More mower advice

[northman]

Hello fellow forum members! So I'm in the market for a new mower and currently narrowed it down to the viking mb655 or the rover procut 20, does anyone have any experience with either of these mowers bagging wet grass (lovely welsh summers), parts availability and so on? Or any alternative to consider up to £800. Cheers for any help.

[harrythecat178]

The Viking should be cheaper and easier for parts. If you want to collect all the time, buy a non mulch one

[northman]

Does anyone have any experience with active mowers?

[Tomtop]

Go John deere would be my advice

[IVECOKID]

Viking all day long ....have 4 vikings amongst others and for being user friendly, easy to repair and parts are cheap also excellent for damp grass collecting .

The plastic box is great for keeping airflow going but can be arkward when emptying but you can get a traditional cloth box has optional.

Only issue's are the variable speed pulley if abused but a 5 minute job to replace and approx £35.

 

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[miker]

ive got a mountfield sp555 on demo at the moment, has the twin blade thingy fitted, cuts and bags well in the wet, not sure it would stand up to a huge amount of commercial use but seems good,light and has antivibe engine mounts,pretty user friendly,no bbc tho,190 honda engine with autochoke gubbins,this is a rear roller version,£950 seems steeep for a mountfield but is nearly up there with my lawnflite pro hi speed

[northman]

just looked at the john deere pro47v fitted with the subaru engine, i'm not really familiar with these engines so whats the general opinion of them? quality looking machine though.

[GardenKit]

Go for it! Probably the best mower that money can buy. Bit pricey though!

[Tomtop]

Haven't use that one. But we use the r54 roller mower and there great. Plus cheaper than Viking etc.

[northman]

Ok so after looking around at various models I've reviewed my short list and is now looking like John deere pro 47, Viking mb756gs and possibly an atesia or active. Whichever one I pick must be decent on damp grass though.