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REVIEW<br />
rigid experience and throw you around inside the cabin,<br />
especially on roads, while two-track machines can be<br />
quite sensitive to steer. However, the Axion still uses its<br />
front wheels to steer so you remove that horrible feeling<br />
of side steer. We haven’t had a chance to test it in the<br />
field, but we presume this also removes headland scuffing<br />
as a result.<br />
To push this big girl along, Claas has fitted it with an<br />
8.7-litre, six-cylinder FPT powerplant and a continuously<br />
variable transmission. It has a top speed of 40km/h,<br />
understandably lower than the wheeled variant, and pushes<br />
out an impressive 445 horsepower (327kW) and 1,860Nm<br />
of torque.<br />
Other key specs and features include four-way suspension<br />
and front-axle suspension on top of the suspended Terra<br />
Trac. You also get the impressive 12-inch (30cm) Cebis<br />
display and armrest that is right up there with Valtra as one<br />
of the best on the market and a neat 7.5m turning circle.<br />
WHAT IS A XERION?<br />
Regardless of your tractor affiliations and brand colours, I’d<br />
think you’d be hard-pressed to find a better-looking tractor<br />
than the Claas Xerion 5000.<br />
It’s a brute of a machine that’s intended to go toe-to-toe<br />
with the ‘Yank Tanks’ of the red or green persuasion, and<br />
Claas is adamant to show the world that its Xerion range<br />
can play ball in the high-horsepower game.<br />
For example, the Xerion 5000 gets its power from an<br />
impressive six-cylinder Mercedes-Benz OM471 LA engine<br />
that pushes out a max of 530hp (395kW) and a whopping<br />
2,600Nm of torque. For all you engine buffs out there, this<br />
is the same beast that’s kicking goals in the game-changing<br />
Mercedes Actros truck.<br />
You can also opt for the smaller Xerion 4500 with 490hp<br />
(360kW) of power or the ‘baby’ 4200 with 462hp (340kW).<br />
It’s important to note that the test machine that we drove<br />
was the tier four spec’d model, which is not available in<br />
1. The Axion 960 and Xerion 5000<br />
2. The Xerion 5000 with a tier-three Perkins<br />
2206D 12.5L engine is available in Australia<br />
Claas is making some<br />
serious noise with its latest<br />
Axion 900 series and the<br />
Xerion 5000.<br />
$159,950<br />
TA1058822<br />
2015 CLAAS AXION 930. CVT trans, 350hp<br />
diesel, GPS, immaculate. • NSW 02 6171 3056<br />
$110,000<br />
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2009 CLAAS ARION 640. FWA tractor, a/c cab,<br />
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$52,800<br />
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2006 CLAAS ARES 657. ATZ (130hp), 3,800hrs,<br />
580 rears, 480 fronts. • VIC 03 8373 7134<br />
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