Potato Review

56 POTATO REVIEW MAY/JUNE 2023 MACHINERY AgVantage UK Ltd takes over the area of Yorkshire & Humber Machinery Ltd AGVANTAGE UK Ltd will be taking over the distribution and support activities formerly o ered by Yorkshire & Humber Machinery, from next month. Yorkshire & Humber Machinery, provider of root crop and crop protection equipment throughout Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, has been operating for more than four years and is a well respected dealer while AgVantage was founded in 2020 as a joint venture between Andy Carse and Dewulf. Andy said: “We recognise the importance of local support and therefore will continue to operate from a local base in Yorkshire holding a parts stock and operating a local service team, backed up closely by the larger stock and team at our headquarters in Peterborough.” Russell Button, one of the founders of Yorkshire & Humber Machinery, will be Depot Manager for AgVantage for the Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire area. He said: “I am excited for the future and looking forward to being part of a larger organisation structure, being able to maximise our potential in the area. We want it to be very much ‘business as normal’ for all our customers.” Hendrik Decramer, Dewulf Group CEO, said Dewulf has been active in the UK for more than 20 years and described the latest move as “a promising new venture”. “We are excited to share our plans to invest more into resources, sta and training over the coming three years. is investment will ensure that we are providing the best support possible for our customers,” he said. Andy said the new larger AgVantage team to be able to share resources and expertise up and down the country, with each depot having access to a larger parts stock, meaning more availability and faster reaction times. “AgVantage will be honouring all existing agreements customers may have with the Yorkshire & Humber business. We are dedicated to providing a seamless transition and look forward to continuing to support customers in all areas of root crop and crop protection machinery.” Treatment to prolong parts life BOURGAULT Tillage Tools (BTT) has launched Maxlife, an infused tungsten carbide treatment that protects ground contacting parts and greatly extends their working life. e company believes this will further extend working life and help users reduce wearing metal costs. “ e treatment can extend the working life of parts by between 300% and 800%”, says Ian Clayton-Bailey, Managing Director of Bourgault UK, the Canadian parent company’s UK subsidiary. “Maxlife is a heat-applied weld pool containing solid chunks of tungsten carbide, which are spread evenly across the face of the wearing part. “Unlike other hard surface coatings, the weld deposit does not chip or ake when subjected to high impacts, and is extremely tough. It is a cost-e ective option for high wear applications across a range of parts and has already proven e ective when used on harrow tines, sweeps, spikes, shanks and disc scrapers. “Extensive eld testing has been completed to prove its durability.” e company is also expanding the range of machines for which its Bourgault VOS drilling system can be used. e system has been widely used on Horsch CO and Sprinter drills for some years and, following eld trials in the autumn, will now be available as a tine conversion for the Weaving Sabre Tine, Amazone Cayena and Kuhn Megant drills. 25 in line for demonstrations TWELVE potato lifts, six storing lines, four mechanical wee control machines and three alternative haulm killing machines will be deomonstrated at the next edition of PotatoEurope, which will take place on September 6th and 7th in Kain (near Tournai), Belgium In total, nine companies have ordered trial elds for the event and more than 160 exhibitors from 15 di erent countries are registered.