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Purpose-designed hitches make Tractors ideal for holiday homes' movement
General News - By Mike Bird (25 Apr 06 16:00) - 1 comment
Two Kubota Grand L4630 tractors with specially-designed front and rear hydraulic hitches have transformed the movement and repositioning of caravan holiday homes for leisure park operator, Coast and Country Caravans. - Read Article

Kubota joins the thoroughbreds at the National Stud
Racing - By Mike Bird (17 Apr 06 10:00)
Covering an area of 500 acres, The National Stud’s impressive site just outside Newmarket is no walkover when it comes to grounds maintenance. - Read Article

Finance Service offers Funding Flexibility
Industry News - By Mike Bird (05 Apr 06 16:00)
Turfmech has launched a dedicated funding service to assist customers with the acquisition of new and pre-owned machinery. - Read Article

Kubota appoints new agricultural dealer for Herefordshire and Worcestershire
Industry News - By Mike Bird (29 Mar 06 14:00)
Kubota has further strengthened its UK dealer network with the appointment of Pallisers of Hereford as an official agricultural sales and service dealer for Herefordshire, Worcestershire and parts of the neighbouring counties of Gloucestershire, Shropshire and Powys. - Read Article

New Full-Line Kubota Tractor and Groundcare Equipment Dealer to cover Mid & South Wales
Industry News - By Mike Bird (17 Mar 06 8:00)
Well-known agricultural and horticultural machinery dealer, Ted Hopkins Ltd, has been appointed to look after sales and service requirements for the entire range of Kubota tractors and groundcare equipment throughout mid and south Wales. - Read Article

Tractors take tight turns in their Stride
Industry News - By Mike Bird (27 Feb 06 8:55) - 2 comments
The two Kubota compact tractors used for grass cutting by the Estate Services Section of Exeter University get little time for a breather during the year. - Read Article

Canadian company is Turfmech's supplier of the Year for 2005
Industry News - By Mike Bird (10 Feb 06 15:00)
For the second year running, TYCROP Manufacturing of Rosedale, British Columbia, Canada, has been named the outright winner of Turfmech Machinery’s Supplier of the Year award. - Read Article

Cheshire firm is Turfmech's dealer of the year for 2005
Industry News - By Mike Bird (06 Feb 06 13:00)
Turner Groundscare’s retail branch at Lansdowne Road, Stamford Bridge, Tarvin, near Chester, is Turfmech Machinery’s dealer of the year for the second year running . . . and for the fourth time in five years. Runner-up, also for the second year running, was Scottish professional grounds care equipment dealer, Nairn Brown (Glasgow) Ltd, of Busby, Glasgow. - Read Article

One-Man Turf Harvesting boost Outputs, Cuts Cost.
Industry News - By Mike Bird (16 Jan 06 16:00)
Almost 20 years after sowing its first field of turf, Emerald Lawns is firmly established as Ireland’s most progressive grower and supplier of quality cultivated turf. To maintain this position, the Co Derry based company has invested heavily over the past few years in new equipment including the first Brouwer Robomax 1200 automated self-stacking turf harvester to go to work in Ireland. - Read Article

Additional Power helps Irish Firm stay on top of mowing contracts.
Industry News - By Mike Bird (10 Jan 06 15:00)
Northern Ireland’s largest landscape contractor has relied on Kubota F Series front mowers as its principal grass-cutting machine for more than 15 years. - Read Article

Standard Specification Compact Tractor Launched by Kubota.
Industry News - By Mike Bird (09 Jan 06 13:00)
Designated the L3200, the 32hp model takes its place in the Kubota range to fill the gap in its manual gearbox line-up, the company already having several hydrostatic transmission (HST) models in this horsepower sector. - Read Article

High Output Mowers to be unveiled at BTME 2006
Harrogate Week - By Mike Bird (09 Jan 06 13:00)
Superseding the highly regarded F60 Series out front mowers launched in 1996, Kubota’s new F80 Series comprises the F2880 and F3680 models, rated at 28hp and 36hp respectively. Apart from delivering more power than the machines they replace, the new mowers feature enhanced operator comfort, more durable cutter decks and a 25 per cent improvement in lift capacity, enabling them to deal comfortably with the most demanding commercial mowing applications. - Read Article

Kubota to attend alternate shows
General News - By Mike Bird (22 Nov 05 22:00)
In common with a number of other major tractor and groundcare machinery manufacturers and suppliers, Kubota (U. K.) Limited has announced that it will be exhibiting at IoG SALTEX and the BIGGA Turf Management Exhibition (BTME) in alternate years with effect from 2006-details inside - Read Article

Mower's all-round abilities impress Contracts Firm
Industry News - By Mike Bird (31 Oct 05 10:00)
Ireland’s leading commercial landscaping firm is confident that Kubota ZD28 ride-on zero-turn mowers will become the mainstay of its grass-cutting fleet over the next two to three years. - Read Article

Top qualification secured by Turfmech employee
General News - By Mike Bird (25 Oct 05 17:00)
James Till has marked six years’ service with Hixon, Staffordshire engineering firm, Turfmech Machinery, by gaining a Graduate Diploma in Purchasing and Supply-details inside - Read Article

Your chance to win the Dream Team
Saltex - By Mike Bird (03 Aug 05 16:00)
Groundscare professionals and amateurs alike throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland have the opportunity to win a compact tractor and a Verti-Drain deep-tine aerator in an outstanding competition being staged jointly by Kubota and Charterhouse Turf Machinery. - Read Article

Little but often Top Dressing proves a success for Celtic Manor
Industry News - By Mike Bird (03 Aug 05 10:00)
Two ProPass 180 low impact top dressers from Turfmech have won universal praise from course management and greenkeeping staff at The Celtic Manor Resort, venue for the 2010 Ryder Cup. - Read Article

Robotic Ball Collector retrieves golf balls safely from driving ranges
Saltex - By Mike Bird (23 Jul 05 12:00)
A new robotic golf ball collector from Turfmech Machinery is set to make the retrieval of golf balls from practice ranges a far safer and less labour intensive job. - Read Article

New Products from Kubota at IOG Saltex 2005
Saltex - By Mike Bird (19 Jul 05 12:00)
The new RTV900 all-terrain utility vehicle will be making its IoG SALTEX debut on the Kubota exhibit (stand number W23) at this year’s show. - Read Article

Kubota appoint new dealer in the West of Ireland
Industry News - By Mike Bird (15 Jul 05 11:00)
Well-known family firm, J F Hanley, has been appointed a Kubota tractor and groundcare dealer for the Connacht region of Ireland. - Read Article