Ride on mower to collect and drop?

[mowingjamie]

Hi guys, i currently have a kubota g18 which has been really reliable and not too bad in wet grass here in not so sunny wales. Ive got a few jobs lined up for next year which are cut and drop, not collecting anything, but i also have the big jobs at the moment which are collect only and wont be persuaded to mulch etc... Is there a good mower which will do both easly, and can be swaped between collect and drop single handed quickly?

 

Must be 48" cut, no bigger or smaller due to access and cutting speed.

 

Iam trying to move towards Etesia for mowers now and like the 124d range, any experence with fitting a deflector to these? The etesia will collect wet grass no problem. Whats peoples thoughts on the 25hp Lombardini engine? Perfer kubota engines personally, but cant afford to have 2 machines sitting around.

 

Cheers

Jamie

[Richard 1234]

Have a look at the iseki and grillo ride on collectors. The ones with the big plastic bins on the back. They should tick your boxes

[mowingjamie]

Has any one got any experence with a etesia 124d? Or that Lombardini 25hp engine? How easy would it be to convert from a high tip collector to a rear deflector?

[davess1402]

We have a 2004 Iseki SGR22 only issue has been chute clogging up, the later SXG solved that problem with a bigger chute & no blower belt to change, not aware of any issues with them we run Etesia pedestrian mowers & the collection in wet is superb would imagine the ride on performance to be similar, all depends ultimately on what your budget is ?