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CAPITAL EQUIPMENT NEWS
MARCH 2016
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AGRICULTURE
W
ith the success of Kubota trac-
tors worldwide and particularly
in South Africa over the past few
years in agriculture, one tends to forget
how well Kubota has performed in small-
er applications. One such example is
Muldersdrift-based Random Harvest Indig-
enous Nurseries whose owner, Linda De
Luca, says that her fleet of Kubota’s has
been “life-saving”.
Kubota is distributed in South Africa by
Smith Power Equipment (SPE).
“I have had our Kubota tractors for about
five months now and I use them to move
product around the nursery, to pull orders,
to remove rubbish and for a host of other
daily tasks that must be done in the nursery
environment,” says Linda.
Linda owns two Kubota B2420 tractors
and an L4100, which are very versatile and
easy to operate. The B2420 features a fuel
efficient 24hp Kubota ETVCS diesel engine
making it the ideal tractor for smaller ap-
plications. Like all Kubota tractors, operator
comfort and easy operation is fundamental
for improved operator productivity and the
two independent lamps and the fully rubber
covered operator deck on the B2420 are
but two examples of this.
The 41.6hp Kubota L4100 is also an ex-
tremely popular choice in smaller applica-
tion spaces. It has an 8-forward/ 4-reverse
transmission with Kubota’s sliding gear
range shift system allowing seamless di-
rectional changes between forward and
reverse. “This is particularly useful for us
when operating in some of the nursery’s
narrow aisles,” Linda says.
She adds that the productivity at the nurs-
ery has improved tenfold with the acquisi-
tion of these Kubota tractors and that she
is not only pleased with their performance
but also with the outstanding service she
has received from Victer Kerslake at Kubota
dealer Tractor Warehouse.”
Open seven days a week, Random Harvest
Indigenous Nursery offers about 800 spe-
cies of plants in its retail and wholesale
sections. “This is quite a unique business,”
says Linda. “Whether its trees, shrubs,
plants, bulbs, grasses, succulents or water
plants they can be found here.”
Linda and her staff are as passionate about
biodiversity, the environment and gardening
for wild life now as when then they start-
ed over 24 years ago. “And now we’re
passionate about being part of the Kubota
world,” she says.
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KUBOTA IMPROVES PRODUCTIVITY
“I have had our Kubota
tractors for about five months
now and I use them to move
product around the nursery,
to pull orders, to remove
move rubbish and for a host
of other daily tasks that
must be done in the nursery
environment,” says Linda.