Chains and Bogged machinery can be disastrous
27/08/20
Sorry to harp on about the dangers of extracting bogged machinery. But just had a gentleman ring from NSW who has just put a chain through the front grill of a SP sprayer. Sprayer got bogged so a tractor and chain pulled them out ok, it was still soft country in front so they stayed hitched together in case.
The sprayer went down again without the tractor driver realizing and the added tension snapped the chain sending it into the front of the sprayer.
Fortunately no personal...
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Snatch Strap works
29/02/20
I was speaking to a client last week (Feb 2020) who purchased a 75 Tonne snatch strap in July 2017 to replace a cable that snapped whilst extracting a bogged SP Sprayer(they were lucky no one was injured bar machinery when cable snapped).
My client was saying that the snatch strap combined with a bridal, is a lot easier to use and with the elasticity when pulling stuck machinery out of bogs the whole process is a lot gentler on machinery. He also mentioned that because they have...
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Cameras with LED in-built, YES
15/01/20
Yes, here at Central Wheatbelt Imports, we do listen!! I have had a couple of clients mention over time that visibility inside some steel air-seeder tanks has not been the greatest. I mentioned this to our factory and asked if a camera could be manufactured with LED instead of infra-red and YES they have come up with a 92 degree camera with 4 LED instead of infra-red.
The vision is a lot clearer and initial feed-back has been very positive. Pricing is the same and cameras can be...
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The End of Field Day Attendances
15/01/20
Hi All,
Just to let those of you who I regularly catch up with at the Wagin Woolorama and Dowerin Field Days know, that I will no longer be exhibiting at these events.
It has not been an easy decision to make, but for my health I believe it is the right one. (There is a lot of unseen heavy lifting involved in the preparation, organizing, setting up and then dismantling a Field Day Site)
I am finding that after attending these field days, it takes 2-4 weeks and a couple of ...
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Opportunity Cost?
17/05/19
With seeding in full swing around Australia what is the cost of a 18mt air seeder operating for 3 hrs with no seed being sown??
This happened to a client last night who has now purchased another screen and cameras to try and eliminate the chance of this happening again.
Is $1100.00 that big a cost to avoid this happening? What is the cost if this miss is not picked up until the crop emerges? Lost yield and weed competition reduces the camera cost even more.
Also today I ha...
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Case STX Retro-Fit Lights
19/04/19
The new Retro-fit replacements lights for the earlier STX, Magnum and Patriot are selling extremely well with very positive feed-back on the amount of light they emit. There big plus is they put no extra load on the alternator and fit straight in, no need to manufacture brackets or extra wiring harness's.
So much so that I had client ring this week that put a set in his 2009 435 STX and raved about them, he then realized how bad the rest of his lights were!! Another 8 lights dis...
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Loading Grain Safely
14/10/18
We have been successfully supplying cameras for placement in grain tipping bins for about 15 years now.
Now with Wireless technology it is possible to place a camera on the end of an Auger, up to 110 foot Auger so far, and stay on the ground watching the grain flow with the screen being powered by a small battery pack. No more rushing up and down silo ladders to shut of the grain flow, or even chocking of augers because you can stay in control from ground level and know how the ...
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Fertilizer Streaming Nozzles
18/07/18
We have just dispatched a set of Trident Fertilizer Streaming Nozzles out to an existing client as for the last couple of days he has seen his neighbor out applying Flex-N (liquid Nitrogen) using our Fertilizer Streaming Nozzles, whilst their boom-spray has been sitting still because it is to windy to operate!!
What is the opportunity cost he has lost?? with another 7-12mm of rain forecast in the next couple of days. As he said these Fertilizer Streaming Nozzles will be a cheap ...
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Agricultural Tools and Equipment
16/07/18
At Central Wheatbelt Imports, we supply agricultural tools and equipment that are quality and safety approved, at a fair price.
Read below for an overview of the products we have available. If you’d like more information, check out our Product Page.
• Dash camera observation systems
The dash cams we supply make it easy to keep a visual eye on all machinery. As a machine operator, you have the ability to see what’s happening with your load or machinery, while in the d...
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JD Harvester Lights
02/10/17
We have just had a farmer from Central Queensland purchase the led13x5fl and led13x5sp lights for one of his JD9770's.
They installed them, did one night's work and rang up and ordered two more sets for his other two machines. They were very impressed with the quality and amount of light produced and the big comment was that they now had no shadows!!
These lights also are fitted with same plugs as on the 9770 to enable ease of fitment.
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9005 90 degree globe and 35 watt ballast
02/10/17
conversion kit with out the thrills, just two globes and two ballast with no fancy packaging.
two 9005 35 watt 6000K globes with wires extruding at 90 degrees and two 35 watt 12 volt only ballast
dramatically improve your machinery lighting at a fraction of the cost
on special for $88.00 per pair
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Good lighting equals less bogging, true story
07/04/17
With last years wet start to the year in mind, it reminds me of one client running two air-seeder units, different widths so working in different pieces as to why the smaller machine was bogging more than the larger machine durin g the night shift.
It wasn't until he actually drove the smaller machine at night time that he realized the dilemma, the big STX had a 50in curve bar on the front and the smaller STX had no upgrade lighting. The difference with the extra lighting enable...
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Ensure adequate power
28/03/17
Just had a call from a long time client who installed two new 80 watt flood lights on the back of his air-cart to illuminate his tow behind air-seeder bar. They are the ledlb8x102rowflood, plenty bright enough, except one light was flashing from side to side and the first light to receive the power was working just fine.
The cause was lack of power. If it had been left to run, the lightbar would have burnt out.
If when installing additional lighting and things don't feel ri...
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Good Feed-Back
19/06/16
I do not get the chance to speak to many clients post their purchase, but it actually happened last week.
Jack had purchased a curved lightbar along with 4 smaller lightbars for their new Case SP Sprayer and I rang to inquire if they were doing the job. (I firmly believe that any feed-back is good feed-back).
Jack is more than happy with the amount of light they produce and went on to say that the lightbars on the Sprayer are doing a much better job than what his local deal...
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New Website
15/01/16
our new website compatible with mobile phone and tablets has just gone live as from Friday 15th Jan
Please bare with us as we organize all our photo's and products into order, it does take some time!
we will appreciate any comments
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interesting week??
09/07/15
I have had an interesting week so far.
Started with an Agronomist who was recommended by one of his clients to call in and see me, re some new driving lights for his crew-cab. He had hit a bird whilst driving and broken the brackets that were part of the integral brackets holding the cheap lightbar on that he had purchased of e-bay, hence no more lightbar!!. He then purchased a pair of 9×10 LED spots as replacement.
Today, I had a client who had purchased a pair of 12×10 2...
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Wireless antennae wire signal issues
01/06/15
I have had a call from one of our customers (thanks Chad) who experienced issues whilst installing a wireless camera in the seed tank on his tow behind air cart.
He installed the screen in the tractor and camera at the top of the grain tank pointing down at the roller with the external antennae sitting at the front of the air-cart with the cable just looped outside the air cart. He checked that everything was working OK and he had a clear picture and a full 4 bars of signal on h...
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Radio Interference
30/04/15
I have received great feed-back from one client that was experiencing buzzing on his am/fm radio when the new LED lights he fitted to the roof of his tractor were turned on. The fact he had interference at all surprised me.
As it turned out it was a simple fix, he lifted the roof, moved the power wire supplying the lights away from the radio antennae wire, they were touching, even thou still sheathed and the problem was solved, no more buzzing. He had installed the same lights...
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2km/hr Faster at night with the two lights
08/11/14
“2 km/hr faster at night with the two lights, in the end I just disconnected the two middle lights on the header and used existing wiring and fuses etc”, Ian McNeil, Kellerberrin on a 8010 with a 39ft front
See 12X10 LED 2 Row for photos
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Harvester Lights
02/11/14
Our phone is running hot at this time of the year for lights to increase vision for night time operations, especially on older harvesters. With these machines I do try and encourage owners to replace original power hungry lights rather than just add lights. LED lights are very power efficient and in a lot of instances will provide 5 times more light and use a third of the power of a standard light.
If you need distance light a LightBar will be very efficient at supplying this ...
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Snatch Straps
30/10/14
Snatch Straps are becoming increasingly popular for safely extracting machinery from sticky situations
50 Tonne 9 mt strap $572.00inc gst, 15mt $902.00inc gst
75 tonne 9 mt $979.00inc gst, 15mt $1540.00inc gst
100 Tonne 9 mt $1265.00inc gst, 15mt $1925.00inc gst
Manufactured locally using Australian webbing, please contact Craig on 08 9335 2700 for details
Can be manufactured to any length you require
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Beware the snake oil salesman
27/07/14
It is disappointing to hear of people spending good money and not receiving what they expect.
I have recently had a phone call from Brian in NSW who had just spent in excess of $4000 on 4 lightbars on his 3185 Fastrac used to pull a 20 mt BoomSpray. His problem, he could not see the end of his booms! He had purchased the LightBars from and had them fitted by his local auto electrician. He did have plenty of light, but most off the light was not were it was needed. I did feel v...
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Rear Vision Mirror/ Screen
17/03/13
Replace your existing Rear Vision Mirror with a mirror that has a screen on the left hand side.
Select reverse and have a 4.3in image appear on the left hand side of the screen
A second Camera can run all the time or just use one camera which only works when reverse is selected
Extremely good quality picture available with your choice of Cameras
Will be on display at the upcoming Caravan and Camping Show, March 21-25 Claremont Show Grounds
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Wireless Camera Kits
24/09/12
We now have stocks of both One Camera and two camera wireless Camera Kits available with a 7in screen. Screens will run up to 4 wireless cameras in total
Please go to the camera section for more details. A power wire is still needed for the cameras to be able to send a signal back to the screen which can be sourced from an existing power supply on the machine. Picture quality on both units is very good.
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Nozzle Calculator Increases Safety especially for Summer Spraying
22/01/12
Nozzle Calculator increases Safety
Summer spraying usually includes chemicals that specify on
the label that a nozzle producing either a medium or coarse droplet be used.
With some nozzles this difference can be achieved just by a change of operating
pressure.
The Billericay Farm Services Air Induction Nozzle,
distributed by Central Wheatbelt Imports, produces (depending on pressure)
droplets in the medium and coarse category. BfS have produced a nozzle
calculator that e...
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Stay in control while shifting grain
08/11/11
Stay in control while shifting grain
With harvest 2011 almost upon us Central Wheatbelt Imports
principal, Craig Gorfin has been fielding questions and supplying Dash Camera
Observation kits and HID and LED lighting equipment throughout Australia.
The new generation LED LightBars have taken off and sold
out, with Craig impatiently waiting for more stock to arrive. Light output is
difficult to explain until night time falls when these LightBars talk for
themselves.
Wit...
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