The Farmers Mart Oct-Nov 2017 - Issue 53 | Page 61

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Bob’s other passion HIGH QUALIT been situated Rooke s to Chris for the past was for machinery, partly Proud supplier 15 years in Mytholmroyd in stemming from his five year the Calder Valley. With big service as a Marine Engineer 617000 in recent changes times, Ian Tel: 01757 sseeds.co.uk in the Royal Navy. Wilkinson went along to www.woodhead hear Before taking the plunge their story. on his own, Bob was involved The business was started in a Agricultural Supplies 51 by Bob in 1998 in an old Aug/Sep 2016 Business, rt.co.uk providing animal garage in Pellon Lane mers-ma www.far Halifax, health products, fencing & a and initially just concentrated whole range of agricultural on the sales and repair of new sundries, this business and second hand machinery. progressed into supplying But in common with many chainsaws, mowers and later other people living in this rural on professional groundcare area, he had strong links and equipment, machinery is a fondness for the farming where Bob’s interests were. community. He used to have In time this led on to become his own milk round and keep sales director of Richard Long chickens but in those days Engineering in Derbyshire a firm specialising largely in golf course machinery. After a successful career at Long’s, he started making steps towards his long term goal, which was to have a machinery business of his own which he achieved with the business in Halifax. To start with it was about mainly horticultural and golf course machinery, but living in the middle of an agricultural heartland, Bob also found farmers coming to him looking for some good, old-fashioned personal service even for small jobs – something that very often the larger dealers were not offering. Very quickly his list of customers began to flourish. NFU MUTUAL AT ELLAND IS PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH BOB WILD GRASS MACHINERY LTD A QUANTUM LEAP 1998 was the first quantum leap when he took on the John Deere franchise. BWM had a very successful association with John Deere and in the later years was one of their top performing single unit dealers and therein laid probably Bob’s biggest challenge. In 2015 Deere had started their rationalisation programme focussing on and developing multiple site dealers. One Friday evening Bob received the call for a dealer meeting on the Monday and that was it, in Taking the time to offer you attentive, personal, local service for your insurance, pensions and investments. Call 01422 310 225 for a quote or pop in NFU Mutual Office, Unit A4, Old Power Way, Lowfields Business Park, Elland, West Yorkshire, HX5 9DE Agent of The National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society Limited. 86 Aug/Sep 2016 www.farmers-mart .co.uk www.farmers-mart.co.uk Aug/Sep 2016 87