Fendt Tractors: A Power on the Land Since 1928, Stephen Richmond and Jonathan Whitlam (Tractor Barn). DVD approx. 100 minutes. ISBN 978-1-908397-90-4. Now in stock at Old Pond at £16.95 inc. VAT.
In their usual lively way the Tractor Barn film-makers start by telling the early story of Fendt by using a mix of archive material from the 1930s to the 1980s, including factory footage and testing, as well as lots of their own footage taken over the years at various events. They cover the original Dieselross series as well as the later models including the long-running Favorit and Farmer ranges; they give the low-down on the toolcarrier concept.
A large part of the programme is devoted to products of the firm from the 1990s onwards and all the sophisticated features that have made the Fendt brand so highly regarded today.
The AGCO takeover is also examined and we then see the very latest tractors including the new 900, 800 and 700 Series models as shown in promotional material and by Tractor Barn’s own filming out in the fields of the UK.
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