Service Dealer Newsletter - Tractor registration size increase; John Deere celebrations; vertical storage first; Claas acquires

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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK

CESAR THE OPPORTUNITY
The fight against machinery thieves
by Service Dealer Editor, Steve Gibbs

A report says that criminals are being discouraged from stealing big ticket items because of the uptake of the CESAR system - but attentions are being drawn to smaller items like ATVs and mowers.

NEWS

TRACTOR REGISTRATIONS SHOW SIZE INCREASE
But total sales down on last year

The average size of unit sold in the first 6 months of 2016 was 158.5 hp

In the first half of the year 5,382 agricultural tractors were registered for road use; this was a decrease of 9.8% compared with the first half of 2015.

CENTURY OF JOHN DEERE TRACTORS
To be celebrated at Langer

The John Deere 50 Celebration & Heritage Event takes place on September 24 and 25, when the company publicly celebrates its 50th anniversary in the UK and Ireland.

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VERTICAL STORAGE FIRST FOR PETROL ENGINES
Innovation from Briggs & Stratton

Company has announced its new “Mow & Stow” engine which allows petrol lawnmowers to be stored vertically for the first time whilst saving up to 70% of space.

CLAAS BUYS SHREDLAGE TECHNOLOGY
New method of maize treatment

The inventors of the SHREDLAGE technology Roger Olson (left) and Ross Dale (second from right) with Hermann Lohbeck (second from left), member of the CLAAS Group Executive Board and responsible for Forage Harvesting, and Lutz Arndt (Head of Business Administration CLAAS Saulgau)

CLAAS has acquired the SHREDLAGE technology, patented and made famous worldwide by the eponymous US company.

DEALER BUILDS RACING MOWER
350cc road legal machine

Simply Machinery's Racing Westwood at Silverstone

The team at Simply Machinery in Letchworth have built a Union Jack festooned Racing Westwood mower, which they recently took along to a race-day at Silverstone.

SULKY BURREL CELEBRATE 80TH
Seed drill and fertiliser spreader company

250 employees of the SULKY BUREL Group celebrated the company’s 80th anniversary

The French family-owned and run manufacturer was founded in 1936 and recently launched a UK subsidiary.

DEALER'S NEW FOREST SHOW WIN
Stand prize for New Forest Farm Machinery

New Forest Machinery win at the New Forest Show

Dealership awarded 3rd place for ‘Large Trade Stand’ at the New Forest & Hampshire County Show with their usual ring side stand.

GILPIN SELL SECOND JD FORAGER
To Hillsborough agricultural contractor

Silage contractor Thomas McKelvey driving his new John Deere 8800 self-propelled forage harvester, with John Deere territory manager Will McKnight in the passenger seat

A second John Deere 8800 self-propelled forage harvester has been sold in Northern Ireland by dealer Johnston Gilpin & Co Ltd based in Lisburn.

FÖRST PARTNER CAPEL MANOR
Donate woodchipper to college

Först donated an ST6 woodchipper to the college for their Arboriculture & Countryside courses

Supporting the next generation of arborists by allowing future tree surgeons access to quality equipment.

MOO HOLLAND RAISING FUNDS
Lifesized, painted fibreglass cow

Georgi Curtis from the Addington Fund (far right) with the New Holland team with their new colleague

Depicting a countryside landscape, the decorated cow is a member of the charitable Surrey CowParade and sponsored by New Holland and dealers Oakes Brothers Ltd.