"Cheap Dual Wheels for Tractors or Combines."

 

or

"It looks like rain again"

 

In early July 2007 I set off for a week away, to work with volunteers at the RASE's Royal Show, having made certain preparations.

As usual, I wrote down everything which I was supposed to do on my return in the office diary, otherwise from experience, I would not remember it after such a high pressure week.

I booked the usual tractor advert with the Farmers Weekly to appear the following friday, after the show.

As an afterthought I also told the FW salesperson to stick a 'one liner' under Wheels & Tyres to say

"Cheap Dual Wheels for Tractors or Combines. Tel 01677 422158."

This was because there had been comments (!) about stacks of old wheels made by the Environmental Health dept, and I had just had a quote to dispose of them at a potential cost of £2800.

I then left for the Show and as predicted forgot all about it.

 

It rained.....

just a bit !

 

I returned a day earlier than normal, on the thursday night, because the show was closed by the HSE on the wednesday night, due to the heavy rain making conditions in the car parks dangerous for pedestrians.

I was absolutely shattered, and went to bed early.

On Friday morning at 06.55, I was woken up by the phone ringing. 

A chap from Shropshire, asking about dual wheels for a combine.

I asked him if I could ring him back when I was dressed !

I did, but at 10.40, because the phone just kept ringing and ringing and ringing......

If I had suspected what was going to happen over that w/e, I would have kept the staff in on overtime.

On the Saturday I loaded a low loader from Hereford with wheels.

Owned by a farmer, it had arrived with two other farmers on board, to collect six pairs of duals.

Their phones were ringing too, and it left loaded to bridge height including a full flotation set, which had been earmarked for our own combine,

At no time while I was loading that lorry, were there less than two Ifor Williamses parked outside, 

their owners helping each other to chose and handball wheels onto their trailers.

By monday night we were cleaned out of used wheels, and had only three new 'sets of eight' for Steigers left.

On tuesday morning I was asked how much a pair of new ones would be, but I explained that each set consisted of four pairs, which I would not split up to sell the odd pair.

By lunchtime I was splitting them, and by Wed night, all twelve new pairs had also gone.

 

72 pairs in six WHOLE days of chaos.

 

The same advert is being repeated.

and guess what....

The staff are away for two weeks having their pre harvest holidays.

I can't wait...........!!

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4/8/2012

As you can see from the home page, it was a minor replay of 2007.

Between putting the advert on the home page on the Sunday, and the FW advert appearing on the Friday, 

we had already sold out of 650 x 32 duals, and continued with 20.8 x 38 instead.

We now only have three pairs of 20.8 x 38 left to match alongside the usual 800 x 32 combine wheels.

Haven't yet worked out how many were sold.