The Farmers Mart Oct-Nov 2018 - Issue 59 | Page 72

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who has built both the 25 and the 40 horse-
power models. If you ring for a part, advice
or one of those bits that does …. It will be
Helen you will most likely talk to, and she’ll
know exactly what you mean. ‘You have to
know your stuff as people ring with a prob-
lem and often describe things differently.’
The Business continued to grow and de-
velop in the following years with the family
visiting the factory in China each year to
not only to be entertained but positively
encouraged to suggest improvements and
developments to this remarkable tractor.
But as so often happens there come a
time for a business to be tested. Nobody
expected what would happen in January
2017, their first day back after the xmas
break. A phone call came into Jeff at 3am
in the morning. There was a fire in the main
building! As it turned out it was a space
heater that was on permanently upstairs to
keep the parts area at a constant temper-
ature. The heater had arced and started a
fire. Not large initially, when Jeff got there
the Fire Brigade were already there, they
had been into the building and already
dragged a large bench outside. The watch
commander asked Jeff what was inside, he
informed them no gas bottles or any flam-
mable materials, however the commander
said he wasn’t sure it was safe for his men
to go in and incredibly said they had to let
the fire burn? This utterly flabbergasted the
family who were all there by this time. To
add insult to injury the firemen promptly sat
down on the salvaged bench and watched,
eating their own bacon sandwiches.
The frustration and sheer anguish for the
family to be told they had to watch 18 years
hard work go up in smoke was a terrible blow
that left them all numb for a long time after.
They do say what doesn’t kill you makes
you stronger. Jeff got the three of them
together and asked what they wanted to
do. Despite the anger and upset it was a no
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brainer, no way could they let it go. They also
say that every cloud has a silver lining. Well
thank God for Jeff’s technical knowhow and IT
skills, as the the whole business was BACKED
UP IN THE CLOUD! Without this they couldn’t
have carried on. So, without further ado they
went to Curry’s and bought 5 new computers’
set them up back home and A DAY LATER it
was business as usual near enough! It was a
long wrangle with insurance companies and
planners but now everything is in place and
early 2019 the new building will rise. In the
meantime, all the other existing units have
been adapted and even new offices built
inside one of them which in time will provide
a rather posh canteen for the workshop staff
and a dedicated customer area.
Louise is now steadily taking over the day
to day running of the business something
she is extremely well placed to do as she
has built the tractors from scratch, visited
the factory on numerous occasions with
Kath and Jeff and is an economics graduate
from Lancaster university. Just like Kath she
knows the business and products inside out
to last nut and bolt so to speak.
What came across when I met with Kath
and Louise is their dedication and absolute
passion for these Gem machines.
They are supported by an excellent team
of technicians Ashley Whittaker – (Work-
shop Foreman) Jake Whittaker –( valeting
and build up equipment) Norman Preece (
PPI with 50 years’ experience) Chris Dixon
– (engineering mechanic).
The SIROMER tractor doesn’t have any
competition for the vast range of New
tractors large and small in the market place
only second-hand and why would you buy
second-hand when you can have new at
the same or better price.
The SIROMER range start from as little as
£6500 for a 25 HP model right up to now a75
HP model that comes now complete with
Cab at £19,500.
All models as I’ve said before are simple
and easy to maintain and aren’t expensive
for parts. There is a enourmous selection of
parts in stock to keep you up and running
and again as said before they can train all
owners to do the servicing themselves if
required.
The largest models with Cab come ready
built from the factory as the kit would be far
too large.
Siromer’s are ideal for smallholdings,
equestrian, Farms of all sizes – they are
marvellous yard scrapers and ideal for all
hedging, topping, and flailing. The beauty of
the entire range is their manoeuvrability. If
you have tight spaces to negotiate either in
the yard or on the land or estate a Siromer
is a must.
In these days of high fuel prices and focus
on the environment Siromer’s provide huge
savings on fuel cost and consumption.
It gets even better, imagine every job the
larger tractors do Baling, ploughing, hedge
trimming, hole boring, bale and muck shifting,
you name it there will now be an attachment
to do the job – Ask and the team and they’ll
have the answer for you. Louise is continually
looking at adding new and better attachments
to the already large range.
There is also a nationwide network of 15
dealers across the country and they’re always
looking for more.
There are many examples of the diversity of
the Siromer from Boxford Suffolk Farms who
grow fruit for Copella fruit juices have eleven
Siromer tractors. They buy 2 new tractors
every year!
Oak Dene Farm - Ryeland Sheep Breeder,
Siromer 354E.
“We’ve been very busy of late moving over
100 bales of haylage, in addition to the tractor
we have a Topper, Bale Spike, Front Loader
and we’ve just purchased a Harrow and a
Roller. We’re very pleased with the quality,
together with the service we get from Siromer
and in the coming months we’ll be putting it all
to good use for general farm and field mainte-
nance.” Alisdair Moss Oak Dene Farm.
There are many more examples on the
main website www.siromer.net.
What a pleasure to meet Kath Louise and
the Team, all dedicated to the business,
their customers, each other and happy in
their work. We wish them continued suc-
cess and will be revisiting SIROMER for the
unveiling of the New Building.