The largest and most important agribusiness event in Australasia, the 45th annual New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays was packed with a range of new products and technologies and attracted more than 125,000 visitors.
Steel & Tube had a strong presence at the event again this year and visitors to our exhibition area had the opportunity to check out a wide range of new and existing rural products, discuss their requirements with our team and in the comfort of our marquee.
Always a crowd favourite, the Steel & Tube Tractor Pull competition put on another impressive display with plenty of mud, noise and grunt to keep the family entertained. For the first time, a new Tractor Pull Corporate Challenge event also gave exhibitors the opportunity to get behind the wheel and test their skills. In a hard fought contest, Steel & Tube edged into first place with drivers Aaron Navanau from our roofing team in Hamilton, Chris Smith from Oikoumene Forest Ltd and Nathan McBeth from our National Merchant team, nosing ahead of Husqvarna in second and Gough in third places.
Another popular attraction this year challenged visitors to correctly guess the weight of Dwayne Pipe. A strong, dependable type, Dwayne cut a striking figure outside the Steel & Tube marquee in gumboots, signed Chiefs’ jersey and bespoke headwear courtesy of Steel & Tube’s clever Chain & Rigging machinists. The competition was fierce and amazingly accurate, with five winning entries less than 200 grams shy of Dwayne’s 25.98-kilogram weight.
Congratulations to all our competition winners. If you missed Steel & Tube at Fieldays this year, you’ll have another chance to join in the excitement in 2014.
Caption: The Steel & Tube Tractor Pull was a roaring success at Fieldays this year with exhibitors behind the wheel of these heavily modified monsters.
Can you guess Dwayne Pipe’s weight?
Back-of-the-programme calculations and mental gymnastics paid off for five lucky winners.
The following winners at 26 kg can redeem $500 worth of Steel & Tube products from their local branch:
- Name withheld - Waiuku, Auckland
- Karl Steiner - Rotorua
- Arvind Lahoty - Auckland
We decided that the following entries were so close they deserved a prize too:
- Kevin Thompson - Waiarapa
- Antony Reymer - Ohaupo, Hamilton
Caption: Dwayne Pipe
Mystery Creek Fielday Facts
- One of the world’s premier agricultural and agribusiness expos.
- Held at Mystery Creek Event Centre, Hamilton.
- 12-15 June 2013 – 4 day event.
- It’s the 45th year of the event.
- There are 98 acres of exhibitions.
- There were 125,000+ visitors in 2012 and 125,127 in 2013.
- Theme: 2013: “Getting Down to Business in the Global Economy”.
Visit the Fieldays website here.