Northern dealer Yorkshire Compact Tractors has started stocking McCormick’s smaller X10 range of tractors and is aiming them firmly at the professional farmer.

“There’s no reason why these smaller tractors shouldn’t be as well built,” says Alistair Matthews of Yorkshire Compact Tractors. “They need to be just as reliable and durable to perform and provide a long service life.”

That is one reason why Mr Matthews has started supplying the McCormick X10-series, a range of compact tractors from 22hp to 54hp that can be used as yard scraping tractors on dairy units or for horticultural and light paddock work.

“I started my business supplying low-cost compact tractors, mostly to private users and smallholders who don’t put a lot of hours on them,” he says. “But there’s also a market for well-built machines produced by major manufacturers, so I jumped at the chance to supply the McCormick X10 range.”

Parts support at this stage will be provided by the extensive stock held by AgriArgo at Harworth, backed up by a European parts distribution centre in northern France.

“If you’re using a compact tractor day in, day out it needs to be durable and robust, and it needs to be supported by a professional parts and service operation,” says Mr Matthews. “That’s what buyers get when they put a McCormick X10 on to their farm.”

In addition to these general purpose power units, Yorkshire Compact Tractors is also an agent for the Valpadana range of ‘alpine’ tractors distributed by AgriArgo.

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