The Farmers Mart Feb-Mar 2020 - Issue 67 | Page 50

50 RIPON FARM SERVICES 2019 has been a big year for Ripon Farm Services. Following their successful acquisition of RBM, they now have 15 depots including their dedicated trailer centre and the brand-new state of the art paint and body depot on Dallamires Lane. The new paint and body shop represents a huge investment in creating this impressive facility. All the previous paint and body operations are now under one roof. There are full office facilities, reception and customer rest area. Six state of the art spray booths including ones for Van, Commercials and Agricultural equipment including Tractors and Combines! as well FEB/MAR 2020 • farmers-mart.co.uk as Motor vehicles mean, without doubt this is one of the very best facilities in the North of England .An impressive team of 30 tech- nicians all who have their own areas of expertise means Ripon Farm can deliver the very best of service all round. The Ripon Farm open event is always well attended. This year, the Wednesday was much busier than normal and by late morning the café was packed without a free table. There is always an abundance of bacon sand- wiches, tea and coffee, followed up by roast beef sandwiches and chips and gallons of soup. Usually on the Thursday numbers drop a little, with a lot of people going on Wednesday, not so this year. Thursday was equally busy. Now this may, in part, be due to RFS’s expansion following the successful take over of the RBM group earlier in 2019. This brings the main depot numbers up to 13, which greatly expands the customer base. Talking to Geoff and Dan, 2020 has been the most successful show to date, both in numbers of people attending and those all-important deals done. On the first day, a staggering 25 Bailey trailers were sold. There were strong leads across the board, with many demo’s booked on the day as well as sales. After what has been a turbu- lent year for agriculture, what with Brexit and more so our unreliable British weather, the feedback from the Ripon team and from conversations I had with several farmers, was an overwhelmingly positive atti- tude. I think the true British spirit shines through in these quotes from two farmers, “Let’s just get the job done” and “Farming always has it challenges, you just have to deal with ‘em”. Well rest assured, the Ripon Farm Services team are dedi- cated in helping all its farmers to do just that. MiniMax PowerRoll MaxiRoll CultiLift CultiTrail CultiMax • Available from 4.5m to 9.5m • 3 section roller • HD spring weight transfer system • 6 year warranty on SNOWFLAKE® ring • Contour following DuoFlex system • Slug pelletor bracket option • Available from 10.3m to 18.3m • 5 section roller • Hydraulic weight distribution • 6 year warranty on SNOWFLAKE® ring • Contour following DuoFlex system • LED Road lights • Pre-emergane mark option • Slug pelletor & Advadex bracket option • Available in 5.3m to 12.3m • System roller with 9 different attachment options • Hydraulic weight distribution • 6 year guarantee on SNOWFLAKE® rings • More than 70 different build options • Wide choice of ring diameters • 3 ring styles-Cambridge, Crosskill & Cross-Combi • Available from 3m to 8m • 4 rows of tines • 400mm cage roller to rear • Spring suspended levelling board • Trailed cultivator 5 and 6m • 5 rows of tines • Hydraulic front cracker board • Transport width 2.5m • • • • Celebrate 10 years of DalBo UK! Heavy duty construction 7 rows of tines 4 pairs of depth wheels Hydraulic front cracker board 20 prize winners across t he U & Irelan K d! If you purchase any DalBo machine from 1st January 2020 to the 30th September 2020 you will be entered into a draw to win a 3 day trip to Denmark. You’ll visit the DalBo factory, Agromek Show and Gala Dinner, Crown Slaughter House and a local farm in January 2021. DAL-BO UK | 12A Shepherds Close, Dunkirk, Aylsham, Norfolk | NR11 6SZ | Tel [phone] | Fax [phone] | E-mail [email protected] | www.dal-bo.co.uk