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Powys County Times
28-05-2025
- Business
- Powys County Times
Farm machinery firm saves staff following closure of rival
A Powys border farm machinery dealer has saved jobs after expanding its operating area in the north of the UK. Mellington-based RVW Pugh Ltd is the Massey Ferguson franchise owner for Cheshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire and Mid Wales. Following the closure of Malpas Tractors, RVW Pugh Ltd has expanded into the Lancashire area for Merlo, Sumo, Hi-Spec, Vaderstad and AVR customers. The company has retained the employment of former Malpas Tractors staff members, who have knowledge of the area and the local market. Robert Pugh, Managing Director of RVW Pugh Ltd said: 'We are delighted to be able to take on the Lancashire area for the Merlo, Sumo, Hi-Spec, Vaderstad and AVR brands, as well as welcoming our new team members to the company.' RVW Pugh Ltd will have a dedicated area sales manager for the area, as well as a depot for parts sales, warranty enquires and repairs and maintenance work in Lathom. The company will also be taking on the warranty commitments for the Merlo, Sumo, Hi-Spec and Vaderstad branded machinery. The depot is open for AGCO parts, along with a wide range of tools, wearing parts and other merchandise for day-to-day farming jobs. Emma Pugh, Business Manager for RVW Pugh Ltd added: 'We have a new depot for the Lancashire area and would encourage any former customers of Malpas Tractors with outstanding warranties with the Merlo, Sumo, Hi-Spec and Vaderstad brands to contact us with any queries they have.'
NZ Herald
24-05-2025
- Automotive
- NZ Herald
Meeting Sir Edmund Hillary and boring him with my tractor story
But we were drawn together by a mutual love and respect for tractors. Yes, tractors. Red tractors, Massey Ferguson tractors. And again, I got stung by the beekeeper. Tractor driving I learned to drive on a little red Massey Ferguson. It ended badly. I couldn't figure out, when backing, that the trailer moved in the opposite direction to the steering wheel. I panicked, confused brake and clutch, and jack-knifed. There were all sorts of expensive, tortured, graunching noises. And broken bits. Sixty years later, I am still a crap driver. Meanwhile, Sir Ed was ripping across the world's coldest and iciest continent on his modified Massey Ferguson. It was 1958 and Sir Ed was the first to reach the South Pole overland since Scott half a century earlier, and the first in motor vehicles. He was groundbreaking. I was just breaking. His adventure was about national pride, disputed sovereignty, Kiwi attitude and men being men. Mine was about 'buggering' an expensive trailer without leaving the farmyard. Sir Ed's story went around the world. Mine didn't see the light of day until now. Reunion I was wandering in a daydream down Remuera Road. I half-recognised a bloke passing, so I called out 'Gidday mate, how are yuh?' Inquisitively, I turned to see who I had addressed, and Sir Ed was standing, looking at me, stroking a ski-jump that served as a chin and wearing a 'who the hell are you?' look on his face. Years after Kathmandu, I was having afternoon tea with the $5 face at his home in Remuera. You could drop in. He was that sort of bloke. I was regaling the great man with what I thought was a riveting story about learning to drive on a Massey Ferguson. Then I realised that chin had slumped on to the chest and the great man was asleep. He could be forgiven. He was an older man. Or was mine just an utterly boring, sleep-inducing story?
Hans India
18-05-2025
- Hans India
Police arrest suspect in agricultural machinery theft cases
Yerragondapalem: The Prakasam district police have successfully apprehended a suspect involved in the theft of tractors, tractor trolleys, rotavators, and water tankers across multiple locations. The Superintendent of Police for Prakasam district, AR Damodar, commended the police team for their swift action. According to the Yerragondapalem police, a tractor and rotavator theft case was registered at the Pullalacheruvu police station on May 13. On the orders of the SP Damodar and under the supervision of the Markapur DSP U Nagaraju, the Yerragondapalem CI, Pullalacheruvu SI, and others formed a team and started the investigation. After going through the evidence, the police arrested Dudekula Hussain, a tractor driver from Mrityunjayapuram village of Palnadu district, on May 16. In the interrogation, the arrested man confessed his involvement in other thefts of farm machinery, and showed the dump of the vehicles. The police announced that they have recovered a 241 DI Massey Ferguson tractor with registration number AP27CD3952 with a Shakthiman rotavator, valued at Rs 8 lakh and stolen from Pullalacheruvu, a water tanker valued at Rs 1.60 lakh and stolen from Tripurantakam, a tractor trolley valued at Rs 2 lakh and stolen from Pullalacheruvu, and another tractor trolley with a Shakthiman rotavator valued at Rs 3 lakh, also from Pullalacheruvu, from the dump. SP Damodar appreciated the police team for their efficient work, particularly Markapur DSP U Nagaraju, Yerragondapalem Circle Inspector Ch Prabhakara Rao, Pullalacheruvu SI L Sampat Kumar, and theirstaff for their key roles in solving the case.
Irish Examiner
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Irish Examiner
Elaine Loughlin: Independent Ireland not too keen on speed limit changes
Silage season is in full swing, and for members of Independent Ireland it is causing real frustration and a level of road rage that warrants attention. Just days after the tragic death of Garda Kevin Flatley, the party has come out calling for increases to speed limits. Garda Flatley died after being struck by a motorbike during a speed check, the high-powered Yamaha R1 1000cc motorcycle continued on for around 500m and crossed the road median before finally crashing into a bus stop. But Michael Collins, Richard O'Donoghue, and Ken O'Flynn believe that the current speed limits on many roads are too low and used much of their time with the media on Tuesday to vent frustrations about being stuck behind agricultural vehicles. Stretches of roads, which have recorded no fatalities or accidents, have gone from 80km to 60km, the group protested. It prompted one journalist to ask whether those responsible for setting the limits should wait for a tragic accident before taking action. While all motorists will relate to the agonising experience of snailing behind a Massey Ferguson as it trundles along winding rural roads, the statistics speak for themselves. Speed is a factor in one third of fatal collisions in Ireland. When a car hits a pedestrian or cyclists at 50 km/h, they have a 50% chance of living. Hit them at 60 km/h, and that chance drops to just 10%. But Independent Ireland has taken issue with new default speed limits that came into force in February following a recommendation of the 2023 Speed Limit Review and believe that setting limits should be up to local authorities and the gardaí. "I drive trucks, I drive tractors, I'm from a rural community," Mr O'Donoghue began, adding that on local roads where "you're not allowed cut the hedges, so now you have to drive in the middle of the road in certain areas," a reduced speed is merited. "You then go on to a regional road, and I'm doing 60 km/h, 53 or 54 km/h in a tractor, and I'm looking behind me, and there's a queue of traffic, no place for me to pull in, and there's a queue of probably half a kilometre behind me." Mr O'Donoghue argued that this is prompting some drivers to go "nuts" and overtake the entire tailback. Outlining the solution, party colleague Mr Collins said: "If there's black spots, gardaí know where they are, the local authority knows where they are and they need to work there, not put a blanket ban [in place]. So yes, reductions need to happen when there's accidents happening, but certainly not a blanket ban across the country. He added: "You have a situation in parts of my own constituency, and I can guarantee a lot of other constituencies here, where a tractor, a silage tractor, can hold for 20 for 25 kilometers, doing 20km/h. That's an insane situation, and that needs to be addressed by government." There is an argument to be made in giving power to local councillors or gardaí, who have a knowledge of particularly dangerous stretches of road. But imagine the uproar there would be, including from politicians, when a decision is taken not to reduce a specific road and then an accident does happen? Read More Alan Kelly accuses Garda Commissioner of 'failing' in road policing staff numbers
Otago Daily Times
13-05-2025
- Automotive
- Otago Daily Times
Increased supply at equipment sale
A bird's eye view of the Glen Islay Machinery Sale near Clinton last Wednesday. PHOTOS: GREGOR RICHARDSON A massive lineup of agricultural machinery and equipment was auctioned at the Glen Islay machinery clearing sale at Wairuna near Clinton over two days last week. A row of tractors on offer at the Glen Islay machinery clearing sale in South Otago last week. The lots to sell on the first day included a 2010 Case track tractor selling for $210,000, a Coolamon grain chaser bin for $180,000, a 2023 Massey Ferguson tractor selling for $165,000, a Claas disco mower for $70,000 and a 8m seed drill for $60,000, online auction platform Bidr shows. Camila Miers, 10, of Hamilton, sits on a Case 600 tractor at the Glen Islay machinery clearing sale near Clinton last week. Carrfields livestock representative Matt McBain said the volume of equipment for sale was the greatest he had seen for several years, which was to be expected from the vendors' about 8000ha of farming land.
