With our GPS and Autoguide open day!

RVW Pugh Ltd have teamed up with Kramp and Topcon to provide a working demonstration event of all things GPS, RTK and HP. We have a guidance system to suit everyone, from Teejet Centreliner lightbar and LED unit (£800) right through to the Topcon 250 RTK Autosteering unit (CIRCA £20,000).

All of our guidance products are available to try on our Massey Ferguson, Fendt and Challenger tractors.  We will also have a 4 metre Field Bird disc cultivator on demonstration.

This event will take place on Wednesday 15th September 2010 at Wern Llwyd Farm, Belan, Welshpool, Powys SY21 8AA.  Demonstrations will start roughly 9.30 onwards and refreshments will be available onsite.

Ken Mckie, the chairman of Glenluce Vintage Tractors was overwhelmed by the 35 participants of the first ladies tractor run in Wigtownshire and the south-west of Scotland on Sunday August 8. The event was in aid of breast cancer charities with all sponsorship going directly to this cause.

Ninety five per cent of the tractors entered were vintage and, although optional on the entry form, all tractors were decorated and the drivers dressed in pink.

Ken was most impressed by the ladies’ enthusiasm  and the thought which they put into their tractors and outfits. The ladies, whose ages ranged between 18 and 75, provided a very colourful sight for the many spectators. A family of four sisters also took part on the run.

Among the fancily-dressed participants was a nun on the run and a Landgirl suitably dressed for the occasion.

Defynnog Vintage Society has presented £3,557 to the Wales Air Ambulance at the Gwernyfed Rugby Club, Talgarth.

The society’s chairman, Mervyn Prosser, thanked the members for raising so much money on their annual tractor road through sponsorship and a raffle. He thanked Brian Kite for all his hard work in plotting the route and said they are already working on next year’s route.

Rachel Beech, the regional fundraising officer for the Wales Air Ambulance, then replied thanked members for their generosity and explained how the Air Ambulance can reach anyone in Wales within 20 minutes and get casualties to hospital within the ‘golden’ first hour.

The Mayor of Talgarth, Councillor Bob Martin, also gave his appreciation of the society’s efforts and congratulated the members for their considerable fund-raising over recent years.

The society collected their funds for the charity through their annual tractor road run on Sunday April 25.  The sponsored members turned out on their tractors to do the 35-mile route, which had been plotted by Brian Kite, and took in the heather-clad hills and commons of south Radnorshire and the beautiful Wye valley, with a dinner stop at Erwood.

John Deere has officially opened its European Technology and Innovation Centre (ETIC) in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

It will help develop technologies for the firm’s customers throughout Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East.

“John Deere invests approximately four per cent of its equipment sales revenue into research and development – around $4.5m every working day,” said agricultural & turf division president Mark von Pentz at the ETIC opening.

The centre currently accommodates around 90 engineers, computer experts, technicians and administrative personnel. Their main focus will be on the development of intelligent solutions, the integration of electronics into tractors and harvesting equipment, and on related technologies that help to automate machine operation, reduce operator fatigue and increase machine productivity in the field. Staff numbers will gradually increase over the next few years to around 200 employees.

Amazone has added three trailed versions of its compact disc harrows in 4, 5 and 6 m working widths. The Catros-2 T models are equipped with a newly-designed running gear consisting of a drawbar and integrated running gear rocker arm. This design allows smaller tractors to be used than with a mounted disc harrow, as linkage lift capacity is not a limiting factor.

Amazone says that the new compact disc harrows run smoothly even at high speeds, because their running gear is folded completely above the operational area when in work and is not just lifted behind the machine. In addition, the weight of the running gear is said to increase soil penetration. The main working frame has rows of discs with diagonally angled concave discs equipped with rubber mounting elements to follow ground contours and offer overload protection. Discs have maintenance free bearings and adjustment of the disc stagger is achieved via an offset slide.

For flexible operations, Catros-2 T disc harrows can be equipped with cage, tooth packer, tandem or wedge ring rollers to match conditions. Standard specification includes a drawbar for Cat. III lower linkages and also road lights.