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New from Lynx – Agribumper variable front weight and bumper system
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Importer, Lynx Engineering, distributes a wide range of leading-brand tractor-mounted implements and accessories through its dealer network which extends across the length and breadth of the UK and Ireland.
The latest addition to the growing product range offered by importer, Lynx Engineering, the Agribumper range of variable front weight and tractor bumper systems provides real flexibility for farmers requiring different ballast solutions for different applications.
The product range, which offers weight options from 350 to 2000kg across more than 60 models, includes products designed to fit around a tractor’s front linkage and PTO leaving the linkage arms free to be used for implement lifting and carrying, as well as products for front linkage mounting and others for use on tractors with no front linkage fitted.
Safety to the fore
Nick Ewbank © Lynx Engineering
All Agribumper core product lines are designed to make an important contribution to improving road safety, as Lynx Engineering’s managing director, Nick Ewbank, explains:
“As modern tractors continue to get bigger, heavier and faster, being seen quickly by other road users in all weather conditions, day or night, is a potentially life-saving consideration.
“The visibility and safety features which come as standard across the Agribumper range significantly reduce the risk of collisions with other vehicles especially on narrow, winding country roads.
LED daytime running lights, indicators, width marker poles and reflector chevrons combine to make the tractor more visible, more quickly, to other road users and increase their awareness of the tractor’s size and width,” he said.
Add weight – leave front linkage and PTO free for use
The Agribumper Baseline system is designed to leave the front linkage and PTO available for work. The framework also accepts special add-on weights to ballast the tractor front axle for better in-field traction and performance.
Available with or without toolbox, weights are variable, ranging from 350 up to 1000kg for medium size tractors in the 100-240hp class.
The width is approximately 220 cm, depending on the type of tractor/front linkage, so it’s also ideal for working around tight spaces.
“Baseline is an ideal weight solution when operating both front and rear mounted mowers or other set-ups requiring a front mounted implement such as a hopper or press working in tandem with heavy kit such as a drill or a cultivator to the rear,” said Nick Ewbank.
Baseline model © Agribumper
For tractors in the 160 to 500hp range and those with wider front tyres, the Agribumper Weightline range also retains availability of the front linkage and PTO.
A higher capacity version of the Baseline range, it measures approximately 250cms wide and comprises permanently mounted weights from 400 to 2000kg.
Front linkage mounted toolbox weights
Agribumper’s Fronthitch Line is a compact, steel-encased, toolbox weight fitted to the tractor’s front linkage. Using variable density technology, the size of the weight does not change.
Ideally suited to tractors anywhere between 100 to 500hp, weight options range from 400 up to 1000kg in 200kg increments.
Incorporating the same visibility pack as its sister products, the width of the Fronthitch Line is adjustable between 220 and 250cms and the capacity of the integrated toolbox is a generous 65 litres.
Stylish and practical
The product’s smooth, flowing design lines are complemented by the optional “Colour” spec, with the main body in black and tractor colour matched front side plates.
Fronthitch Line “Colour” spec © Agribumper
These are mounted above reflective chevrons and additional bumper strips to the front of the weight and side wings.
The Fronthitch Line is alternatively available in “Budget” spec in all black with extra-large chevron side plates in place of the colour plates.
Fronthitch Line “Budget” spec © Agribumper
Currently, John Deere green is the only fully colour coded Fronthitch Line available.
The Toolbox Line offers another front-linkage mounted option.
This range features a huge 145-litre cargo box with fold-out workbench and offers variable front weights in the range 400 to 1800kg.
The width of the system is adjustable from 230cm to 260cm.
Toolbox Line model © Agribumper
No front linkage? No problem. FixLine can fix it, with variable front weights from 350 to 2000kg.
The Agribumper range also offers the SmallTrack (ST-Line) for operators of narrow gauge and small, compact tractors.
FixLine model © Agribumper
For more information, visit the Lynx Engineering website.