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During the meeting, the General
Sales Manager for Ireland, James
Doyle, addressed the entire
network with dealers from
County Down to County Cork.
Peter Tighe, Area Sales Manager
from AIB Finance and Leasing,
also joined the event to launch
an exciting joint initiative with
the New Holland dealers to
enable them to offer customers
an attractive retail finance
solution for new New Holland
machinery purchases.
New Holland Dealer, Trevor
McHugh, commented: “This is
great news for the New Holland
brand in Ireland. It will enable
us to reach a bigger audience
and be even more competitive
across the whole product range.
It also represents a vote of
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New Holland’s Irish dealers gather
strength at Gurteen College
New Holland took the opportunity at the recent FTMTA Grass and Muck event to meet with its dealer
network to celebrate the first quarter successes and lay further foundations for the upcoming months.
confidence in the Irish market
and the Agricultural sector as a
whole, which is once again the
backbone of the Irish economy.”
James Doyle continued:
“Customers at the event showed
great interest in this initiative
and we received many new
sales enquiries. With good
tractor availability throughout the
network, we’re looking forward
to optimising our share of the
business in the coming months.”
The New Holland dealer network
in Ireland is thriving – there are
now more than twenty dealer
branches conveniently located
across the country offering farming
communities the best possible
access to new and used products
and dedicated after sales care.
James says the network of family
owned and operated dealers offers
great benefits to the customer:
“Given that all our dealers
are operated by families with
New John Deere 6R Series tractors for 2012
New small and medium frame tractors from the John Deere 6R Series tractor
range made their appearance at the recent Cereals 2012 exhibition.
With the addition of these new
smaller models, nine tractors
altogether are available for 2012,
from 105 to 210hp (or 125 to
240hp with Intelligent Power
Management, for road and pto
applications). Featuring the
new John Deere tractor family
styling, all 6R models offer new
levels of power, performance
and operator comfort, including
improved suspension and cab
visibility, more powerful hydraulics
and increased lift capacities.
The small frame 6105R, 6115R
and 6125R models are equipped
with a Stage IIIB 4.5-litre four-
cylinder PowerTech PVX engine
rated from 105 to 130hp. John
Deere’s fuel efficient diesel-only
PowerTech engines use field
proven technology to meet the
latest emission standards, based
on exhaust gas recirculation.
The medium frame 6130R model is
powered by a 130hp four-cylinder
engine mounted on a six-cylinder
frame, while the other two
medium frame models, the 6140R
and 6150R, are equipped with
a Stage IIIB 6.8-litre six-cylinder
PowerTech PVX engine rated at
140 and 150hp respectively.
Employing John Deere’s
established full-frame design,
these new tractors also have
a longer wheelbase to provide
improved stability for loader
applications. In addition, a
higher permissible weight and
payload allow bigger and heavier
implements to be carried.
An integrated front hitch with
a lift capacity of 4000kg and a
new front pto are also available
ex-factory for the first time on
6R Series tractors. The front hitch
is fully compatible with the new
John Deere H-Series front loaders,
which have been designed to
provide maximum visibility and
to match the new tyre sizes and
tractor chassis dimensions.
The new 6R ComfortView cab has
over 20 per cent more space and a
similar increase in visibility. It offers
a completely new level of operator
comfort, with features such as
the 7in full-colour GreenStar 3
CommandCenter display with
optional touch screen and video
capability, integrated climate
and radio controls, Bluetooth
connectivity with SIM card access
and an optional panorama roof.
The display is fully compatible with
ISOBUS and tractor-implement
automation (TIA) applications.
a wealth of local experience
and farming knowledge, they
understand the needs of farmers.
“Each of our dealers knows
which products are specifically
designed for a particular task,
and give their customers faster
response times to queries and
service needs, as well as delivering
the exemplary level of customer
service that only personal, one-toone
relationships can provide.”
in brief
New initiative
designed to
reduce number
of farm fatalities
Health and Safety Minister,
Arlene Foster and Agriculture
Minister Michelle O’Neill, have
launched a new Farm, Safety
Partnership; the initiative aims
to put a halt to the unrelenting
number of farmers dying from
work related accidents.
Twelve people died in farmrelated
incidents last year.
Sadly, April alone saw the
death of two farmers. Farming
now ranks as one of the most
hazardous work sectors.
The Partnership brings together
the Health and Safety Executive
for Northern Ireland, the
Department of Agriculture and
Rural Development (DARD) and
the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU).
It will be chaired by George
Lucas, Chairman of the HSENI.
In launching the Partnership,
Arlene Foster, said: “The Farm
Safety Partnership is a positive
and much needed step forward
in the drive to stop farming
fatalities. The partners have
developed an action plan as
a very practical approach to
addressing problems in the
agriculture sector. The plan has
a number of specific targets
for each of the partners with
the aim of raising awareness
of the importance of sensible
and practical health and safety
to the farming community.”
As part of the Action Plan,
HSENI will be conducting
health and safety awareness
days for farmers, as well
as providing health and
safety demonstrations at
major agricultural shows.
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