New Machinery
As automakers roll out bigger and bigger trucks, many farmers are getting frustrated with the growing price tag of the tires that support them--enter retread tires.
The 2014 three-quarter-ton Ram sports the higher-strength steel frames that the 3500 dually got last year and the new 3500 single-rear-wheel can be outfitted with a factory-offered fifth-wheel or gooseneck trailering package.
Mr. Truck brings you the latest machines and features from this year’s roll out of pickup trucks.
The automaker today officially began manufacturing an advanced, aluminum-bodied F-150 pickup, its top selling and most profitable model.
Competition in the truck sector is alive and well. More horsepower and torque means farmers can haul more hay and cattle per load—of course you have to buy a bigger trailer, though.
Kelley Blue Book has punched the numbers, and the cost for mid-size and full-size pick-up trucks are on the rise.
General Motors Co. more than doubled discounts on some of its large pickups in July’s first 10 days after U.S. sales of the highly profitable models fell last month despite ads attacking the durability of Ford Motor Co.’s aluminum-bodied trucks.
Fred Whitford, director of Purdue Pesticide Programs, isn’t one to mince words – and he certainly didn’t when talking about truck accidents with attendees of the 2016 Farm Journal Corn College.
The 2018 North American International Auto Show opened this week in Detroit. And full-size pickup trucks are taking center stage.
Coming off a 8-year hiatus, the Ford Ranger is now returning to the roadways.
F-series sales fell 2.6 percent last month as a pickup price war heated up.
Time is money to J.D. Dulaney, but he was losing time constantly running from field to shop. He knew tool placement on a flatbed truck option was the key to better efficiency.
GM kicks torque and horsepower up a notch with new Duramax engine.
Ford shares rose the most in four years after the company reported a 5.1 percent sales increase that included the highest November deliveries for F-Series trucks since 2001, far exceeding the average estimate. GM’s light-vehicle sales gained 10 percent, aided by incentives topping $10,000 on some Silverado pickups and Suburban SUVs. Sales also topped forecasts at Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co.
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The agriculture industry is placing its youth directly in harm’s way through the use of teenagers as victim participants in grain entrapment rescue demonstrations, and the practice is a one-way road to serious injury or death.
Electric trucks are coming. In a couple years, there could be five or more on the market. Ford decided to introduce electricity in trucks first with a hybrid.
From throwing a 5-gal. bucket full of tools into the bed of the truck to a full-blown service truck, farmers can create a mobile shop. Here are a range of possibilities to consider.
With 31+ dealers listing their inventory totaling more than 1,400 trucks and SUVs for sale, the Certified Agriculture Dealer (CAD) Program launches AgTruckTrader.com.
“Now we’re scrambling for batteries to get up to the 150,000 production rate next year,” said Ford Pro CEO Ted Cannis, “because the demand is overwhelming.”
“The line where the precision ag starts and the tractor stops is extremely gray. It used to be bolting on precision ag hardware, and now it’s part of what the tractor does,” says marketing manager Ryan Jardon.
With new features, John Deere has added options specific for hay, livestock, commercial and other operator categories.
Tractor company Kioti announced its new line of implements and attachments for their compact tractors. The company says the line includes a full range of three-point implements, like mowers, tillage and landscape implements.
Kubota utility vehicles, Westfield grain augers, Unverferth soil conditioners, John Deere 7030 Series Tractors, Branson tractors, Frontier hay tedders
Case IH disk ripper, Great Plains Turbo-Chisel, Massey Ferguson rotary header, Fast sprayers, Kubota tractor, McCormick compact tractors.
John Deere 23-row Nutrient Applicator, Versatile SX275 Sprayer, Gehl V270 Skid Loader, Rhino TS12 Stealth Mower