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| John Biggins of McHale Engineering, front right, with Meath Macra's YFDG |
Mayo and the West were the destination on January 27th for a group of Meath Macra members as they set off to tour the McHale and Malone Engineering Works. The trip, organised by Meath Macra's Young Farmers' Development Group, also included members from Dublin and Sligo Macra na Feirme.
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| Mike Malone of Malone Engineering, centre, with Meath Macra's YFDG |
The first stop in the tour was Malone Engineering, where Mike Malone gave the assembled group an impressive and informative tour of the premises. Demonstrating the company's silage wagons, trailed mowers, 3 point linkage mowers, post drivers and log splitters, the tour offered the group a valued overview of the manufacturing machinery industry.
The next destination was Mc Hale Engineering in Ballinrobe. Here John Biggins lead the group on a tour of the factory where they were able to see Fusion 2 balers on the production line. Watching as each one rolled off the line and undergoing rigourous testing to ensure they were ready for sale. This was only one of three production lines, with square bale wrappers and round bale wrappers being produced and tested on the other two lines beside it. Secretary of the Young Farmers' Development Group, Nicholas Coyle described the tour as "a very educational insight into what it takes to put the machines we take for granted in fields to perform for us year in year out.'
Looks like it was a very good trip well done to all involved :)
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