Experienced Man at the Wheel

The Jordan’s are known as a hands-on team and this trait seems to only intensify with age. Come what may, at the ripe age of 76 Ted Jordan is still the man behind the wheel of Jordan’s harvesting machine. By Edo Heyns.

To make this feat even more remarkable, the driver’s cab of the harvester has been removed to ensure that he is able to see and hear if the beaters are working properly. Ted erected a custom made roof from nursery netting, “just to block the direct sunlight”. The crown of the Stellenbosch Kloof Road, Jordan Wine Estate, acquired its first harvester in 1998 and Ted has since then literally never turned back. His son and current man in charge at the estate, Gary, told the story:

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