This year’s Black Isle
Show proved an unprecedented success for Highland-based Chris Knight Plant
Sales.
Exhibiting a number of
models from Yanmar’s compact equipment range, the dealer hosted hundreds of
visitors over the course of the two-day event.
Alongside the B95W,
key models exhibited included the Yanmar SV08, SV18 SV22 and SV60 tracked
excavators; Vi012, Vi057 and Vi082 zero tail swing excavators; and C08, C12 and
C30 tracked carriers.
Commenting on the
success of the show, Chris Knight, owner of Chris Knight Plant Sales, said:
“The Black Isle Show is always a great event for us, and this year we
moved to a much bigger stand which gave us the opportunity to display
more Yanmar products.
"This was our fifth
year exhibiting at the show, but our first in conjunction with Yanmar, and we
saw a steady stream of visitors to the stand over the two days.
“We were delighted
with the response to Yanmar’s latest equipment range – especially the B95W
wheeled excavator and compact tracked carriers. The brand is renowned worldwide
for its extensive equipment portfolio, a pedigree we really saw reflected by
the interest on stand.
Based in Nairn in the
Highlands of Scotland and with two sub-dealers based in Stirlingshire and
Aberdeenshire, Chris Knight Plant Sales has Scotland covered from the Firth of
Forth to Argyll, to the Western and Northern isles.
Chris Knight Plant
Sales specialises in new and second-hand compact plant machinery. The dealer
retails Yanmar’s portfolio of class-leading crawler excavators across Northern
Scotland (covering the geographical area from Angus to Caithness).
Bart Verstraete, area sales manager at Yanmar Construction
Equipment Europe added, “Working with Chris Knight Plant Sales has increased
access to our compact equipment portfolio for owner operators across the
Highlands.
“Our equipment has
been developed to excel in the toughest environments and most challenging
terrains. Feedback from the Black Isle Show has been fantastic and we’re
looking forward to working closely with the Chris Knight Plant Sales team to
further increase our presence across Northern Scotland.”
The Black Isle Show,
which celebrated its 182nd year in
2019, attracts thousands of visitors from across the United Kingdom and draws
farmers, crofters and agriculturists to the event in Ross and Cromarty, just
south of Inverness. This year, the renowned event played host to more than 300
trade stands.
