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A company importing flat-pack tractors into the UK has become so successful that it has managed to depress the second hand tractor market it has been revealed. %0D%0A %0D%0AThe 20-horse power self-assembly machines retail for %A32950 about a third of the price of an equivalently powered European or American model. %0D%0A %0D%0AThe 150-odd loose parts and 199 pages of instructions may deter many but importer Jeff Howard of Siromer Tractors says that no one has yet been defeated. %0D%0A %0D%0A%22A mechanic can build one of these in about a day. It%27s a no-nonsense traditional design. We had someone put one together in two hours%22 Mr Howard told the Guardian. %0D%0A %0D%0A%22Others take two weeks. Realistically people put them together in a weekend. %0D%0A %0D%0A%22We had a 70-year-old woman buy one. I thought she%27d need help but she didn%27t. People have tractor parties. Someone buys one their mates come round and they put it together.%22 %0D%0A %0D%0AThe company says that it has democratised tractor ownership and says that it has received enquiries from schools small-holders and window cleaners among others. %0D%0A %0D%0ATractor drivers can find the best motor insurance quotes online. %0D%0A

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