Ryall’s Farm & Industrial Equipment has been supplying and servicing quality farm and plant machinery to customers across the greater Cork and Munster regions for three-and-a-half decades. We visited their Watergrasshill base to find out more about this top-class family enterprise from director Trevor Ryall.
The Ryall name is simply synonymous with farm machinery. Since the genesis of the family business in 1981, they have provided the farming community throughout Cork and beyond with unrivalled products and customer service. The company has experienced steady organic growth since its inception, on the back of providing its growing customer base with an ever-increasing range of products.
Ryall’s Farm & Industrial Equipment is Ireland’s longest-established Landini dealer, having been selling and servicing this renowned Italian brand of tractor for more than 30 years. In 2003, Ryall’s were appointed main dealer in Cork for McCormick tractors, a move which has enabled them to expand their business based largely on the success of the X60 and MTX series.
There was further progress this year when Ryall’s were appointed Solis dealers for Cork. Solis’ value-for-money tractors complement the Landini and McCormick ranges, allowing smaller-scale farmers to enjoy the benefits of a modern-design tractor at a cost-effective price – supported by Ryall’s quality service. The Solis range offers basic-specification models with manual shuttles and manual lift, which will suit many livestock farmers who want a modern tractor that is easy to use and uncomplicated in terms of service.
The new Landini 5H Series, from 88hp to 113hp, is designed to provide superior comfort and visibility. These tractors come with a higher hydraulic capacity than in the past, now at 93 litres/min. They are fitted with a new easy-to-use power shuttle system with modulation control, which can be tailored to suit individual farmer / contractor needs.
The new McCormick X7 Series includes three X7.4, four-cylinder tractors, with power from 143hp to 166hp, and three McCormick X7.6, six-cylinder tractors, with power ratings from 175hp to 212hp. These are equipped with Betapower Tier 4 Interim common-rail engines that have dual power and deliver superior torque rise and low fuel consumption relative to the competition.
Meanwhile, Ryall’s have also been selling the Major (renowned for quality grass toppers and slurry tankers) and Tanco (leaders in bale wrapping technology) ranges of farm machinery since the early 1980s.
In 2004, Ryall’s Hire was launched to provide quality equipment hire to both the agri and construction sectors. Ryall’s are now one of the premier hire companies in the Rebel County, with equipment hired to every major civil engineering and construction project in Cork as well as all over Ireland and the UK.
Two years ago, Ryall’s expanded their product range further when taking on the Lely and Maschio dealerships for Cork. Lely is an acknowledged leader in grassland machinery, while Maschio is developing an excellent reputation as an international leader in producing high-quality tillage equipment. The Ryalls point out that these two brands are particularly suited to Irish conditions, while both boast excellent design and build quality. The reaction this far has been extremely positive.
The superb Lely Grassland range includes Splendimo mowers, Lotus tedders, Hibiscus rakes and Welger balers. Offering substantial fuel savings, the Lely Splendimo Range comprises mowers from 1.65 – 3.6m; mower conditioners from 2.4 – 3.2m; and trailed mowers from 2.8 – 5.5m. Splendimo mowers are renowned for their low fuel consumption and HP requirements.
Lely Lotus tedders are renowned worldwide for their excellent output with the hook-shaped tine having the capacity to handle 50% more crop than conventional tines. The unique design of the hook-shaped tine ensures the crop is thrust high in the air and evenly spread ensuring faster wilting.
The Lely Hibiscus range includes both single and twin rotor cam rakes. This extensive range of central delivery rakes covers working widths ranging from 6.75 m to 14.8 m.
And Lely’s range of fixed-chamber balers includes the RP 245 Jubilee, Xtracut 17 and Profi models. All of the well-proven Lely Welger features including hydroflex control, mechanical tailgate locking system, powersplit gearbox and camless pick-up come as standard. With a working width of 2.25m, no camtrack and only two bearings, the camless pick-up has fewer moving parts, is more reliable, less sensitive to wear, quiet and maintenance-free
Meanwhile, the range of Maschio equipment now being offered to Cork farmers and contractors includes the Orso power harrow range, which is suitable for continuous or heavy tillage jobs, and the UFO range of disc harrows with their super heavy-duty specification.
Offering farmers the very best in agri machinery choices complemented by an exceptional back-up service, Ryall’s Farm & Industrial Equipment also holds franchises for the Dutch-built Tulip range of twin-disc fertilizer spreaders, the Irish-designed and –built Alstrong range of aerators, Gaspardo, Rossmore, Ritchie, Dooley Brothers, Suton Machinery, Cosmo, Agrolux and Comatra as well as stocking Milwaukee and Makita power tools, Biemmedue pressure washers and Mecc Atle PTO standby electric generators.
The high-quality, accurate and easy-to-use Tulip spreaders are based on the Centreliner design that have proven reliable on Irish farms for more than three decades. The unique features of the Tulip spreaders include the twin-disc system where the discs rotate inwards. This gives a quadruple overlap for accurate spread patterns. Ryall’s have two ranges of Tulip spreaders to choose from – the SE range up to 1,800 litres in capacity and with 18m spread plus the SX range up to 3,150 litres in hopper capacity and with 36m spreading width.
Reflecting on the genesis of this exceptional operation, Trevor Ryall notes: “My mother and father set the business up in 1981. They come from a family farm background and my father would have started off doing repairs initially before taking out the Landini dealership in 1983. With 32 years’ continuous service, we are now Ireland’s longest-established Landini dealer. We like the Landini tractors and they have gone very well for us down through the years. We cover all of Cork county with Landini and they are a good seller every year. We’ve just launched the new 5H series with hydraulic power shuttle, which is an ideal stockman or dairyman’s tractor; we’re very happy with them and our customers are delighted with them.
The first three franchises we had were Landini, Tanco and Major and we have remained with all three ever since, with no break. We added McCormick in ’03 to expand the business a little bit to incorporate tillage and contractors. We’ve had great success with the CX and MTX series, which were replaced in 2014 by the X7 range.”
As well as new machinery, Ryall’s also sell and service all makes of second-hand equipment. Back-up service is absolutely critical and a team of five full-time mechanics – all Landini and McCormick factory-trained – fronts a state –of-the-art workshop with all the latest diagnostic equipment and service tools.
Full-time gainful employment is provided to a team of 11 at Ryall’s Farm & Industrial Equipment – another welcome boost to the local economy! – and, with the focus very much on customer service, they have benefited from a huge amount of repeat business down through the decades.
Looking to the future, Trevor is confident that it will continue to be a case of onwards and upwards for this outstanding family business: “We have just started to expand again,” he concludes. “We have a newly-appointed sub-dealer in West Cork – Deane Farm Machinery – who handle Landini and McCormick tractor and Maschio tillage equipment sales and service, enabling us to branch out and expand our customer base further and to offer an even-better service.”
Ryall’s Farm & Industrial Equipment,
Watergrasshill,
County Cork.
Tel: 021 4889313
Fax: 021 4889334
Taken from Irish Tractor & Agri magazine Vol 3 No 10, November 2015
