flanders with a unique concept: customers could decide themselves how much to pay for the agricultural products on sale. The campaign was organized by the Belgian ...
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Valtra delivers 1000th Unlimited tractor
The Unlimited Studio at the Valtra factory in Suolahti, Finland, has delivered its 1000th specially tailored tractor to the customer. The Unlimited Studio has been operating since 2013 with the aim of fulfilling all the wishes that customers may have for their new tractors so long as they are feasible. “There has been great demand for this service, even more than we anticipated, so our ...
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Unlimited Studio transforms tractors
When a tractor rolls off the assembly line and is sent to the Unlimited Studio, it undergoes a complete transformation. The team of experts in the Unlimited Studio don’t just fit options and equipment to tractors; they design them, test them, source parts, install them and document the entire work process to ensure that everything is legal and compatible with the tractor’s other ...
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Valtra Design Challenge 2017 - FARMING THE FUTURE
World and people in it are changing faster than ever before. This creates big challenges for food production in the future. To guarantee wellbeing of future generations we need more advanced methods and equipment. Tractors as versatile machines have been playing a key role in this progress and we believe this will continue also in the future. The future tractors are designed today. What is your ...
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Tractor Repair Assessment
In his tractor repair assessment Chad discusses what’s first like hydraulics and the electrical system when a customer’s tractor comes into the shop. From the tractor repair assessment video. So when one of these machines come in and we start looking it over the first thing we want to assess, we kinda work from front to back and we say, “How does it look hydraulically? Does it ...
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New T Series launch attracts 1500 guests
The launch event was spread over two weeks with around 150 different guests attending each day. The guests got to find out more about the new tractor first at an evening event and the following day in practice on the field. The guests were offered the chance to familiarise themselves with the new T Series from as many perspectives as possible. They could drive the tractor on the field with a ...
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UK Agricultural Tractor Registrations
Month : 1,222 Units +21.2% change (compared with May 2017) Year to Date :5,343 Units+4.7% change (compared with January-May 2017) The brief slowdown in UK agricultural tractor (over 50hp) registrations recorded in February and March seems to be well and truly over. Registrations in May were over 20% up on the same month last year and the highest May figures since 2014. The 1,222 machines ...
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AEM Ag Tractor Combine Report Shows Positive Growth in 2019
December 2019 saw a return to positive overall results in U.S. sales of tractors and self-propelled combines, marking an upward end to a year that saw overall growth in the tractor and combine space. Total U.S. farm tractor sales for calendar 2019 grew 3.6 percent to 244,637 units, while self-propelled combines notched down 0.7 percent to 4,807, a decline of 32 units for the year. December ...
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Golden N174 celebrates “Golden Tractor for Design 2016” award
Valtra’s Unlimited Studio has put the finishing touches on a golden N Series tractor that will be displayed this spring at special events and exhibitions. Customers can also order the same Unlimited specifications for their own tractors. The specially equipped Valtra N174 can be identified by its bright golden graphics, tinted windows, the golden award logos on the side window and ...
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Valtra wins ´Golden Tractor for the Design 2016´ award at Agritechnica
Valtra N174 Versu, a model of the brand new Valtra N Series, has won the renowned ´Golden Tractor for Design 2016´ award at the Agritechnica Show 2015. The selection from 17 tractor candidates was made by 23 independent agricultural journalists from the European trade magazines. “A modern, dynamic, compact and cool look” was the reason why the jury selected the Valtra ...
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