It not all ropes and harness

[Dean Lofthouse]

Heres the job we did today with Betsie the mower in the foreground. I have a grass cutting contract with Coors Brewery and do their Tree work also.

 

Theres about 3/4 of an acre of 45 degree banking and another 1 acre of flat grass roughly.

 

I got the grass cutting contract because they asked me to price some tree work which involved topping some perfectly healthy mature trees, which I refused to do and explained why. They were very impressed that I was willing to turn a big job down because it wasn't right (because a neighbour couldn't get a good sat signal). As a result have worked for them for 5 years now and had work valued at around £40K.

 

Good how things turn out sometimes.

 

Do any of you lot have things you do on the side (non tree work) and what is it?

 

How did you end up doing it?

[Nick Waring]

Betsie is a beast of a mower. nice pics.

[Ben]

How many times a year do you have to cut that?

[burrell_]

this what we bin upto to day hedge trimming

[Dean Lofthouse]

How many times a year do you have to cut that?

 

Works out about 16 times Ficus, then there's about 4 days keeping hedges and weed control.

 

About 20 days in total.

 

Nick, mower is a 30" cylinder mower, which climbs that 45 degree banking to get to the field on top, I'm impressed with it

[Dean Lofthouse]

Wow Burrell, I bet that is a pain in the backside to do.

 

Cracking garden though, I'd be bothered I might get it wrong or slip with the trimmers, doesn't bear thinking about

[kevwrenn]

what brand is betsy?? I have used a number of different self propelled bank mowers over the last few years, but not one like that!!

Kev.

[Charlieh]

jus' mowing the lawn :wave: well topping some Juncus

 

(ps if anyones after some cylinder mowers to do up were having a clearout and need to rehome about 6 mowers)

[BrendonV]

I do the occasional flower bed re-edge, landscape install/design, and some fencing with my brother.

 

I won't touch grass though, I hate it.

[madmatt]

we use one of these at work to mow flood banks

 

http://www.aebi.com/fileadmin/media/pdf/Prospekte/Englisch/07_Einachser/CC66_NLW_e_06.03.pdf

 

Absolutely brilliant bits of kit will mow very steep banks with ease and you can angle the handle bars down or up hill to make it more comfortable to use. We have 48" flail mowers on ours. downside is they are not cheap!