Lawn tractors - Page 2

Alan · 14 August 2007, 01:17

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Originally Posted by GED

I have 2 acres of grass, I also have 2 mowers one manual and one hydrolic drive. my land is on a slope making it hard to cut and heavy going on the machines '3 sit on mowers in 9 years'. also consider what you do with the grass cuttings ! every time I mow I can fill a skip, times that by cutting once a week in the summer season ...you got a f***in lot of compost. you may want to consider a gardener he will charge you about £100

Can't you get a mulching blade setup? (chops it up into very fine bits which discharge straight down into the lawn). That's what most people do over here. Much easier than trying to get rid of a skip load of grass cuttings!

Bigmuz7 · 14 August 2007, 07:14

Has it got to be a sit on ? ... I do an acre with one of these, good excercise!

http://www.greatdanemowers.co.uk/walkbehind.htm

Mines a 48" Scamper with side discharge. When I get to my grass its 2 feet tall to start with, you can get a flail or disk cutter head, the flail is better for tough stuff , but the disk gives a better finish. Admitedtly they are expensive new, but very well made, and they will recondition them ex councils etc. These are the machines they use for motorway embankments etc. They are designed and made by Dane T Scagg, who was the originator of the Scagg brand, but I think he sold out and went off on his own, and started making the improved but basically same product under his own name. It seems to be a tried and tested formula, and I couldnt fault mine, although its a disk deck, and if the grass is 2 feet, with reeds in it etc, it really takes two passes to get a really smooth finish

Bigmuz7 · 14 August 2007, 07:48

Question is, how wild is 'wild' I found this action shot so you can see the type of stuff it copes with

codprawn · 14 August 2007, 22:07

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Bigmuz7 · 14 August 2007, 22:42

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Originally Posted by codprawn

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Listen.. lazy city boy.. this is a hard core grass cutting thread .. Ya hear ?

John Kennett · 15 August 2007, 06:19

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Originally Posted by codprawn

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Most enlightening.

Surely you could have found some way to relate lawn mowers to your boredom with the current government?

John

John Kennett · 15 August 2007, 06:25

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Originally Posted by Bigmuz7

Has it got to be a sit on ? ... I do an acre with one of these, good excercise!

Whilst that is undoubtedly a very serious piece of lawnmower, it's definitely got to be a ride-on in this case.

John

Nos4r2 · 15 August 2007, 09:48

Pete7 · 17 August 2007, 14:05

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Originally Posted by John Kennett

Whilst that is undoubtedly a very serious piece of lawnmower, it's definitely got to be a ride-on in this case. John

John are you sure this thread is about cutting your father in laws field or are you planning another forum? you know, lots of tuning, polishing and talking, bit like that other forum..........

Anyway found this on here:

http://members.aol.com/tractorpullin...y/pictures.htm

Rogue Wave · 17 August 2007, 14:24

Johnny Fuller the shepperton Lawn mower racing Chamion 1982 to 1989. Whatever you get you'll want him to stick a GM diesel in

Nos4r2 · 17 August 2007, 23:03

How about some real milwaukee iron?

Stuart M · 23 September 2007, 20:56

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Originally Posted by Jono

Manual transmission... less trouble when they get old... Kohler engine..Like Eups... Mine's in a "Wheelhorse" that's 25 years oldish.. and still going strong... 3 blade deck and grass collector.. if yer fussy... I ain't... regular maintenance and they'll outlast you... avoid the "Cheap'n cheerful" types... don't last 5-minutes... second hand is the way to go..

Toro (used to be wheel horse) are the best IMHO, from the USA and the old ones are built to last. I have two. One from new 1995 and NOTHING has gone wrong. My neighbour had his 25 years and it outlasted him (no really!). The other one is the same model and purchased last year second hand.

Both are the same model and use the same desks and accessories (one has a rear collector). Both will cut 18" grass, thistles and even pick up horse crap!. I've had the cheap ones before and they are cr*p.

I even laid a 70 metre roadway (30 tonnes of scalpings) with one of them and a detachable front dozing blade.

BTW both of mine are hydostatic and had no problems with either. I prefer hydrostatic over manual any day.

Hope that helps

John Kennett · 24 September 2007, 13:12

So did you get your neighbour's one when he was finished with it? Do you want to sell your spare one?

John

Stuart M · 30 September 2007, 18:00

No, he gave it to a relative when he moved into a flat. I have two on purpose as I have about 2 acres to cut and it gets boring after a while! - One has a grass catcher on the back to do near the house and the other just throws it out the side for the field.

Try a company called D J Scott in warnford (near fareham) they are big Wheelhorse (Toro) dealers and often have 2nd hand stuff.

Wheelhorse/Toro are like the Land Rovers of the lawn tractor world (sorry that should have been Toyotas of the Lawn Tractor world (don't tell codprawn!)

Stuart

Brian · 01 October 2007, 15:30

Yes, I can recommend Dave Scott. He is a bit of a silver-tongued rascal (in the nicest possible way).
After persuading me to buy one, he then told me he had an additional model that had automatic gears, a mulcher, a hydro-static deck and cruise-control. He said "Brian, how could you possibly go through life WITHOUT having cruise-control on your ride-on mower".
A winner of an argument, so I bought a second.