AgroCentre presents

At the Agro-Chelyabinsk 2012 exhibition of agricultural equipment, the AgroCentreZakharovo company stand presented a complete range of modern farming machines from Challenger, Vaderstad and JCB. The MT685D tractor and 647 Challenger combine harvester were the principal exhibits demonstrated by AgroCentre. 

Chelyabinsk farmers already know about the Challenger MT 685 D tractor. In the last seeding season, it and the Rapid seeder from Vaderstad underwent trials on several farms of the oblast. According to Sergey Chichay, head of the Chelyabinsk branch of AgroCentreZakharovo, the series six model coped with the job well, doing what was expected of it. However, the drought that struck the farmers this year heavily impacted the crop.

“Featuring 370 hp, the Challenger MT 685D tractor is quite strong”, says Sergey Chichay. “It differs from others in having a new chassis design which helps withstand high loads. The suspension rear mechanism's carrying capacity is 12 tonnes”.

The farmers liked the Challenger 647 grain combine harvester. To achieve a high threshing quality, it employs an eight bar drum. The grain bin (capacity 8,800 l, discharge height 4.5 m, discharge rate 85 l/s) ensures high efficiency and discharge into any type of vehicle.

Beginning this year, the Challenger 647 harvester and MT685D tractor have been assembled in Russia.