Last week saw the crowds turning out in droves to the Doe Show held at the company's headquarters in Ulting in Essex and which was this year celebrating its 50th anniversary as an annual dealer event. According to our inside man the first two days of the show attracted a record number of visitors and hopes were high that the all time record of 12,000 guests would be beaten this year.
Managing director of Ernest Doe, Mr Colin Doe had said that they wanted to make this years event a really special one so as to mark this 50 year milestone in the company's history and they certainly did not disappoint.
This restored Fordson Classic tractor was on display at the showground entrance.
State of the art modern tractors were well represented like these fine models from the New Holland range.
As well as modern agricutural and construction products on display, there was also a section for old classic machines from the companys past and as you can see here an old Hymac 580C and a rare Chaseside loader were a couple of star attractions.
Ernest Doe are undoubtably one of the top Hyundai dealerships in the country and no show which features Hyundai excavators would be complete without the skills of top demonstrator Doug Potter.
Doug is reported to be in his last year of demonstrating but I have a funny feeling he will want to return next year for SED 2011. Doug is sure to be in demand this year with Bauma and Hillhead coming up soon!
In the extremely muddy conditions that we are so used to here in the UK, Doug was, this time putting a Hyundai 140LC-7A through its paces much to the delight of the watching crowd.
This machine was indeed sold from the showground and was despatched to its new owner on Friday after having some paintwork done by Does' first class professional spraying team.
The Doe show is a very family friendly type of show with all ages welcome and Doug had his biggest fan and "best mate" with him at the event, his 5 year old grandson Samuel as seen in this lovely shot of them both.
Meanwhile on the Case IH stand a special edition Maxxum 140 tractor which featured a one-off gold paint finish was being sold by a sealed bid process with all proceeds going to charity. Closing date for any bids is February 28th. This special unit has a reserve price of £45,000 plus VAT and any proceeds will go to Myeloma UK, a bone marrow cancer charity. So get your bids in to Gerald Silvey at Ernest Doe now and you could be the proud owner of this fantastic tractor and have the satisfaction of knowing you are helping such a worthwhile cause too.
An all round top show with an encouraging amount of interest shown from customers in the construction industry which is hopefully a good sign that the country could well be turning the corner on the road to recovery.
