Load of crap, I’m only a small farm but I managed to get the 3 drills I was seriously interested to in on demo this autumn. 2 via a dealer and the Weaving Sabre tine on the demo tour.Nick is only a small farmer like me so there not interested, you need to be a big farmer to get demos or even participate in surveys
You can generally find what you need online with searches such as ‘disc drill, clay soil,
Online Think I have only seen on here once, some soil (hahaha) like the stuff I have and my neighbours have. Lot of `clay soils`shown online and in farmer comics are nearer sand than clay.
Was only talking about this , a while a go , with a small but very busy ag bussiness , his opinion was he would rather have ,a good number of smaller customers than a handfull of big ones ,because if big boys have a policy change , its a big chunk of bussiness ,goes in one hit ,Nick is only a small farmer like me so there not interested, you need to be a big farmer to get demos or even participate in surveys
We’re the same often get dealers ring up saying they have a demo in the area would we like to try. I usually decline unless it’s a machine we will be changing soon. I always tell the reps if I ask for a demo they got at least 50% chance of selling me itLoad of crap, I’m only a small farm but I managed to get the 3 drills I was seriously interested to in on demo this autumn. 2 via a dealer and the Weaving Sabre tine on the demo tour.
All 3 came on tractors and I filled the fuel tank back up after the demo. The Claydon and Weaving were later in the autumn so I put it to them to drill the whole field ~17ac each or not do it at all (rather than the 1 bag demo they would usually do) as I wouldn’t be able to finish the field in my current way. They both obliged and I have subsequently bought a Weaving off the back of the demo.
Someone else has said it but Weaving trucked their demo machines up north then work their way back down home, sometimes it’s luck of the draw or holding your nerve to still have something to drill with a demo when it gets to you. I can’t just remember but there were 8 or 10 other people who came to see the weaving do it’s demo here.
As a side point I’ve never had a problem getting a demo of a tractor/telehandler either
A couple of years ago I tried to get a round baler on demo at harvest time, I tried 3 different dealers selling different brands about two months before harvest that I wanted a demo baler, only one got back in touch at harvest time, bought a baler off them, I change my baler every 4 years so it's regular custom, the dealer that I bought my previous baler didn't even get back to an answer phone messageWe’re the same often get dealers ring up saying they have a demo in the area would we like to try. I usually decline unless it’s a machine we will be changing soon. I always tell the reps if I ask for a demo they got at least 50% chance of selling me it
Sorry Nick but I disagree . I regularly go on demo with our dealers. I’ve been to 100 acre farms and 10,000 acre farms. I know of friends in the industry who would say the same. I do feel for you ans can’t understand why you can’t get a demo as not only are you a good bloke but you also don’t mess people around. You would only have to look at your yard to see it’s clean, tidy and has new ish machines.Probably need 3000 plus acres to get taken seriously by the trade these days.times are going to change rapidly fir the machinery dealers I beleive.they may then wish they had taken enquiries seriously from us small peasant land owners
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Funny no ones mentioned the king of drills mzuri? I think you can go witness their results but demos are hard to get too when we’ve tried
Ironically I’ve had a call from them this morning.i did see one of their drills going locally 18 months ago but I’m lacking an aweful lot of horse power to pull one.i was impressed and I documented it on here at the time.Funny no ones mentioned the king of drills mzuri? I think you can go witness their results but demos are hard to get too when we’ve tried, i think its too easy to be convinced by trials plots which have been fussed over for months before hand. Like modern wheat varieties potential under glass is a biggg disparity between out in the field.