I DON’T KNOW WHAT WE’VE DONE WITH THAT EXTRA WEEK, BUT WE CERTAINLY DIDN’T SPEND IT SITTING IN THE SWATHER.
If you’re old enough you may remember the old Timex® watch commercials from the 60s and 70s. They’d always feature one of their watches subjected to all sorts of wacky torture tests, like being strapped to the front of a speed boat or fired through a plate of glass on the front of an arrow.
MACDON AT THE TIME WAS UNHEARD OF IN AUSTRALIA, AND THE PRACTICE OF WINDROWING WAS ALMOST UNKNOWN.
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the first MacDon windrower being sold in Australia.
OUR MACHINES CAN’T JUST MATCH WHAT THE OTHERS ARE DOING, THEY HAVE TO EXCEED THE COMPETITION.
It seems like only yesterday that MacDon’s “next generation” M Series windrowers were released, setting new benchmarks for performance in several harvesting categories. In fact, many of these machines won coveted AE50 awards for agricultural innovation from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
MACDON SWATHERS MAY COST A BIT MORE, BUT WE MAKE BACK THAT PREMIUM MANY TIMES OVER IN INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY.
Like any farmer who has bought a new, larger combine, Australian farmer Andrew Lamshed expected a certain increase in productivity when he upsized from his previous combine mounted with a 30' header to a brand new A86 Gleaner mounted with MacDon’s giant 45' FD70 FlexDraper® (one of the first 45 footers to be sold in Australia). But even he admits that he was surprised by just how much more productive his new set-up was.
I NEVER CONSIDERED PRICING ANYTHING ELSE. I JUST WANTED A MACDON.
“We’ve always had MacDon swathers.”
It’s a statement of brand loyalty that any manufacturer would love to hear, but for Manitoba farmer Darryl Heide such a commitment has nothing to do with paint color, and everything to do with his long time experience with MacDon products.