Thumbs up for Deere's sprayer

摘要

With its familiar-looking bonnet and cab, casual observers could be forgiven for seeing John Deere's first European self-propelled sprayer as little more than an extended tractor on stilts. The reality is very different, as Peter Hill reports.Smooth riding at fast spraying speeds and a level of automation that should make life easier for the operator are among the features of John Deere's 5430i self-propelled sprayer that one of the first commercial users, Nick Combes, likes about the machine.