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Looking back at the Claas Mercator combine

By Tom Stone10th August 20181 Min Read

Claas has opened its archives and uncovered this vintage film made after the launch of its Mercator straw walker combine harvester, released in 1967. The combine was equipped with 1.25m wide threshing drum (450mm in diameter), 3.000l grain tank and 95hp strong 6-cylinder Diesel engine. Compare this to the newly released Tucano combines…

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Tom Stone

Tom Stone is Editor of the iVT brand – which includes digital and print editions of a quarterly magazine and the Advanced Lift-truck supplement, as well as ivtinternational.com, which is updated daily. Tom has met and interviewed some of the world's leading industrial vehicle OEM presidents, CEOs and MDs, and takes great pride in cementing iVT's place as the leading forum for debate within the industry, a reputation that his been built up over the brand's 25-year history.