Big contracting mowers

[AlexB]

I quite fancy something like this....

 

 

But would I be better off with the versatility of a compact tractor?

 

What would you choose/use and why??

 

Cheers A

[Burgess]

Got to be doing a lot of grass cutting to make nearly 15k worthwhile.

[Daniel Jiggins]

Do you cut under trees and bushes as out fronts are ideal for this if not i would get an under belly deck compact.

[Daniel Jiggins]

If it's cut and collect these are brilliant designed to bounce up kerbs very heavy duty I even cut rougher river walk paths with mine, It is solely a cut and collect machine ie no pto.

[difflock]

If that is the successor to the Husquvarna mower we tried a few years ago;

(i) Very, very nimble, with excellent deck visibility.

(ii) Phenomenal traction on a slope (but ours was the 4WD varient)

(iii) But not suitable for slopes due to high CoG (unless absolutly straight up and down)

(iv) deck perhaps a bit light made up and mounted.

So unsuitable for our Commercial grass operation (slopes, bunking over kerbs, and inexperienced operators cutting, or attempting to cut manhole covers)

But a mower I would have bought to operate myself.

M

[V6 WRA]

Definitely go out front! If you can avoid collecting all the better

[AlexB]

Do you cut under trees and bushes as out fronts are ideal for this if not i would get an under belly deck compact.

 

That's exactly what it will be doing. Also around signs and way markers.

[AlexB]

Got to be doing a lot of grass cutting to make nearly 15k worthwhile.

 

That's rrp inc vat...... But it's a min of 15ha a year.

[Elite Groundcare]

If I was spending 15k, wouldn't be looking at a husqvarna mower they're not used by other contractor, not a decent commercial machine

[AlexB]

If I was spending 15k, wouldn't be looking at a husqvarna mower they're not used by other contractor, not a decent commercial machine

 

So what would you recommend?