- Australian farmers and contractors can expect a vastly expanded offering from New Holland’s T7 PLMi Long Wheelbase range with four distinct models available to order from April 2024.
New Holland’s revised T7 PLMi Long Wheelbase range now offers a new flagship model that delivers enhanced power and best-in-class power-to-weight ratio while maintaining the dimensions and manoeuvrability of the other models.
The new T7.300 Long Wheelbase with PLM Intelligence™ (T7 LWB PLMi) offers more power, more technology, and more comfort to maximise the tractor’s efficiency, productivity, and uptime.
Ben Mitchell, Product Segment Manager for Mixed Farming & Livestock, ANZ, said the T7.300 was in response to customers wanting a tractor with more power without bigger frames and more weight, while maintaining maneuverability.
“We took up their challenge and developed the new T7.300 which delivers greater engine power with larger tyres for increased traction, while maintaining the same overall dimensions of the existing T7 models.
“It’s designed for operators accruing high operating hours each season, looking for an efficient and reliable all-rounder, with the latest in cutting edge technology.
“Features of the latest model include a FPT 6 cylinder engine that delivers 280hp maximum power for draft work and 300hp for Power Take-Off (PTO) and haulage tasks.
“This means farmers and contractors will be able to spend more time in the field, with an 18% increase in fuel capacity,” he said.
The T7.300 boasts an upgraded version of New Holland’s popular Auto Command™ transmission, the best-in-class driveline for tractive effort, which further adds to the tractor’s exceptional efficiency.
Integrated Large Square Baler Control’s inclusion optimises interaction between the tractor and baler, anticipating the forces exerted on the tractor by the baler, results in a 15% reduction in cab movement, a more consistent PTO speed, and a 12% reduction in fuel consumption through the baling cycle.
“It also offers new levels of comfort, such as the Horizon™ Ultra cab, the quietest on the market with 66dBA, featuring easy to use technology such as the IntelliView™ 12 monitor, and the SideWinder™ Ultra fully adjustable armrest for ergonomic intuitive operation,” Ben said.
“A new Comfort Ride™ suspension coupled with the active electro-hydraulic system ‘decouples’ the cab movement from the chassis with a “skyhook” control logic to deliver a supremely smooth ride.”
The T7.300 benefits from New Holland’s advanced PLM Intelligence, allowing best-in-class field applications such as IntelliSteer™ 1.5cm accuracy autosteering, IntelliTurn™ headland sequence management.
It is the first New Holland tractor to be fully ISOBUS Tractor Implement Management (TIM) certified, allowing two-way communication between the tractor and implement and for the implement to control the tractor.
The new T7.300, together with the expanded T7 LWB PLMi and T7 LWB Tier 3 range, was shown to the New Holland dealer network at its recent dealer conference and ‘ride and drive’ day at Lancemore, Victoria in March 2024.
Future Ag, held 17-19 of April in Melbourne, will be the first opportunity for the public to get up close and personal with the T7.300.
“New Holland now can appeal to a wide customer base with four distinct models to the market, ranging from T7 Long Wheelbase with PLM Intelligence™ to the T7 Tier 3 models,” Ben said.
“We now have a vastly expanded offering from the high hours operator wanting a ‘fully connected’ machine with all the specifications and innovations, right through to the beef cattle or dairy farmer wanting a basic tractor producing great HP to run a feed mixer.”