Herbert's Contractor I is aimed squarely at farmers.
AS A well known manufacturer of high-specification and bespoke on-farm potato handling and grading systems, RJ Herbert Engineering Ltd has been offering vegetable growers machinery with great flexibility and incorporating many extra features since the early 1970s.
However, Herbert’s understands that not all growers need the level of sophistication and adjustment available on the current Herbert range of machinery. Newly launched for this season, therefore, is the new Contractor I (1800).
Combining the quality build, components, and unique design features that Herbert’s continues to offer year-after-year, this new simplified model offers a fixed cleaning system, with more standard conveyor configurations, resulting in a lower-cost machine to the farmer.
The new Contractor I (1800) is available in four standard models, each with a single specialist cleaner fitted. The farmer can choose between stars, multi-sep, coils or hydraulic rollers.
The fixed cleaner removes the need for a presentation conveyor between the hopper and cleaner, making the machines more compact for transport and reducing the space required in a grading shed.
The fixed cleaner concept, along with other modifications such as a simple grading screen agitation system, creates a cost-effective, basic farm grader for growers, but is still manufactured with the famous Herbert build quality. The same high-quality parts are used as with the market-leading Contractor II (1800 and 2400).
The new model had its first English appearance at Cereals 2009, while farmers can also see the Contractor I (1800) at Herbert’s factory site, near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
Herbert’s agricultural sales engineer, Steven Skipper, reports that limited numbers of the new model will be available for the 2009 season.
“Interest has been high, not only in the UK but from Western Europe,” he said. “This new addition to the Herbert range gives growers more choice at a time when everyone is looking for value for money.”
For more information visit: www.rjherbert.co.uk.
