Grass Harvesting Demo Day

By Kelso & Lothian Harvesters Ltd

A wide range of Pottinger grassland harvesting kit has been put through its paces in the Scottish borders recently. Kelso & Lothian Harvesters Ltd hosted a demonstration day showing a wide selection of grassland equipment from Pottinger which was supported by tractors & handlers from JCB & Deutz Fahr.

Several hundred local farmers & contractors attended the demonstration which was held at Harpertoun Farm, Kelso by kind permission of Messer’s R M & G E Baird. A heavy crop of first cut grass saw all the equipment put through a realistic test comparable to typical local conditions.

A glorious day’s weather meant that operations continued throughout the day until the early evening, allowing those busy during the day harvesting their own silage a chance to come along in the evening and see everything still in action. A wide range of kit from Pottinger was at work, the line up included:

NOVACAT alpha-motion 306FED Front Mounted Mower Conditioner
NOVACAT 305 HED Rear Mounted Mower Conditioner
NOVACAT 3007 TED Centre Pivot Trailed Mower Conditioner
EUROHIT 800NZ Tedder
EUROTOP 620A Twin Rotor Rake
EUROPROFI 4000L Forage Wagon
JUMBO 6000L Forage Wagon

As always the forage wagons draw an interested crowd and this event was no different, with particular interest in the Jumbo 6000L which made a formidable harvesting set up paired with a new JCB 7230 Fastrac. The combination of a high output forage wagon and high speed tractor saw the swaths being cleared at an amazing rate giving both JCB telehandlers at the clamp ample grass to keep working.

A successful demo day concluded with both fields cleared, many bacon rolls consumed and a wider group of local farmers and contractors knowing a little more about Pottinger grassland equipment.

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Created: 08.06.2009

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