NEWS
Turfmaster launches own power product brand
H
aving spent about
ten years evaluating
the various
machines to ensure that they
perform satisfactorily in South
African conditions, Turfmaster
has launched a full range of
power products under its
SHOPS
own Tanaka brand name.
According to Turfmaster
director Ruben Smant the
machines are not intended for
professional use or by
contractors, but are more
suited to the needs of
householders, hobbyists,
smallholders and farmers, and
are competitively-priced as a
result.
With this in mind, Turfmaster
has expanded the number of
dealers through which
Tanaka-branded items are
available, to include outdoor
Tanaka’s biggest chainsaw: 72cc,
3,9kW engine with 61 cm guide bar
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up.
Kioti tractors and ATVs are a
relatively new range in South
Africa manufactured and
well-known in South Korea.
The range includes a 20kW
model with mid-mounted
grass mowing deck that will
prove popular with parks
departments, golf courses etc,
as well as conventional small
tractors suitable for
smallholders looking for
reliable efficient power.
For more information:
Reapers Agri, tel 011 9141922
Meanwhile, a little further
east in Benoni, a landmark
among farmers and
smallholders for more than a
century has closed its doors.
Having served the farming
community, industry, schools
and local authorities of the
eastern highveld since 1912,
Benoni Farmers Supply has
found changed trading
conditions overwhelming and
has ceased operations.
Owned by the Jankelowitz
family since it started, the
business developed into two
streams, one concentrating
on agricultural implements,
tractors, spares and repairs,
and the other a retail store
selling power machinery such
as mowers, brushcutters,
water pumps and the like, as
well as tools, seeds, fertilizers,
safety gear and hardware.
The retail store, in Prince's
Avenue, was housed in the
same premises in which the
business started as a livery
stable in 1912.
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product specialist shops
around South Africa, as well
as selected Essential Hardware
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