THE RUBBER TRACK REVOLUTION

This programme charts the development of rubber-tracked crawlers including models from Case IH, Cat, Challenger, Claas, John Deere and Morooka. They were filmed on British farms in 2010-11 subsoiling, ploughing, cultivating, discing, pressing and drilling.

Crawler tractors have always been a favourite for demanding tillage jobs, but it wasn't until the advent of rubber tracks that they became the true all-round machines of today.

Rubber-track crawlers combine the traction and low ground pressure of steel-track machines with the mobility of four-wheel-drive tractors. From the early 1990s, numbers have been steadily increasing on British farms as they have become more refined and pushed the power limits ever higher.

Computerisation has brought things up to date, and the main manufacturers offer rubber-tracked crawlers as the flagship machines in their ranges with engine outputs exceeding 600hp.

The models shown are:

Case IH Quadtrac 430
Case IH Quadtrac 530
Case IH Quadtrac 9380
Case IH Quadtrac STX450
Cat Challenger 55
Cat Challenger 65
Cat Challenger 75D
Cat Challenger 85D
Cat Challenger MT865
Challenger MT765
Challenger MT765B
Challenger MT765C
Challenger MT865B
Challenger MT865C
Claas Challenger 55
Claas Challenger 85E
Claas Challenger 95E
John Deere 8410T
John Deere 8420T
John Deere 8345RT
John Deere 9320T
John Deere 9630T
Morooka MK-160
Morooka MK-220S
Track Marshall TM200

DVD Info

Region: 2
Running Time: 100 minutes