I would say agritechnica is a complete different level with costs to go with that.
Maybe lamma has grown to big and should be downscaled a bit? (tbf, I haven't been to lamma for six years, so only guessing it's size from what I read on here)
LAMMA cancelled
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I would say agritechnica is a complete different level with costs to go with that.
Maybe lamma has grown to big and should be downscaled a bit? (tbf, I haven't been to lamma for six years, so only guessing it's size from what I read on here)
- Location
- northumberland
how did you blag that trip
just about to take delivery of our 4th puma and had other cases before that, maybe need to be asking some questions 
oh and maybe better update my passport just incase
Sitting Pretty
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Haha yes I spoke to your boss playing football at berwick one night before Christmas. 30 of us went with G Marshal tractors first week in December. Fantastic time with a good group of guys and well looked after. Very interesting few days and St Valentine was very good. Priced mine from Paxtons but deal wasn’t as attractive this time, been delighted with the 165 cvx this far and the service has been faultless from Marshals, touching a large piece of wood
how did you blag that trip
Haha yes I spoke to your boss playing football at berwick one night before Christmas. 30 of us went with G Marshal tractors first week in December. Fantastic time with a good group of guys and well looked after. Very interesting few days and St Valentine was very good. Priced mine from Paxtons but deal wasn’t as attractive this time, been delighted with the 165 cvx this far and the service has been faultless from Marshals, touching a large piece of wood
- Location
- northumberland
deffo need to put some feelers out
Sitting Pretty
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Give Mr Edgar some abuse, my neighbour buys from him and changes his tractor every 3 years and now on his 5th, he to was off to beat the drum with Mr Edgar
- Location
- northumberland
he gets a fair bit of abuse anyway but will deffo mention it next time I see him
but will deffo mention it next time I see him
Sitting Pretty
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he gets a fair bit of abuse anyway
Ditto, gets dogs abuse from us but seems to thrive on it.
- Location
- Easter ross
Absolutely agree. Lamma can’t be compared to agritechnica, haven’t been to to sima so can’t comment on that one. When we went to Hannover we had 3 days walking round and still didn’t see it all. Highland show or the welsh are probably more worthwhile visiting.
Must have improved a lot since I was last there, would be 2012. £8 to park in a puddle and £20+ to get in and you would be round all the machinery in under 3 hours. Takes pretty much all of the two days to get round lamma
- Location
- northumberland
not just machinery at the RHS tho
Sitting Pretty
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As I said in my earlier post you will never keep everyone happy but as a show I feel the Cheif executive, the Chairman and his Directors generally get it rite and are always striving to keep the show attractive to all walks of society. It couldn’t possibly survive being a machinery and livestock show.
Can't say the country life/crafts area interests me at all. Would walk through the stock but only to fill the day in
glasshouse
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- Location
- lothians
Did you not speak to anyone?
Been going all my life and never seen it all yet
Rowland
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- Location
- Northeast England
Each to there own I suppose, I've been going for years also usually for two days and I never see it all . The machinery lines if you just walked up and down them without stopping could take up to 3 hrs .
- Location
- northumberland
Not that bothered about the craft bits but the countryside are is very good and watching the guys with the chainsaw carving or doing the timber sports can be good
- Location
- Sutton Coldfield
The trouble with the latest LAMMA is that dealerships started having stands, making an already big show too big to see properly in one day. In the days of the Royal Show and Smithfield just the manufacturers went, but they were all there. If we were looking to buy something such as a subsoiler, we could look at all the different designs and decide the best one for our price range.
We are 15 mins from the NEC so for us the next move would be good.
We are 15 mins from the NEC so for us the next move would be good.
- Location
- East Sussex
From what I’m hearing now, lamma at the NEC could be a problem, I’ve just ordered a piece of kit from a dealer up north who will remain nameless and he said his company won’t be going to the NEC, decision is already made, also he knows a company that sell lots of drills have also said they will not be going, both are big firms. Add to what other people have said about Claas and CHN and already there are some big players missing.
"a dealer from up north says he's not going" ............... that's it you heard it here first, the show is doomed
These shows are not aimed at dealers surely they are for manufacturers ?
Cowabunga
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- Location
- Ceredigion,Wales
Yes. Hopefully the 'organ grinders' [manufacturers, importers and primary businesses] will have the stands even if some dealership 'monkeys' will be hanging around ready to jump.
There are plenty of regional shows manned by dealers as it is. Too many local ones, in my opinion.