General farm equipment

Batteries
Canvas & tents
Cleaning equipment
Clothing, overalls, footwear
Crop and horticulture-related
Fire Fighting
Grinders
Knife sharpeners
Lamps (ultraviolet and infrared)
Livestock-related
Scales and weighing systems
Welding
Vehicle related
Welding

Batteries

Battery Centre www.batterycentre.co.za
Current Automation www.rectifier.co.za
First National Battery www.battery.co.za
Willard Batteries Automotive www.willard.co.za

Canvas & tents

Army Surplus Stores Tel: 012 327 3282 www.armystores.co.za
Bundutop Tel: 011 025 5736 www.bundutec.co.za
Bushtec Adventure Tel: 036 634 1902 www.bushtecadventure.co.za
Camp Master www.campmaster.co.za
Canvas & Tent Tel: 036 634 1902 www.canvasandtent.co.za
Cristy Outdoor Tel: 021 712 5020 www.cristys.co.za
SA Marquee and Tent Tel: 031 941 1413 www.samarquee.co.za
Tentco Tel: 011 397 6451 www.tentco.co.za
The Job Shop www.thejobshop.co.za
Top Canvas Tel: 044 878 1138 www.topcanvas.co.za

Cleaning equipment

See the “Food safety & traceability” chapter.

Clothing, overalls, footwear

Army Surplus Stores Tel: 012 327 3282 www.armystores.co.za
Beier Safety Footwear 031 710 0400 www.bova.co.za
Janki Oorpakke Tel: 058 223 0418 www.jankioorpakke.co.za
Jonsson Workwear Tel: 031 314 4000 http://jonssonworkwear.com
KRB Safety Equipment & Packaging Tel: 087 260 2351 www.k-r-b.com
Outdoor Warehouse Tel: 0800 007 261 www.outdoorwarehouse.co.za
Ruggedwear Tel: 013 755 4627 www.ruggedwear.co.za
Tactical Distributors SA Tel: 011 823 2401 www.tacticaldistributors.co.za
TEESAV Tel: 031 569 6944 www.teesav.co.za
The Job Shop www.thejobshop.co.za
Workwear Depot Tel: 031 263 0000 www.workweardepot.co.za

Crop and horticulture-related

Alrite Engineering Tel: 011 626 2580 www.alrite.co.za Brushcutters, chainsaws, pole pruners etc
Felco Tel: 021 905 1890 www.felco.co.za Shears and pruning equipment
Hardi Crop Protection SA Tel: 021 905 2611 www.hardi.co.za Crop spraying equipment
Husqvarna www.husqvarna.com/za For chainsaws, brushcutters, trimmers
I & M Smith Tel: 011 781 6150 www.iandmsmith.com Electrostatic sprayers and crop processing equipment
Jaytrade Tel: 021 385 1652 www.jaytrade.co.za Sprayers, pruning equipment
JOSCO Services Tel: 021 851 1155 Mowers, slashers, knapsack sprayers, driveshafts etc
Mayfield Fertiliser Applicator Tel: 011 486 0978 / 083 301 3568 www.mayfield.co.za Back-pack for manual application of fertiliser
Plastrip Tel: 021 851 5455 www.plastrip.com Horticultural equipment
Taljar Services & Wincut Tel: 012 333 2927 www.taljar.co.za Shears for all types of tree farming – forestry, citrus, deciduous and viticulture

Fire Fighting

See separate chapter on fire.

Grinders

Grinding Techniques (Pty) Limited Tel: 011 271 6400 www.grindtech.com

Knife sharpeners

BC Technologies Tel: 082 322 5756

Lamps (ultraviolet and infrared)

Technilamp Tel: 011 621 0620 www.technilamp.co.za

Livestock-related

See “Animal husbandry” chapter

NMR Engineering Tel: 033 263 1056 www.nmreng.co.za Animal handling and weighing equipment – scales, movable kraals, animal tilts, feeders, drinking troughs, loading ramps, clamps, portable pens, foot baths, spray dips etc.
Poltek Tel: 011 866 1240/2 www.poltek.co.za Crates, Chicken Feeders, Chicken Drinkers, Poultry Feeders, Poultry Drinkers, Plastic Poultry Equipment, and a general range of products for the poultry industry

Scales and weighing systems

See the “Packaging & handling systems” chapter

Welding

Afrox Client Centre Tel: 0860 02 02 02 www.afrox.com Welding equipment for farmers
Genpower Tel: 0861 101 103 www.genpower.co.za Builders equipment and welders

Build your own tractor, combine, welder, power supply, implements, pelletiser etc. Take a look at the Open Source Ecology website, http://opensourceecology.org.

Vehicle related

Rhino Tralies www.triomf.co.za Rails (“tralies”) for bakkies
Safari Centre www.safaricentre.co.za 4 x 4 products (canopies, bumpers etc)
SMM Steel Top www.steeltop.co.za canopies
Specialised Tarpaulin Services Tel: 11 865 2190 http://tarpaulins.co.za Cargo nets, load binders and tie-down straps, container covers, tarpaulins and more.
Tonneau covers and bakkie accessories, http://tonneauking.co.za
Top Canvas Tel: 044 878 1138 www.topcanvas.co.za

Tools, power tools and machine tools

Adendorff Machinery Mart www.tooltime.co.za
Agrinet www.agrinet.co.za
All Power www.allpower.co.za
Awesome tools www.awesometools.co.za
Black & Decker Power Tools www.blackanddecker.co.za
Bolt & Engineering Distributors www.bolteng.co.za
Boltfast www.boltfast.co.za
Bosch Power Tools www.bosch-pt.co.za
CML Machine Tools www.cmlmachinetools.com
Domar www.dolmarpowerproducts.com
Gedore South Africa www.gedore.co.za
Husqvarna www.husqvarna.com/za
Irwin Industrial Tools www.irwin.com
Lasher www.lasher.co.za
L&J Tools www.ljtools.co.za
Machine Tool Promotions www.mtpsa.co.za
Magi-Clamp www.magi-clamp.com
Makita Power Tools www.makita.co.za
Mech-Tech www.mech-tech.co.za
Metabo Power Tools www.metabo.com
National Tools www.nattools.com
Robotic Systems SA (Pty) Ltd www.roboticinnovations.co.za
Rothenberger www.rothenberger.co.za
Skill Craft www.skillcraft.co.za
Skok Machine Tools www.skok.co.za
Snap-on Africa www.snapon.co.za
Stihl www.stihl.co.za
The Toolshop www.toolshop.co.za
Toolquip & Allied www.toolquip.co.za
Topline www.toplinetools.co.za
Torque Tool www.torquetool.co.za
Trevco Power Tool Services – 011 805 8830
Vescotech www.vescotech.co.za
Würth South Africa www.wurth.co.za

The Hand Tool Manufacturers’ Association (HATMA) is an employer organisation affiliated to Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA). See www.seifsa.co.za.

Find information on the Toolmaking Association of South Africa (TASA) and the National Tooling Initiative Programme at www.ntipweb.co.za.