Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture: 2008 Edition

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Table C42 Number of load handling machinery items, transport vehicles and miscellaneous machinery items on main holdings, December 2003, 2005 and 2007

December
2003

December
2005

December
2007

Load handling:

number

number

number

Wheeled automatic bale accumulators and packers

1,542

1,546

1,491

Linkage and loader attachment:

Big bales

10,611

11,145

10,895

Conventional bales

3,200

2,968

2,636

Fork lift trucks:

Rough terrain type

1,379

1,291

1,309

Factory type

1,167

1,165

1,200

Telescopic

3,619

3,888

4,299

General purpose tractor trailers:

Under 6 tonnes capacity

16,150

14,808

13,594

6 to 12 tonnes capacity

12,944

12,920

13,093

12 tonnes capacity and over

1,727

1,894

2,254

Transport:

Land rover or similar 4-wheel drive vehicles for farm use

7,814

7,517

7,635

Lorries, vans and pick-ups:

Up to 2 tonnes capacity

3,592

3,640

3,925

2 tonnes capacity and over

1,368

1,269

1,430

All-terrain vehicles:

3 and 4 wheeled motorcycles

7,803

8,214

8,839

8 wheeler and other types

201

262

392

Miscellaneous:

Mounted hedge cutters

767

1,192

833

Cattle weighing crushes

2,607

2,604

2,442

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