Best ride on lawn tractor for large garden?
05 January 2012, 11:09 PM
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Get a good Westwood - we have over an acre that needs cutting and it does just fine.
Even the smallest Westwood will do you well - they last for many years and just need a basic service every one or two years.
They can cut really short and cleanly (as long as you keep it sharp) and you can get a snow plough attachment as well for the winter!!!
Even the smallest Westwood will do you well - they last for many years and just need a basic service every one or two years.
They can cut really short and cleanly (as long as you keep it sharp) and you can get a snow plough attachment as well for the winter!!!
He's still got it now as far as I know, must be getting on for 25 years old. *It never missed a beat in the 10 or so years I used it, it even did the odd silly long stint mowing one of the fields in summer which was about 5 acres.
05 January 2012, 11:13 PM
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We have a Lawnflite thing (703 I think) - wouldn't recommend it as it struggles to pick up damp grass (just clogs which is a pain as the chute needs clearing). ok at pulling a garden tractor round but, as posted above, the cutting deck's a bit exposed on it so we have to be careful with it. They are fun though - it's a pleasant job in the Summer with an ipod on 
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Yeah we had a Lawnflite 444 36" cut with 12 hp B&S engine. Cheap at the time and took quite a bit of abuse - 2 acres of nettles and molehills!!
Agree they get clogged with damp grass. Fanbelts expensive. Important to keep deck dry when in store.
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06 January 2012, 09:21 AM
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06 January 2012, 12:59 PM
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The farmer has 9.14 acres, house is on 0.85. Based on a value of about £5000 an acre, the rent just covers mortgage interest on the land which I'm happy with, but if it did go up in value it might be liable for capital gains tax. It has had horses on and would be good enough for arable except the local landowner with the surrounding fields wants his tenant farmers to be organic, so they are used for grazing. I presume no chemicals would make it unproductive. The option of having livery on it was considered, but horsey people tend to be a PITA and we didn't want them bitching and coming and going all the time as we're not horsey.
08 January 2012, 10:35 AM
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Jamie this is the company my mate works for.
http://www.doublea.co.uk/index.cfm
He lives in Kincardine but they are based in cupar.
http://www.doublea.co.uk/index.cfm
He lives in Kincardine but they are based in cupar.
Cheers matey,
I see a nice little Deere on their site.
Still set on buying new though. Need to see what the next few months brings.
Off to india in a few weeks time to work, so will see if I can get a chop shop one out there. LOL
08 January 2012, 11:05 AM
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The farmer has 9.14 acres, house is on 0.85. Based on a value of about £5000 an acre, the rent just covers mortgage interest on the land which I'm happy with, but if it did go up in value it might be liable for capital gains tax. It has had horses on and would be good enough for arable except the local landowner with the surrounding fields wants his tenant farmers to be organic, so they are used for grazing. I presume no chemicals would make it unproductive. The option of having livery on it was considered, but horsey people tend to be a PITA and we didn't want them bitching and coming and going all the time as we're not horsey.
08 January 2012, 08:15 PM
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Trout, there were horses on it before we came, sheep and sometimes calves since. It is a reasonable rate, but will likely be a loss maker when interest rates go up. Farm land is a funny business, most farmers I know seem to be relying on subsidy, house building, inheritance planning and occasional spikes in the difference between produce sale price and their costs. The amount that they work for as man and machine per hour makes a plumber seem very expensive for example, yet the work is as skilled.
17 February 2012, 07:50 PM
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Narrowed it further down to a hydrostatic drive with powered grass collector.
Looking like a Westwood I think,
Soon be time to get the park cut, so need to get the finger out!
Looking like a Westwood I think,
Soon be time to get the park cut, so need to get the finger out!
20 May 2012, 09:55 PM
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Update!
I bought a Westwood as it has the power grass collector and I can cut grass in any weather now. Bought a used one as i got a real good deal.
Also bought a Mountfield mower and a Stihll Strimmer. The place is looking tip top now!
I bought a Westwood as it has the power grass collector and I can cut grass in any weather now. Bought a used one as i got a real good deal.
Also bought a Mountfield mower and a Stihll Strimmer. The place is looking tip top now!
28 March 2016, 08:58 PM
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Thread resurrection!! We inherited a Partner/McCulloch P12597 tractor mower from the previous owners of the cottage. Anyway, the thing looked like it was on its last legs when I started playing with it yesterday. Nevertheless, I persevered. The oil was at a decent level, I cleaned the fuel tank and topped it up with fresh unleaded, but it was completely lifeless. I hooked it up to the missus' car battery, but nothing. Located the main fuse, but it was fine, so could only have been the solenoid. Got the missus to hold in the seat cut-off, pulled out the choke depressed the clutch, and put a screwdriver against the two points of the solenoid et voilà, she fired into life! Really satisfying! Just need to replace the solenoid now, sharpen the blades and get a decent charge in to the battery. I've given her a clean, too, and I reckon a machine polish and some carefully applied Hammerite will see her looking like new. 
28 March 2016, 11:01 PM
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I've had countax & westwood. both owned by the same company now. I used to repair them also. Ok machines for the price and both do a good job but for me the outright winner was a Kubota with its 3 cylinder diesel and powersteering teamed with a 48 inch cut on hydraulic lift. awesome machine and went like stink with the mowers engaged
01 April 2016, 02:42 PM
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She's had a machine polish and is now starting first time on the key. Just need to fit a pair of blades when they arrive.
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