What kind of farm equipment is hard to get in the UK?

[Farm X]

Hi all,

Cody from Farm Xport here (www.farmxport.com). We are an international distributor for Soil-Max plows but would like to expand our catalog. Is there any farm equipment or machinery, worldwide, that is difficult to purchase in the UK due to lack of import or distributors? I imagine most farm equipment required is easily purchased within the UK or is easily imported from Europe but I thought I would ask. Thanks!

 

[Drillman]

With farm machinery Anything that doesn’t have a astronomical price tag seems tricky to get hold of nowadays.

 

[Suffolk Serf]

No-till crop establishment is a growing practice in the UK, so anything to help with that, drills, planters and parts for self build and modification (eg row cleaners, openers, closing wheels). Your planters in the USA are much more suited to no till than ours here.

 

[le bon paysan]

Hi Cody, I'm an englishman farming in France. Looking 'in' or back at the UK farming the 1 thing that seems to be missing is a rear discharge muck spreader ( a box spreader?). Big ones yes but no small ones 4/6 tons.
May just be me but that's my take on it.

 

[daveydiesel1]

Cant think of anythin of hand which indicates theres probably not much thats not available here. But of ur lookin into bringin stuf in u need to take time and do ur homework and figure out what brands thats currently not here thats a good enough machine but is a fair bit cheaper than the equivelent rivals already sold here and look at bringin them in. But to entice ppl to buy them there gonna have to be cheaper. Am sure theres loads of examples of this if it was researched

 

[Martin Holden]

Hi Cody, I'm an englishman farming in France. Looking 'in' or back at the UK farming the 1 thing that seems to be missing is a rear discharge muck spreader ( a box spreader?). Big ones yes but no small ones 4/6 tons.
May just be me but that's my take on it.

Voila!

ORION ALP - SIP

SIP manure spreaders are suitable for most farms. They are distinguished by their excellent maneuverability and even distribution.

www.sip.si

 

[Drillman]

Hi all,

Cody from Farm Xport here (www.farmxport.com). We are an international distributor for Soil-Max plows but would like to expand our catalog. Is there any farm equipment or machinery, worldwide, that is difficult to purchase in the UK due to lack of import or distributors? I imagine most farm equipment required is easily purchased within the UK or is easily imported from Europe but I thought I would ask. Thanks!

Why not show us pics etc of what you could distribute then if Anyone spots something of interest it may help.

 

[Shropshire Farmer]

Swathers don’t see any new ones sold in the uk.

 

[Farm X]

Why not show us pics etc of what you could distribute then if Anyone spots something of interest it may help.

Being a new farm equipment export company, we only carry Soil-Max tile plows at the moment which is why we're wanting to expand our offerings. So, unfortunately, I don't have anything to show you right now other than what's on our website, which are Soil-Max plows (www.farmxport.com).

I wanted to see if there was a brand or piece of equipment that was commonly hard to get so we could consider helping farmers find and import that piece of equipment. We definitely have some more research to do but I thought this was a good place to start.

 

[Farm X]

Thank you for everyone's input thus far. It is very much appreciated.

 

[le bon paysan]

Voila!

ORION ALP - SIP

SIP manure spreaders are suitable for most farms. They are distinguished by their excellent maneuverability and even distribution.

www.sip.si

But.... by the look of them all vertical beater models, gearbox drive. Any horizontal beater models? Cheaper to repair, cogs, bearings and chains.

 

[daveydiesel1]

I once seen on tik tok a machine for cleaning out ditches. It was blowin the sludge across the field like a rain gun on a slurry tanker. Dont know the name but some1 on here will know it. Dont think there sold here

 

[Clive]

Hi all,

Cody from Farm Xport here (www.farmxport.com). We are an international distributor for Soil-Max plows but would like to expand our catalog. Is there any farm equipment or machinery, worldwide, that is difficult to purchase in the UK due to lack of import or distributors? I imagine most farm equipment required is easily purchased within the UK or is easily imported from Europe but I thought I would ask. Thanks!

quite a lot of no till drill add ons not easy to get in the Uk

also quite a few decent looking drills we saw at Agritechnica that have no Uk importers

No Uk suppliers of mother bins either when I looked into it a few years ago

 

[redsloe]

Quite fancy a Rolmako short disc, made in Poland but with no distributor in the UK........

 

[Wisconsonian]

I once seen on tik tok a machine for cleaning out ditches. It was blowin the sludge across the field like a rain gun on a slurry tanker. Dont know the name but some1 on here will know it. Dont think there sold here

Either an American rotary ditcher that runs directly behind the tractor, or some kind of Dutch ditch cleaner that reaches out on an arm?

 

[nick...]

Quite fancy a Rolmako short disc, made in Poland but with no distributor in the UK........

These are identical to proforge inverta except they are painted blue.even come out of the same factory.
nick...

 

[nick...]

quite a lot of no till drill add ons not easy to get in the Uk

also quite a few decent looking drills we saw at Agritechnica that have no Uk importers

No Uk suppliers of mother bins either when I looked into it a few years ago

Agree with @Clive .sell at a sensible price and I’m sure you would sell them.I fail to understand the price asked for a lot of these drills which are mostly cultivators with a hopper on the top
nick...

 

[daveydiesel1]

Either an American rotary ditcher that runs directly behind the tractor, or some kind of Dutch ditch cleaner that reaches out on an arm?

Yes the 1 i saw run behind the tractor. 1 that runs ofset from the tractor would be more suited to here as most of the ditches round here are too wide for a tractor to drive with a wheel on each side but the concept is a good idea. Have u ever used 1?

 

[Flat 10]

Agree with @Clive .sell at a sensible price and I’m sure you would sell them.I fail to understand the price asked for a lot of these drills which are mostly cultivators with a hopper on the top
nick...

Have you seen the price of cultivators though?!??

 

[Martin Holden]

But.... by the look of them all vertical beater models, gearbox drive. Any horizontal beater models? Cheaper to repair, cogs, bearings and chains.

Non! Sorry no real demand for that now