VIDEO: Massey Global series set to expand

Since its glittering launch in 2014, Massey Ferguson's Global Series of utility tractors is about to grow again with new models expected to arrive in the country as soon as December this year.

The 6700 series, which covers the 120 and 130hp category, will round up the Global tractor family which currently includes the 4700 series (70-80hp) and 5700 series (90-100hp).

In addition, cabin variants of all Global series models will also be available from December this year.

"The ROPS versions we've got at the moment have been well received by customers and are all performing very well in the field," says Massey Ferguson sales manager, Mark Harrison.

"The dealers are very excited about the cabin tractors coming out later in the year and we can't wait for them to arrive."

Recently at the Elmore field days, Massey Ferguson had on display its newest 5700 series launched earlier this year.

The 92hp MF5709 and 102hp MF5710 are both powered by an AGCO POWER 4.4-litre, four-cylinder turbocharged engine. An easy-to-operate 12-speed gearbox delivers power to the ground.

A dual pump hydraulic system provides 98 litres/minute of flow for all hydraulic functions including loader, rear linkage, auxiliary spool valves and more.

"Massey Ferguson with the Global series project still wants to keep it like their heritage machines. They still want strong, robust, reliable tractors," Harrison says.

The Global series was designed in Europe but manufactured out of a brand new facility in Changzhou, China, due to lower production costs and better access to global markets.

"People think machines produced in China are lower in quality, but the testing procedures that they have in place in the new factory are really state of the art," Harrison says.

While designing the Global series to offer farmers better value for money, Massey Ferguson has preserved most of its legacy features on the range including the position and draft control levers for the rear linkage which has been around since its early Ferguson TE20 days.

"We haven't under-specced the tractors at all, we're still bringing in machines that are value for money without taking things out of the tractors that customers need to use in the field," Harrison says.