The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Lynx Engineering to showcase new bumper system
Lynx Engineering has been appointed by Netherlandsbased Safertractors as the importer and distributor in the UK and Ireland for the company’s Agribumper product range which will be on display at the Royal Highland Show.
Agribumper is a variable front weight and tractor bumper system that combines highly versatile ballast solutions with significantly enhanced onroad visibility and safety.
The product range is extensive, spanning four different weight systems and weight options from 350kg to 2,000kg across more than 60 models including front-linkage mounted weights as well as product lines that leave the front linkage and PTO free for use.
Lynx will also be debuting the range on their stands at the forthcoming Balmoral and Cereals shows.
The products on display will include examples from the Agribumper Baseline and Fronthitch Line product groups.
Both ranges give other road users more visual awareness of a tractor on the road and its width by means of daytime running lights, indicators, width marker poles and reflector chevrons.
The Baseline system is designed to fit around a tractor’s front linkage leaving the arms free to be used for implement lifting and carrying.
The Baseline framework also accepts special add-on weights to ballast the tractor front axle for better in-field traction and performance.
Weights available range from 350 to 1,000kg for medium size tractors in the 100-240hp class.
The Agribumper Fronthitch Line is a new, compact, steel-encased, 65-litre toolbox weight fitted to the tractor’s front linkage.
Using similar variable density technology as other weights in the Lynx range, 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.
Other Agribumper lines to be offered by Lynx include the Weightline system comprising permanently mounted weights from 400 to 2,000kg with usable front linkage and PTO for tractors in the 160 to 500hp range.
Another line is the front-linkage mounted Toolbox Line featuring a 145-litre cargobox and variable front weights in the range 400 to 1800kg.
Lynx Engineering managing director Nick Ewbank said: “Agribumper is an excellent complement to our existing range of front-mounted weights.
“Variable front weights and the ability to add weight leaving the front linkage and PTO free to use gives the farmer real flexibility.
“Without doubt, the visibility and safety features which come as standard across the Agribumper range, make an important contribution to road safety.
“Being seen quickly by other road users in all weather conditions, day or night, is a potentially lifesaving consideration.”