Which lawnmower & strimmer for commercial use?
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The pro Honda one would be ideal. Although I like the top of the domestic range hrx537 which is cheaper and more than up to the job. Just don't pay list price for it. They can be had for about 900.
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Neither of those are decent alternatives to the ones I mentioned,. The cost saving on the mower is tiny considering you will be getting an inferior product which will be harder to make money with.
Op, don't forget that deciding on tools is a marketing decision, not a cost cutting exercise.
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For the past 5 years I've been using cheap chinese imports (£130)from a firm called Hutt imports (Google) 42 cc strimmers with a propellor blade cutter and have cleared acres of Spanish scrub.These things will cut through anything up to broom handle thickness and in 5 years all I've replaced is a carb,for £12.00.Just tighten the nuts up when you get one......
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There is so much more to consider, when buying for commercial use, than just how much grief you can give them before they go wrong.
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I broke my own rule of not buying cheap rubbish and bought a Ryobi strimmer before I got my Honda.......I used it once and gave it to my dad. Absolute rubbish. Pain in the ass to start, vibrated like made........got a Honda.....beautiful!
If ever getting into ride-ons don't get a John Deer or Honda (same mower) ........they're not very good at ride-ons. You need something with a powered sweeper/collector on the back.
Countax are pretty good but most councils seem to use Hayter....pretty pricey but good.
If ever getting into ride-ons don't get a John Deer or Honda (same mower) ........they're not very good at ride-ons. You need something with a powered sweeper/collector on the back.
Countax are pretty good but most councils seem to use Hayter....pretty pricey but good.
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Don't agree with Hayter for anything commercial, but you are spot on with everything else.
Its very true about manufacturers only being good at certain things. Take Husqvarna, outstanding chainsaws, whilst everything else they produce is rubbish.
You also make a good point about vibration. Cheap rubbish will have much higher vibration levels which will make it impossible for any employees to use the kit, if you want to meet HSE regs. Not good for a one man band either if you value your health.
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I too would go for the stihl but without the bump auto line dispenser. Whoever dreamed up that improvement needs their head testing; good luck finding one though as the dealers say they don't stock them because there is no call for them these days. Tickles me pink how manufacturers make something unavailable and then say there is no call for it.
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You're wrong stretchy. I've been in this line of work for 15 years and my company now cuts over £200k of grass per annum. I am one person that doesn't need telling what is and what isn't good at cutting grass on a commercial basis!
P.S. Never seen any council using anything with Hayter wrote on the side of it! We do a lot of contract grass cutting for local authorities and the only ride-on mowers we would consider are made by Kubota.
To sum up, my recommendation would be to use Kubota ride-ons, Rover push mowers and Makita strimmers - that's what we do.
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I don't think the op wants to send monkeys out mowing grass. I think he is planning to do it himself. For what I think the op has in mind, my suggestions are better.
You will see above I agree that Hayter won't be used professionally.
What vibration readings do the mower and strimmers you recommend have? What capacity grassbox does the mower have?
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Don't take this the wrong way stretchy, but if you have to ask whether Makita, Kubota and Rover grass cutting machinery meets hse requirements with regards to vibration levels then you obviously don't know that much about the industry.
A couple of great features that the Rover mowers have are: 1. They have four high-lift swing tip blades - providing great suction and, more importantly, you won't total the engine if you hit a rock! 2. The entire back of the mower opens into the grass box, rather than just a little shoot, so it doesn't block up when the grass is wet.
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Ill take that to mean you don't know the answer to any of my questions then.
You might also want to familiarise yourself with the havs regs. It's not a case of meeting or not meeting requirements.
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I think people have been put off using non standard heads ever since those ones that were recalled a couple of years ago after one shattered and killed someone.
There is a release from the HSE about it available if anyone is interested.
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Ill take that to mean you don't know the answer to any of my questions then.
You might also want to familiarise yourself with the havs regs. It's not a case of meeting or not meeting requirements.
That's cool stretchy. I'll just take it that you've got no experience in this area. You don't honestly think that the size of the grass box is a priority when purchasing a new mower, do you? Most people mulch nowadays, and for most commercial mowing collecting is not an issue anyway.
Oh yeah, and how is deciding on tools a 'marketing decision'? Are you going to plaster your strimmer in advertising or something? I think you need to go and look up the definition of the word 'marketing'!
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That's cool stretchy. I'll just take it that you've got no experience in this area. You don't honestly think that the size of the grass box is a priority when purchasing a new mower, do you? Most people mulch nowadays, and for most commercial mowing collecting is not an issue anyway.
Oh yeah, and how is deciding on tools a 'marketing decision'? Are you going to plaster your strimmer in advertising or something? I think you need to go and look up the definition of the word 'marketing'!
Thats fine. You assume I have no experience in this area, and that I need to find out what marketing is.
Don't let the fact that I ran a landscaping business whilst studying marketing at University put you off. And don't let the fact that I now own a tool and plant hire business for landscapers and gardeners put you off either.
FYI, you are confusing advertising with marketing.
I was simply asking you for information to back up your recommendations as I personally don't agree, and after a bit of research and a chat with a few people in the trade they don't agree either. If you are right it is in the interests of the thread and the Op to let us know.
If the OP is doing domestic work the grass box size is very important.
I am told that Rover only do one mower with a decent engine and that it is the 160 as opposed to the 190 engine on the Honda.
When I asked if you knew the vibration readings it was not a loaded question. For all I know the levels could be less than for the machines I recommended.
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