Potato Review

www.potatoreview.com POTATO REVIEW SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2020 45 MACHINERY TEN years since introducing its rst haulm topper, Scotts has launched two new machines. Scotts’ rst topper - the Trinity 22B 2 row haulm topper - has over the years been joined by the Trinity 6000 six row folding topper, Trinity 22 Bulb Speci c ower bulb version and the Trinity 30B, which can work on three 36” rows of four 30” rows. It has snow unveiled the Trinity 36B four row topper and the Trinity 54B. e company also announced plans for eight and nine row models, which will be available in 2021. e Trinity 36B features dual drive and a split rotor with centre bearing and has West of England harvesting o ering SCOTTS Precision Manufacturing has extended its distribution network with the appointment of a new sales and service agent to cover the west of England. e Boston manufacturer of vegetable harvesting equipment has appointed Hertfordshire-based Russell Price Farm Services to o er its range of Trinity toppers, Microlift Pro fully mounted windrowers and harvesters Scotts Managing Director Derek Scott said: “We’ve known the team at Russell Price Farm Services for several years and have worked with them on an ad-hoc basis. In the last couple of years, we’ve seen a rise in enquiries from their part of the world, and as we struggle a little bit to get out to customers in the West of England, a more formal relationship makes sense.” Russell Price Farm Services focuses on contracting, farming and machinery sales, including Scanstone, Sumo, Spearhead Machinery, Guttler, Pichon and Broughan Trailers ranges. e company’s Sales Manager Richard Young said: “ e banning of Diquat has sparked a dramatic increase in toppers.” e appointment of Russell Price Farm Services to cover the West of England follows a recent announcement that Scotts was working closely with Yorkshire & Humber to provide service and support to customers in the north of England. Scotts also recently supplied its rst to order to South Africa thanks to a recommendation from a Canadian company. It sent one of its Evolution separators to Bestbier South Africa after Allan Equipment in Canada recommended the machine. Two new toppers complete the Scotts’ 2020 line-up been designed as an a ordable high output machine for growers with less than 300 acres. e second new machine - the Trinity 54B - features the same style of drive and rotor as the 36B but comes complete with road wheel and drawbar. Scotts introduced the 54B model to o er a high output, six row topper, at a lower price point of its agship Trinity 6000 folding version. Derek Scott said: “We know just how challenging things are at the moment and with the banning of diquat, growers have had to adjust to a mechanical destruction method. e Trinity 36B has been designed to come in at a really a ordable price point and is the answer to numerous enquiries from people looking for the best of British but at a lower cost. “As we want to o er a topper to suit every enquiry, we’ve also managed to create a six row topper, that by not having the folding feature, comes in at price point below the agship Trinity 6000. We think it is a very attractive o er for people looking for a high quality xed topper. “ e nal pieces of the jigsaw are our eight and nine row toppers, and we’re delighted to say that pre-orders are now being taken and that we are hoping that LAMMA 2021 goes ahead so that we can o cially launch the machine there.” All Scotts’ toppers feature front and rear LED side lights and quick change ails for reduced downtime. e toppers o er a broad range of cutting heights and come with static shear plates that provide a “mulching” e ect. Scotts has included a replaceable steel inner liner that o ers excellent hood protection and the largest variation of ail lengths of any topper currently available. A brand new feature - hydraulic steering – is now available across the range.