European tractor registrations down
A total of 108,800 tractors were registered across Europe in the first six months of 2022, with 31,900 tractors of 37kW (50 hp) and under and 76,900 of 38kW and above.
Tractor fires caused by birds are preventable, yet every year plague farmers and contractors.
Starlings are renowned for building nests in the dark recesses under tractor hoods or in the nooks behind work lights on cab roofs, their nests readily catching fire from hot exhaust pipes or shorting electrical cables. Shoof’s new product Wingo is for applying to the places on tractors or machinery that birds favour as roosting points.
Wingo is a vegetable-based gel oil containing pepper and cinnamon; birds don’t like the feel of the gel on their claws, the astringency of the pepper triggers an alert reaction and the scent of the cinnamon jogs their memories for as much as two years. The gel comes in a standard caulking gun cartridge for applications to favourite spots -- mirror stalks, work lights, hydraulic hoses and along the crest of a tractor’s hood.
