Driving Sprayers: Issue 4 Summer 2024


Welcome to the fourth edition of Driving Sprayers.

In this issue Jason Bateman looks at how our sprayer design is helping owners continue their work during difficult weather conditions. We take an in-depth look at the RB35, and hear from more Bateman operators about their ownership experiences. Also in this issue – Carl Goff and Matthew Alford bring us their latest columns, we visit Tasmania to see how Bateman is helping customers down under, and we find out how a converted RB15 is helping keep beachgoers safe on the Isle of Wight!

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Managing Director Jason Bateman

When the going gets tough

Lately, we’ve experienced 4 seasons in one day, everyone has been out spraying at the same time from Spring Maize to Potatoes. Because our machines travel so well on soft ground, it’s been good to hear from customers who, in spite of mother nature’s best efforts, were able to travel their fields whilst others couldn’t…

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Bateman parts department

All part of the service

People who are not yet Bateman drivers often ask us why we’re famous for back up? Our answer is simple; aftercare comes first because as farmers ourselves, we understand the costly downside of downtime.

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First Bateman on the run in Tasmania

Tasmanian-based machinery specialists Agri Machinery provides sales and aftercare support for spraying, cultivation and seeding businesses. Operating from a fully equipped workshop, the business carries out repairs and rebuilds…

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Bycott Farm Diary May 2024

What an autumn, winter and spring we’ve just had! I think we’ve all experienced a slow start. Our work here began in earnest during the last week in April, some two months later than the corresponding period in 2023…

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David Goulbourne with his RB35 crop sprayer

David Goulbourne Straight Talking

Contract sprayer David Goulbourne has spent 34 years in a Bateman cab, starting with a HILO back in 1990. Now on his fifth Bateman sprayer – an RB35 with a 30m boom – David recently took some time out to talk to us about his ownership experience…

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In The Field with Carl Goff

In The Field April 2024

Technical Sales Manager Carl Goff talks about our 2024 demo programme, how we measure up against trailed sprayers when it comes to traversing softer ground, and some surprising news about the residual value of a Bateman sprayer…

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A shore thing hero

A Shore Thing

Ryde Inshore Rescue is an independent lifeboat station based at Appley on the Isle of Wight. Ryde operates two Inshore lifeboats crewed by volunteers, which are on standby to His Majesty’s Coast Guard 365 days a year…

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