Mower Recommendations for large Mossy Lawn

[GarethM]

6 minutes ago, doobin said:

I dont get why the OP, when presented with a total soloution for both mowing and scarifying, just says 'I don't want another tractor'. Well if you already have a tractor, you could have a suitable soloution for both mowing and scarifying for around £3k! Secondhand finishing mower and scarifier/collector.

Plus said something about encouraging wild flowers for making hay, mowing regularly won't help those if anything the opposite and create monoculture.

 

Grazing wildflowers over winter definitely would, as it gives a bit of free fertiliser and moves the seeds around the field.

[coppice cutter]

7 minutes ago, doobin said:

I dont get why the OP, when presented with a total soloution for both mowing and scarifying, just says 'I don't want another tractor'. Well if you already have a tractor, you could have a suitable soloution for both mowing and scarifying for around £3k! Secondhand finishing mower and scarifier/collector.

Yeah, the idea that you also have a tractor, while probably useful to most, is also secondary to the fact that it is (IMO) also the best solution for his needs.

 

My ST30 would easily justify it's keep just to cut the grass during the summer even if doing nothing else the rest of the year. 

[doobin]

3 hours ago, GarethM said:

Plus said something about encouraging wild flowers for making hay, mowing regularly won't help those if anything the opposite and create monoculture.

 

Grazing wildflowers over winter definitely would, as it gives a bit of free fertiliser and moves the seeds around the field.

Or a cut and collect behind said tractor!

[GarethM]

Possibly 250 rectangular idiot blocks or even a dozen round shapes ?.

Edited April 6, 2023 by GarethM

[doobin]

On 06/04/2023 at 12:11, doobin said:

Guilty. 
 

it’s for the father in law. Honest. 

Well I put her through the workshop, and got her delivered. Full filters and fluids change, sealant in the tyres, the works. Gotta be honest, I'm really impressed with it. Drives lovely, loader lifts a reasonable amount and comes off easily. Without the loader it's a superb grass cutting machine.

 

The tractor has 2800 hours, which is a savage amount for that size machine. However it seems looked after- the pedal rubbers and floor mat have to have been replaced at those hours. The hydro transmission is strong and pulls you back instantly when you let off the pedal. The deck I think must have been used once! Does a lovely cut. He's chuffed to bits with it- give it a month to get used to it and he will want to sell the old JD.

 

Just waiting on the ‘can I borrow such and such for the linkage’ calls 🤣

Edited April 15, 2023 by doobin

[doobin]

It came with front links and pto- with a little bit of modification the front links found a home on mine!

[coppice cutter]

16 minutes ago, doobin said:

The tractor has 2800 hours, which is a savage amount for that size machine.

I dunno about that.

 

Our local Kubota man, who has been selling and maintaining Kubota for 40 odd years, says that the F series mowers (that's the out front ones) are good for 10,000hrs with regular routine maintenance.

 

See no reason why Iseki shouldn't be fit for similar.

 

Take the odd notion for a compact with a loader, but realistically it probably wouldn't be up to most of what I'd be expecting of it.

 

Already have pallet forks, etc, for my 3.5t digger and a 60hp Kubota with loader, so it's not really needed.

 

But, well........................you know!