September 2020

We recently got the chance to try out the McHale Fusion 3 Pro here at GRASSMEN HQ. We got Mike from McHale to come and talk to us about the machine and what makes it different to the other Fusions we have seen in the past!

Todays video form the archives features the Claas 650 Arion we had for the season back in 2018 pulling the Pottinger 5 furrow plough in one of the more challenging fields at GRASSMEN HQ.

In a normal year this would be the first day of the National Ploughing Championships, our biggest show of the year! Unfortunately it's not to be this year so we started looking back through some footage we had of ploughing in the past. First up it's Donkey in the 4755 working the ground at Alec Wilkinson's back in 2017. Enjoy!

We travelled over to Cambridgeshire a couple of weeks ago to visit Eastern Farms, and got to chat with owner Charles Leadbetter who gave us an insight into how the business has snowballed to where it is today.

Gary is joined by Harold from Massey Ferguson to talk about the 7719S that we had out on demo from John McElderry M&T Ltd.

Harold also gives us an insight into the new 8S range!

Donkey gives us an update from the barn where we're rushing to beat the weather and get a few more bales in!

Something very different but vitally important from us this evening. We wanted to recognise World Suicide Prevention Day by promoting awareness about mental health. Anyone is capable of suffering and Donkey wanted to introduce us to his method of taking care of his own mental wellbeing. Thanks to George Elliott from Fitness To Perfection for taking the time to have a chat about what he calls "The Elephant in the Room".

If you are struggling reach out to loved ones or call Samaritans on 116 123 and just talk about it. It's okay not to be okay.

Here’s a quick update from Donkey at GRASSMEN HQ as Gary steps into the Case 175 and Krone mowers.

You might have seen this beast floating about on our social media recently. Well now is her time for the spotlight as Gethin from Johnston Gilpin and Co. joined us to give everyone a formal introduction to the latest addition to our fleet!

Gary tries out the Reiter Respiro R9 merger on the Massey 7719S Dyna VT.

This rig looks like the perfect match, but how will they perform…?

Recently while filming in cork we witnessed the Reiter merger being demoed to Mark Troy and Tony O’Mahony.

This is one of the most talked about bits of kit in the industry at the moment so we asked Sean from Reiter Innovative technology to bring the machine to GRASSMEN HQ and get us a feel for this concept! Could this be the future…?

A couple of weeks ago we received delivery of the Monster Move 12 self loading bale trailer. Adam Wilson from Wilson Engineering, the operation behind the Monster Move, joined us for third cut to talk us through the design of the trailer and to see it in action! How will the 8870 handle it??