Huw wrote:
> "Adrian" > wrote in message
> . 244.170...
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>>Huw ) gurgled happily, sounding much like
>>they were saying :
>>
>>
>>>For the serious
>>>business user it ****es all over the Unimog in almost all areas.
>>
>>Unless that "serious business use" requires something closer to a truck
>>than a tractor.
>>
>>Horses for courses.
>
>
> You can count the annual sales of Unimog in the UK on the fingers of one
> hand, or at the most two hands. Mind you Fastrac sales are just about the
> biggest disaster ever for JCB with sales declining in the UK. The UK
> agricultural income is low and regulations are fast killing it off.
>
>

They seem to be doing OK in West Aus as a cheap alternative to a tractor
.. There has been a couple of dealersips spring up while we was there and
a couple more popped up since we moved .

>
>
>>Besides, the Fastrac scares the living bejesus out of me - I've met 'em
>>hooning down narrow lanes once too often... (Never quite "met-as-in-
>>impact", but it's been close. Their drivers seem to take the "fast" bit of
>>the name far more seriously than the "trac"(tor) bit.
>
>
> Does that also mean they use it more like a lorry than a tractor? ;-)
>
> Huw
>
>
>


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