From the world’s first to the world’s best - McConnel has put on a machinery master-class at the Royal Welsh Show – attracting the attention of thousands of visitors with a vision of the future and a blast from the past.
A wide range of advanced green maintenance technology was showcased alongside the machine that kick-started McConnel’s early success – the 1948 Mid Mount Mark 1 – the first-ever tractor-mounted hedgecutter. (See below)
The vintage machine, which was mounted on an authentic pre-war Fordson tractor, proved a huge draw in attracting show-goers to the stand, and served as the perfect complement to McConnel’s latest generation of innovative machines, which included:
- The Seedaerator low disturbance seed drill
- ROBOCUT
- A Grassland Shakaerator
- A Discaerator 3000
- An SR460 rotary mower
- A Magnum Euro Open flail mower
- A PA5455
- A PA6565T
- And a PA6570T
McConnel’s UK sales manager Jon Webb said: “The MidMount Mark 1 is a classic machine which always proves popular at shows. It attracted a lot of people to the stand and that helped us generate a lot of interest in the latest range of modern machines”
The Show, which was held between 21-24 July at Built Wells, Powys, attracted close to a quarter of a million visitors
