Tractors sold with accessories, spares
The newly-appointed distributors of Farmtrac tractors, Vukani Agri, are ensuring that buyers of their machines receive the greatest possible encouragement to service their machines correctly, particularly as far as changing the oil and air filter elements is
From page 8 farmers and the rural poor, for whom donkeys are a vital form of transportation and motive power for ploughing, threshing etc. There is also, of course, a legal slaughter industry for livestock such as donkeys, with certain abattoirs licensed to work with donkeys. Notably, the Randfontein abattoir is registered for donkeys and does, indeed, accept donkeys for slaughter and as a result is often used concerned. Supplied with each new Farmtrac is a so-called farmer ' s kit. Packed into a neat kit-bag is a full set of all the filters needed at the first service, as well as a voucher, redeemable at the nearest Farmtrac service agent, which will see to it that a trained
DONKEY HIDES as a scapegoat for illegal slaughtering, allegedly being cited frequently by those in the illegal trade as the source of the skins. Once the skins enter the export shipping industry, they become part of a sector that has been a mainstay of South Africa produce exports for more than a century. The legal export of both wet and dry hides of many species has been going on for years and is connected, of course, to the number of technician arrives at the owner ' s premises and performs the full service, according to specifications. Other accessories supplied as standard include front counterweights, linkage drawbar, a grease gun and a wheel jack. For the moment, Vukani are
livestock slaughtered in the meat industry. The problem comes, however, when illegal hides enter the shipping chain, often with fraudulent documents and export permits, and their outward movement is condoned by port and Customs officials who are ignorant of the ramifications of the trade, unable to identify the differences between the hides of various species or are unaware of the illegality involved.
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offering a range of five tractors in the 37kW to 56kW range, in two and four wheel drive. All are fitted with canopies as standard, and halogen headlamps. For more information: Vukani Agri 081 453-6293
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