Reuben Owen blows fans away with big-budget 'addition' to business away from Channel 5: 'Hard graft pays off'
Reuben Owen has purchased a rather expensive new addition for his business
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Reuben Owen, the young farmer who shot to fame in Channel 5's Our Yorkshire Farm, has been inundated with praise following his latest work update from the Dales.
Since the Channel 5 series came to a close following his parents Amanda and Clive's split, Owen has started his own contracting business and starred in his own show, Life in the Dales.
The 20-year-old hasn't let stardom get to his head as he continues to graft hard in his home county, regularly sharing updates and insight from the jobs his business has undertaken.
And things appear to going well as Owen's latest social media post from the workplace shows him demonstrating a rather jaw-dropping new piece of kit he's laid his hands on.
Taking to TikTok last week, Owen shared a video montage of him behind the wheel of a brand new excavator - a Hyundai model HX220AL.
According to the online marketplace Machinery Trader, second-hand 2024 models are listed for as much as £147,420.
However, models from around 2018-2019 - that come with the yellow arm and boom seen on Owen's as opposed to the black of newer machines - fetch anywhere between £42,500 to £117,000.
According to the Hyundai Construction Equipment website, the machine weighs a staggering 22 tonnes and is designed "to handle the most demanding jobs".
After showing it off to his TikTok followers, Owen was inundated with questions and compliments about the new addition, confirming he'd purchased the vehicle outright.
While he stopped short of revealing exactly how much he had to fork out for the expensive bit of kit, fans were quick to heap praise on the young farmer for being able to purchase such a statement piece for his business.
Amanda Owen and Reuben Owen shot to fame on Our Yorkshire Farm
INSTAGRAM/REUBEN OWENIn response to the video, one follower praised: "Fair play you’re building a solid business."
"Well done Reuben all the best for the future followed you from the beginning from a fellow farmer boy," added a second.
Elsewhere, a third echoed: "Hope everything go well for you Reuben, hard graft always pays off."
And a fourth weighed in: "Fair play Reuben first of all for having the guts to start up on your own and secondly for making it work. Wish I did it years ago."
"It’s amazing to see how far you have come keep up the good work," a fifth added to the discussion.
While a sixth added to the compliments by typing: "Looks proper chap. That will Shift some earth in a day." (sic)
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Owen's latest update comes just weeks after he risked the wrath of social media moderators with a separate post from a job.
In it, the Channel 5 star admitted a video shared had been "taken down" before as it showed one of his pals taking on a rather risky repair job under one of his machines.
Meanwhile, his mum Amanda has been relatively quiet on social media in recent months, but did join her son for a rare return to the spotlight on Instagram in June.
However, her return was marred and fans had to leap to her defence when cruel "body shamers" targeted the mum-of-nine over her appearance.