Video: 40 years of promoting John Deere celebrated by TFM

The 40-year partnership between Templetuohy Farm Equipment (TFM) and John Deere has confirmed to be a notable success for each events over the 4 many years that they’ve been working collectively.

To have fun the occasion, the dealership held an open day at its unique premises at Templetuohy, Co. Tipperary with a wide variety of latest and used inventory on show for guests to ponder.

Agriland was there to see what was on show and captured a snippet of the day within the video under.

First sale

Regardless of there being many new machines to be seen, the star of the present was the primary John Deere tractor that the Butler brothers offered again in 1983.

Though not centre stage (that was left to a tracked 8RX 370), this tractor was one of many smallest on show with simply 75hp, however that, together with its distinctive RoundGard cab, would have made it stand out in its day.

The tractor has been superbly restored and might be the final one within the yard that the household will half with – an organization’s legacy is priceless.

Though of nice sentimental worth, it did spotlight the usual of refurbishment reached by the corporate because it upgrades older tractors with something from a respray to a full restoration, including worth and years of life to older tractors.

Reserving a manufacturing slot

Away from the classics, the newer fashions on show gave a great impression of the present John Deere strategy to tractor design.

Lead instances might not be fairly as painful as they had been a yr in the past, however it’s nonetheless essential that tractors are ordered effectively prematurely of once they may be wanted.

A neatly introduced choice of the corporate’s used inventory was there for patrons to view and TFM was not shy of pricing them, all the time welcome to see in a seller’s yard, because it permits the customer to get an thought of the market with out having to maintain asking costs.

Lemken and SIP every had a brand new machine current. Lemken within the form of a Solitair DT drill mixture and SIP within the type of an Air 900T belt swather.

Keep tuned to the Agriland platform for particulars of those two gadgets to come back over the approaching days.

Moreover the brand new drill, Lemken additionally had a Rubin 12 set of discs that are outfitted with 736mm (29″) discs that may work at as much as a depth 9″, making it as a lot a disc plough as it’s a secondary cultivator.

All issues JD at Templetuohy

Returning to John Deere, there was a line of eight self-propelled forage harvesters awaiting new homeowners, a reminder that TFM is a significant participant in Eire with an enormous selection of machines between its six depots.

Kramer loaders had been additionally being featured with a full vary of those loaders in inventory. The producer claims stability and construct high quality are their major attributes.

The loader market is slowly growing and Kramer has a premium product to supply.

A Mazzotti self-propelled sprayer took up a nook of the workshop. Ahead cab machines have all the time been extra common than mid-cab sorts in Eire and the UK and so these machines praise Deere’s personal sprayers which have a mid-mounted cab.

Judging by the variety of folks milling round in the course of the afternoon, TFM loved a profitable occasion. Lots of work had clearly gone into the open day to offer clients and Deere followers a great style of simply why TFM has has grown over time.