ride on mower?

[Mortimer Firewood]

Mulching is indeed more dificult in wet conditions, but so is collection, in fact some collectors won't work at all in the wet.

 

You have to learn to work with a mulching mower, but when you understand them they are brilliant.

 

I always tell customers with mulchers that they should cut just before it needs cutting, then they will get a fantastic finish.

 

ISEKI SXG sxg will collect when the deck is submersed that why i bought it .

Ive had a Ferris mulcher and i fully understand how to mulch and what time it saves but it will never leave a finish that a good collector does. Plus when we get called in to do a new clients the grass is fairly long if we mulched it would look a mess they would not contract us .

Mulchers come in to there own when its warm and dry and your just knocking the top off even the manufacturers admit this:001_smile:

[difflock]

As I understand it the key to mulching is never removing more than 1/3 of the blade length.

i.e. 6" grass remove 2", it is surprising how quickly one can return and remove another 1/3. So one can surprisingly quickly reduce the length of the sward by mulching.

I have not noticed much/any difference in wet or dry mulching,

OK mulching when dry uses less HP but grass mulched when wet rots away faster.

And yes there specific situations where boxing off is the only option, like outside a *****Hotel.

OR our ***** sports pitchs, where we mostly use a Grillo FD1500:thumbup:

Or bytimes a loving cared for almost vintage Ransomes triple cylinder Parkway mower.

The sand mattress construction and annual top-dressing with more sand is murder sore on the blades and impeller and other wearing parts.

[GardenKit]

ISEKI SXG sxg will collect when the deck is submersed that why i bought it .

Ive had a Ferris mulcher and i fully understand how to mulch and what time it saves but it will never leave a finish that a good collector does. Plus when we get called in to do a new clients the grass is fairly long if we mulched it would look a mess they would not contract us .

Mulchers come in to there own when its warm and dry and your just knocking the top off even the manufacturers admit this:001_smile:

You are not wrong in what you say lgw, but many people are too quick to dismiss a mulcher, and many do so in ignorance (I don't mean you)

 

I do get contractors wanting to buy them, but only to do 2-3 week cuts, and I advise against that. They would be better off just side discharging.

 

If an operator works with the machine, and is able to cut frequently they are great, and much quicker than collecting. And without the need to dispose of tons of grass cuttings. The condition of the grass will also improve.

 

A contractor should probably not have a mulcher as his only machine though.