De-Lancaster Farming Saturday, October 7,1989
Seedway Employee Honored
For Long Service
Ray Galer, center, was presented with a clock for his long
years of service to the seed industry on his retirement from
full-time employment at Seedway Inc. in early August. Galer
will continue to work part time. The clock was presented to
him at the sixth annual dealer meeting of the York, Pa.,
Seedway division. Don Wertman, left, chief executive offic
er, and Gene Hohi, right, director of marketing, are pictured
congratulating Galer.
Rob Kauffman
Local Managers Attend
Hoffman Seed Meeting
Kauffman was named district
LANDISVILLE (Lancaster sa j es manager in July 1988 and is
Co.) Robin Kauffman of responsible for central Pennsyl-
Petersburg, and John Charles Itle vania. Itle has been a district sales
of Lancaster, recently attended manager since 1980 and is respon-
Hoffman Seeds district sales man- sible for southeastern Pennsyl
ager conference. The conference vania.
updates the company s DSMs on Hoffman Seeds markets a varie
latest agronomic trends, sales ty 0 f farm seed products for East
techniques, product offerings, and gm agriculture, including Funk’s
seed industry developments. G-Hybrid com.
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John Itle
Deere’s new 55-series row-crop tractors set several PTO and drawbar fuel efficien
cy and power records In tests completed at a test site this summer. The 4955, John
Deere’s first 200-horsepower row-crop, set several individual records and was one of
the nine new Deere tractor models tested.
Deere Sets Tractor Fuel-Efficiency,
MOLINE, IL Several PTO
and drawbar fuel efficiency and
power records were set by John
Deere 55-series row-crop tractors
in tests completed at the Nebras
ka/OECD (Organization for Eco
nomic Cooperation and Develop
ment) test site this summer.
The new tractors, introduced by
John Deere within the last year,
were tested per Nebraska state
law, to obtain sales permits in Ne
braska. The Nebraska facility is
also approved to conduct OECD
tests: OECD is recognized world
wide and is used to compare trac
tors in foreign countries.
Since 1920, the Nebraska test
facility has been used to test trac
tors for various performance char
acteristics. The test results are re
ported and recognized throughout
the free world as the standard by
which tractors are compared.
The new 55-series row-crop
tractors yielded a six percent aver
age fuel-economy improvement
over the Deere 50 series. The
60-series four-wheel-drive trac
tors, also tested this summer, pro
vided fuel efficiency improve
ments of 10 percent for the 8560,
Case IH Introduces Updated Hay Rakes
RACINE, WI Case IH has
introduced three new deluxe hay
rakes, Models 860, 960 and 970.
They replace the current 86, 96
and 97 models.
The new rakes provide various
combinations designed for
increased efficiency in all hay
conditions, including hydraulic -
or ground-drive, left- or right-
Three new deluxe hay rakes join the Case IH hay and forage equipment line. These
rakes are designed for efficiency In all hay conditions and provide a choice of left- or
right-hand delivery, hyraullc- or ground-drive, and a dual raking system for combin
ing two windrows or swaths. Shown here Is the model 960.
Power Records
five percent tor the 8760, and
eight percent for the 8960, com
pared to the 50-series models.
‘The new 200 horsepower row
crop, the 4955, was the big win
ner,” said Trent Wiles, product en
gineer at Deere’s Product Engi
neering Center. “The new engine
provides both improved fuel effi
ciency and greater low-end
torque. Several records were set
with this tractor.”
The 4955 row-crop had the
highest PTO horsepower at maxi
mum power for any two-wheel
drive (2WD) or froht-wheel-assist
(FWA) tractor at 210 hp, best PTO
fuel efficiency at maximum power
of any tractor at 0.360 Jb/hph
(19.18 hphr/gal) the first tractor -
ever tested at Nebraska to exceed
the 19 hphr/gal mark and the
best PTO fuel efficiency at rated
engine speed fbr tractors above
100 hp at 18.39 hphr/gal.
It also had the highest PTO
horsepower at rated engine speed
of any 2WD or FWA tractor at
202.73 hp, best drawbar fuel effi
ciency at maximum power of any
2WD or FWA tractor at 16.82
hphr/gal, the highest drawbar
hand delivery, and a dual raking
system.
The Model 860 is left-hand
delivery and provides a full
8.5- raking width. The Models
960 and 970 are left- and right
hand delivery, respectively, with
9.5- raking widths. All three
models have rubber-mounted
teeth.
horsepower at maximum power
for any 2WD or FWA tractor at
182.9 hp, and the most drawbar
pull for any 2WD or FWA tractor
at 23,742 lbs.
An additional lest was conduct
ed at an engine speed of 1000 rpm
to show that all models can de
velop more torque than developed
at full power.
John Deere row-crop tractors
are powered by a new Deere
designed 7.6 L engine. The new
engine has improved performance
and reduced emissions. A new
cylinder head with larger valves
and porting and a new camshaft
increase air flow. The new piston,
with optimized combustion bowl,
is matched with the higher pres
sure injection system for improv
ed combustion efficiency. The re
sult is greater fuel economy and
torque response that make the
55-series row-crop tractors more
productive while reducing operat
ing costs.
“We are very pleased with the
results of these tests,” said Wiles.
“We think our customers will also
be pleased with these new trac
tors.”
The Models 860, 960 and 970
ground-drive rakes have a unique
drive shaft and gearbox system
that increases basket speed and
prevents stalling of the basket
rotation on turns. The improved
drive system also facilitates shift
ing between working and trans
port settings.
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