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Harvesters
NEW to market:
The extreme-duty
1185 harvester
speed tractive effort depending on ground
conditions.
John Deere has a huge variety of
specialised features, with its control functions
such as JDLink and Timbermatic particularly
impressive and unique. Vimek, at the other
end of the market, reckons operators would
be hard pressed to find better units for small
applications.
On each and every front, these
manufacturers will claim to be an industry
leader. It is only the operator and business
owner who can decide which units are best for
them and their specific applications.
Tigercat builds a full range of cut-to-
length harvesting solutions including track
harvesters, wheel harvesters, harvesting
heads and control software. There is a
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