News & Events from Chandlers Farm Equipment

02/07/2010

Chandlers Spilsby depot apprentice Andrew Smith wins the coveted Massey Ferguson Apprentice Technician of the year 2010. Andrew Smith beat strong national competition on the extremely competitive Massey Ferguson Apprentice technician scheme, to become MF apprentice technician of the year 2010 for his Chandlers Spilsby depot. Chandlers would like to congratulate him on this excellent achievement.

Andrew Smith Chandlers Farm Equipment Apprentice, Spilsby Depot is congratulated by Morten Morrel College Principal Ioan Morgan on winning the MF apprentice of the year for the level two group

20/05/2010

Invitations go out to the Chandlers Barnack Field Demonstration day 2010. Come along to the Chandlers Barnack field day 2010 on the 17th June, and test drive a wide range of Massey Ferguson tractors coupled up to tillage equipment from Lemken; ploughs, discs and tine cultivators. Also on display and in use will be the Challenger MT765C with the impressive Lemken Karat 6m tine cultivator.

If you are interested in GPS self steering systems, the AGCO TopCon Autogude II system will be on display and in use, and expert advice will be on hand for those thinking of installing this type of system on their farm. The Topcon system is available factory fitted on Massey Ferguson and Challenger tractors, and can be supplied to fit onto any make of tractor or self propelled sprayer, in-fact anything you want to go in a straight line ! Look forward to seeing you there.

Click on the invitation above to download a printable .pdf version of the invitation for Chandlers Barnack Field Day 2010.

14/05/2010

Chandlers (Farm Equipment) Ltd. celebrate 75 years of serving the Farming community with cake and the launch of the brand new website www.used-massey-tractors.com exclusively for the sale of second hand MF tractors. Everyone at Chandlers enjoyed some appropriately decorated cakes to celebrate Chandlers incorporation on 14th May 1935. Chandlers would like to thank all our customers, past, present and future for their business over the last 75 years and are looking forward to the next 75 ! With this in mind, Chandlers launched their brand new website for easy browsing of used Massey Ferguson tractor stock on this historic day, to keep the company at the forefront of modern technology. Take a look we hope that you will like it.

The Chandlers 75th birthday cake

21/03/2010

Sleaford Wheelers Cycling Club visit Chandlers Belton depot for a team photo in the new Chandlers Mitsubishi Team Kit. Popular local cycling club The Sleaford Wheelers show off their brand new team kit supported by Chandlers Mitsubishi, calling into the Chandlers Belton depot for a team photo. Sleaford Wheelers riders can be seen riding throughout Lincolnshire, in training and local competitions. Visit www.sleafordwheelers.co.uk for more information on joining or supporting the club.

 

 

21/01/2010

Chandlers Agricultural Sales Team at the LAMMA Show 2010, celebrating 75 years of serving the local farming community. At the LAMMA Show 2010 Chandlers had on display products from Massey Ferguson, Fendt, Challenger and CAT, with an indoor display from Chandlers used Massey Ferguson division www.used-massey-tractors.com.

Also displayed on the stand were commerical vehicles from Mitsubishi, with the Vehicles sales team also celebrating 75 years of supplying vehicles to the local rural community.

 

15/12/2009

Chandlers receive recognition from Massey Ferguson for industry leading levels of Sales, Service and Parts customer service in their Red Line magazine. Chandlers were featured recently in Red Line the dealer magazine for Massey Ferguson for their success in sales, service and parts support for Massey Ferguson products. The article also goes on to mention the UK first of Chandlers achieving the 5 star level of AGCO dealer standards for Massey Ferguson in 2009, a rigorous set of world wide standards for best practices for sales, service and parts customer service.

Chandlers in the Massey Ferguson Red Line Magazine.pdf

20/11/2009

John Harvey wins the prestigious Challenger Service Technician of the year. Chandlers Belton service technician John Harvey has been awarded by AGCO the highly coveted Challenger Service Technician of the year award 2009. The award was made by Robert Todd of AGCO at the recent awards ceremony in recognition of the outstanding level of customer service and technical knowledge on the Challenger tracked tractors. John was well supported in his achievement by the service team at Chandlers, including Belton Workshop Manager Clive Swingler, and Chandlers Group Service Manager Nigel Bean. Together they have played an important role in achieving the highest level of AGCO dealer standards for Challenger, 5 star, also a first for a UK dealer.

John Harvey (left) from Chandlers (Farm Equipment) Ltd. receiving his award for Challenger Service Technician of the year from Robert Todd (right) of AGCO

9/10/2009

ChandlersMF YouTube goes live. Visit ChandlersMF on YouTube for an explanation of the DynaVT constantly variable transmission, and other videos, updated regularly.

27/06/2009

Chandlers Farm Equipment joins Facebook. For all the latest news & events see Chandlers on FACEBOOK, click on the logo below, and become a fan, so you get regular notifications of the upcoming events.

23/1/2009

LAMMA Show 2009 a huge success for AGCO with the launch of the new MF8690 on show for the first time in the UK, resplendent in its new brighter MF red & traditional Ferguson Grey. LAMMA Show 2009 attracted record crowds with an estimate attendance of over 40,000 people over the two days according to LAMMA Show Chairman Tony Lighton. Despite a poor weather forecast for the second day of the show (and some traffic issues - down simply to the volume of traffic), attendance was still excellent on the second day, on top of record crowds on day one. Show Chairman Tony Lighton confirmed that despite some rumours being discussed at the show, LAMMA Show was not and would never be for sale, and that LAMMA Show 2010 would be held at the excellent Newark Show ground and this would continue indefinitely - with hopefully greater co-operation from the local Police to assist in managing the traffic !

The mood at the show was positive, with the falling pound strengthening the export price of cereals, helpfully publicised at the show by Gleddals. Along with record crowds there were a record number of exhibitors, with all of Chandlers suppliers in attendance, displaying a huge quantity of tractors and machinery of all descriptions and sizes.

Chandlers show stand indoors in the Lady Eastwood Pavilion was the place to be on the second day when the inevitable January weather arrived.

The AGCO stand was supported by Chandlers with a merchandising trailer, supplying all types of branded clothing and toys from AGCO. This proved to be a great success, with a large number of customers from all over the country queuing up to buy branded clothing and toys keen to be seen associated with the always growing AGCO, and the strong brands they represent with Massey Ferguson, Fendt and Challenger coats by far the most popular throughout the show.

On display for the first time in the UK was the award winning new MF8690, which judging by the muddy trampled ground surrounding it was the most viewed machine in the show ground. The MF8690 along with the rest of the tractor range were on display in their new colour scheme, of Ferguson Grey Chassis and Massy Red, in recognition of the founders of Massey Ferguson now more than 50 years ago.

 

18/12/08

Chandlers Fly the Flag for Massey Ferguson, Fendt and Challenger. In celebration of a great year for all three franchises, Chandlers fly the flag for MF, Fendt and Challenger at all their branches.

17/12/08

Chandlers Roadshow 2008 proves to be a great success. Aimed at showing farmers North of Lincoln what Chandlers has to offer, the event proved a great success drawing both customers local to the site near to Nettleham and customers from as far afield as Boston, Stamford and Spalding. Despite cold weather and rain immediately prior to the event - which made ground conditions difficult - the event was well attended on both days with close to 400 people in all, including the students from Riseholme college as part of their agricultural engineering course. Demonstrations went ahead on the recently harvested sugar beet fields surrounding the site, with the chance for all to try out something different. Massey Ferguson displayed the Autoguide self steering system on a 6499 tractor with a He-Va combi-lift and disc roller cultivator and Challenger displayed the same system on an MT765B with the SMS Finisher F1. While Fendt displayed their grunty 4 cylinder 415 model with a Lemken 5 furrow plough. Customers and manufacturers alike were well fed and looked after with catering by B&S Catering - run by a local customer Stuart Ranby and his wife from Retford.



The prize draw for £100 of shop vouchers was won by Mr Michael Bates, of H. Bates & Son - Willingham-by-Stow who will have them in time for some last minute Christmas shopping ! On show there was plenty to look at with the full line up tractors from Massey Ferguson, Fendt and Challenger, machinery from Kuhn, Lemken, Standen-Pearson, Lely Welger, McConnel, AS Trailers, SMS, Strautmann and Berthoud. There were also test drives in Subaru and Isuzu 4x4s, and horticultural interest with the line-up of compact tractors and RTVs from Kubota. It was commented that it was like a mini-LAMMA ! must have been something to do with the weather - which was cold but thankfully dry.

During the event a drivers clinic was run for MF, Fendt and Challenger, and interested parties had one on one instruction from the manufacturers area sales representatives getting to the bottom of some of the more technical aspects of tractor operation. Also on display at the event was Chandlers local area service manager Paul Cattermole and his mobile workshop. He was busy meeting customers who had not previously seen into the mobile workshop, and they were impressed by the set up, and range of jobs he could tackle on farm at the first visit, with a broad range of special service tools, laptop diagnostics and direct parts ordering via the internet. The only people busier than Paul, were local area salesmen Sean Stanfield and Ian Sharpe, who were flat out both days showing customers around the large amount of machinery on display, and taking orders !

Look out for coverage of the event in the January edition of the Farmers Guide magazine. Chandlers would like to thank Riseholme College and the University of Lincoln for their hospitality and kind use of their Lodge Farm Yard.

 

11/11/08

Group Equine Manager Felicity Hart competes in the 70.3 Ironman World Triathlon Championships. On Saturday 8th November, our group equine manager Felicity Hart competed for Great Britain in the 70.3 Ironman World Triathlon championships held in Clearwater, Florida, USA. Felicity competing in the elite women's professional ranks in her first World championships, following qualification earlier in the year in the St. Croix qualification round, came a very creditable 16th place against a world class field including the reigning world champion. Follow this link for a full race report for the Clearwater World Championships, and click here for a results sheet. All at Chandlers would like to congratulate her on this tremendous achievement.

5/11/08

The Chandlers Roadshow 2008 launched. The Chandlers Roadshow 2008 is to be held on the 25th and 26th of November from 9.00am until 4.00pm. Chandlers will be holding a Roadshow at Lodge Farm, Lodge Lane, Nettleham, Lincoln. LN2 2RS in association with Riseholme College, University of Lincoln. All are welcome to attend, and will be entered into a free prize draw for £100 of Chandlers Shop Vouchers, (one entry per household). On show will be the full range of products from Massey Ferguson, Fendt, Challenger and Caterpillar, along with a wide range of implements and machinery from our franchised suppliers, from balers, to ploughs and hedgecutters, including all the latest models. Machinery manufacturers representatives will be on hand to answer technical questions about the products.

Ample free parking will be available, along with hot food and refreshments. Also incorporated in the event will be a drivers clinic for Massey Ferguson, Fendt and Challenger, held at 10am, 12pm and 2pm respectively, where the manufacturers product experts will take a questions and answers session on the technical aspects of tractor set up and usage, in order that young and old get the very best out of their AGCO products.

Also on show will be the range of diesel 4x4 vehicles from Subaru, Isuzu, Ssangyong and Diahatsu, all will be available for test drive. Find out for yourself how quiet and refined the new diesel is from Subaru and how economical it is for fuel usage.

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16/10/08

New Website Homepage. Chandlers new website homepage is up and running from the 16/10/08. Let us know what you think. If you have any comments or requests for what you would like from our website please contact us via the homepage comments form by clicking here.

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