Great Yorkshire Show
SUNNY SKIES , TOP CLASS Director , live robotic milking competitive entries and demonstrations in a new thousands of the country ’ s purpose-built dairy unit , and premier livestock competing seminars focusing on the future across a vast array of classes of agriculture post-Brexit . helped attract a total of 135,026 Said Charles : “ It was a visitors to the three day wonderful three days and agricultural extravaganza , one a superb showcase for the of the highest figures of the last farming industry in what was decade and just shy of the alltime record of 135,111 which was of the new government . It ’ s
a significant week in terms
set in 2006 . Last year ’ s figure very clear that both farmers was 132,131 . and the public love the Great This year ’ s event notched up Yorkshire Show and plans a number of firsts , with Charles are already underway for the Mills making his debut as Show show in 2017 .” days .
As Prime Minister Theresa Covering an area of three May was busy announcing her and a half Olympic-sized new Cabinet on Wednesday , swimming pools , it was a England ’ s premier agricultural shop window of British food , show welcomed Environment and played host to the Great Minister Liz Truss , just 24 hours Yorkshire Cheese and Dairy before she was promoted to Show , one of the UK ’ s most the Justice Department . prestigious events with close
During a hectic morning to 800 entries across a wide touring the Great Yorkshire range of classes . Show , Ms Truss visited the In another first , the Great showground ’ s recently
Yorkshire limited edition opened £ 11.5m exhibition hall , tweed jacket , created in which was turned into a virtual food emporium for the three
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Great Yorkshire Show
FATHER AND SON TEAM , there wasn ’ t a great deal a firm specialising largely Bob and Richard Wild of Bob of money to be made from in golf course machinery . Wild Machinery ( BWM ) have those . Bob ’ s other passion After a successful career at been situated for the past was for machinery , partly Long ’ s , he started making 15 years in Mytholmroyd in stemming from his five year steps towards his long term A QUANTUM LEAP the Calder Valley . With big service as a Marine Engineer goal , which was to have a
1998 was the first quantum changes in recent times , Ian in the Royal Navy . machinery business of his leap when he took on the Wilkinson went along to hear Before taking the plunge own which he achieved with John Deere franchise . their story . on his own , Bob was involved the business in Halifax . BWM had a very successful
The business was started in a Agricultural Supplies
To start with it was about association with John Deere by Bob in 1998 in an old Business , providing animal mainly horticultural and golf and in the later years was garage in Pellon Lane Halifax , health products , fencing & a course machinery , but living in one of their top performing and initially just concentrated whole range of agricultural the middle of an agricultural single unit dealers and therein on the sales and repair of new sundries , this business heartland , Bob also found laid probably Bob ’ s biggest and second hand machinery . progressed into supplying farmers coming to him looking challenge . In 2015 Deere had
But in common with many chainsaws , mowers and later for some good , old-fashioned started their rationalisation other people living in this rural on professional groundcare personal service even for programme focussing on area , he had strong links and equipment , machinery is small jobs – something that and developing multiple site a fondness for the farming where Bob ’ s interests were . very often the larger dealers dealers . One Friday evening community . He used to have In time this led on to become
Bob received the call for his own milk round and keep sales director of Richard Long his list of customers began to a dealer meeting on the chickens but in those days Engineering in Derbyshire flourish .
Monday and that was it , in
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New Optidrive™ to improve engine performance
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AVANT HAS DEVELOPED A new , innovative solution for improving the performance of the drive circuit in Avant loaders .
The drive system in Avant loaders consists of a variable displacement hydraulic pump , four hydraulic drive motors and some valves which are connected together with hydraulic hoses and fittings . This system where the drive power is conveyed from engine ( electric motor on Avant e-series ) to the wheels using hydraulic oil is often referred to as drive circuit . Instead of mechanical axles Avant uses a design where there are four separate hydraulic drive motors , one on each wheel of the loader .
Avant was the first manufacturer to design and utilise such a system in a compact loader . This system has proven to be very effective , offering lots of pushing power and yet enabling a very compact design to the loader while maintaining an extremely low centre of gravity , which is an important part of the great stability of Avant loaders .
Avant has now improved this system with innovative rethinking . When hydraulic oil flows at high flow rate in the drive circuit – in hydraulic hoses , fittings , motors and valves – the resistance in these components heats up the hydraulic oil . The more there are hoses and fittings , the quicker the oil heats up , which means that all that unnecessary heat generated in the system uses a part of the engine output in vain . This also results in higher fuel consumption and less engine power is available for the actual job .
In the new system the amount of hydraulic hoses and fittings has been radically reduced and optimised , from where the name Optidrive™ derives . The new Optidrive™ is a standard feature first in Avant 700 series , later also in the 500 and 600 series .
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A Great Three Days at the Great Yorkshire Show !
Innovation coupled with tradition was the hallmark of the 158th Great Yorkshire Show , which closed its gates after three actionpacked days showcasing the best of British farming and rural life .
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