SUDDENLY, they are the ‘must-haves’ on modern-day properties with big name machinery manufacturers scrambling to plug gaps in their product line-ups.
We are talking about the new-generation of side-by-side utility vehicles, a name which denotes their two forward facing seats as opposed to the single in-line arrangement associated with All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) – highlighted on models that incorporate a second pillion seat behind the driver.
While tractor sales have been hovering around the 10,000 unit mark over the past few years, there’s been stratospheric interest in lower cost ATVs increasingly able to carry out a range of duties. Incredibly, around 20,000 units are now sold each year.
But with winter approaching the focus is now the burgeoning ranks of side-by-side vehicles that increasingly come with handy roll-over protection bars, also ever more sophisticated cabs better able to provide shelter from Australia’s weather extremes.
Their sound safety track record, however, looks to be their principal sales draw-card.
Whether these bullish new contenders will be able to emulate the popularity of ATVs remains to be seen but with household Source
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Customers include VW/Audi, Ford, Toyota, Renault/Nissan, General Motors, Hyundai/Kia, Daimler, Chrysler, Fiat, BMW, Honda, John Deere, PSA, and MAN. and more »
Four NICC students in the NICC John Deere Ag Tech Program competed against nearly 20 teams from across the US at the National Postsecondary Agriculture
That involved his melodramatic reading of "something like a John Deere tractor manual, and people would die laughing," said Bob Cooke, who played trumpet in
John Deere and Claas are operating their own scheme. For a full list, visit the BAGMA website (www.bagma.com). A test will cost in the region of £60-£100,
