[Greendoc]

I am a tiny little guy and I still worry about overloading the transmission of a mower. There is a such thing as a sulky for Tru-Cuts. But I know the weak point on that mower are the plate clutches.

 

[Shindoman]

The Allett has hydrostatic drive. I'm sure it would stand up to the extra weight.
Probably the price of a new car though.

 

[Greendoc]

The Allett has hydrostatic drive. I'm sure it would stand up to the extra weight.
Probably the price of a new car though.

Anything Allett is at least $5000. The big mowers are the price of a car. Not surprising for a country that makes a car that costs as much as a house.

 

[SWB]

Looks like I keep finding rabbit holes to peek into; I guess I will mow with the JD X350 this season.... :nod:

Maybe you can use the X350 to tow one of these bad boys. This 8 blade ProMow will cut as low as 5/8". They also have a 6 blade Gold version for sale on Mowers Direct for $1359 that will also cut at 5/8".

I had one of those and ended up giving it away.

 

[jabopy]

I've been looking at eBay over here, there are usually half a dozen second hand ones. I've not taken the plunge yet but maybe on the cards soon. I feel your pain FlowRider my knees and ankles are shot at, like you I just keep trying to ease things best I can.

 

[MasterMech]

We used to use an old National triplex to do the 1st cut around fairways. PRG at 1". It was fine for that but only because there was never an inside corner and nothing to steer around. Otherwise, it was hard to look cool riding a National!

 

[andalexander]

Maybe build a regular lawntractor with a ground driven triplex setup? :lol:

Oh hell yeah brother

Is this a mower out of Australia? I know they're huge on Ryobi products out there, and I've never seen anything like this in the states! So cool though!

 

[Gilley11]

He built that, it's not offered by Ryobi. He's got a video of it somewhere.....really cool build.

 

[FlowRider]

I feel your pain FlowRider my knees and ankles are shot at, like you I just keep trying to ease things best I can.

"It is not the age, it's the mileage." In my case, it is both! :? :lol: :bd:

 

[dmouw]

Maybe build a regular lawntractor with a ground driven triplex setup? :lol:

Oh hell yeah brother

I wish someone would do this with a Toro Grandstand and Triplex reels and make a standup triplex.

 

[adgattoni]

Here's more inspiration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S7XLNzGN7A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3kByI7ZPFg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYvNkkBrEtU

 

[aug0211]

Reviving a year of thread - sorry everyone. I'm guessing lots of people have this question. I'm curious what most are doing for "residential" grade reel mowers?

I was using a rotary on my old lawn, maintaining around 1.5" with KBG. The rotary struggled with that HOC and I'm thinking the next one needs to be a reel mower. I also would prefer something I can ride rather than walk behind. I'm ok taking KBG down to 1" I think.

 

[MasterMech]

Reviving a year of thread - sorry everyone. I'm guessing lots of people have this question. I'm curious what most are doing for "residential" grade reel mowers?

I was using a rotary on my old lawn, maintaining around 1.5" with KBG. The rotary struggled with that HOC and I'm thinking the next one needs to be a reel mower. I also would prefer something I can ride rather than walk behind. I'm ok taking KBG down to 1" I think.

If you have a big enough lawn, some have adopted golf course tri-plexes, 60" cut, 3 reel units.

Not much out there that's going to be smaller. Closest you might get would be an antique Locke or Gravely with a sulky. Tru-Cut used to offer a sulky for there machines. Not sure I've ever seen one in actual use however.

Otherwise, we're all walking behind 18", 22", or 26" reel mowers.

 

[aug0211]

Reviving a year of thread - sorry everyone. I'm guessing lots of people have this question. I'm curious what most are doing for "residential" grade reel mowers?

I was using a rotary on my old lawn, maintaining around 1.5" with KBG. The rotary struggled with that HOC and I'm thinking the next one needs to be a reel mower. I also would prefer something I can ride rather than walk behind. I'm ok taking KBG down to 1" I think.

If you have a big enough lawn, some have adopted golf course tri-plexes, 60" cut, 3 reel units.

Not much out there that's going to be smaller. Closest you might get would be an antique Locke or Gravely with a sulky. Tru-Cut used to offer a sulky for there machines. Not sure I've ever seen one in actual use however.

Otherwise, we're all walking behind 18", 22", or 26" reel mowers.

Thanks!

I had upgraded my 22" walk behind rotary to a 38" riding rotary at the last place. Maybe I'll end up with a used greens mower for this next round. I'm not able to commit to a double cut every mow and I like the wider stripes so a walk behind is tougher for me. Far more practical, though...

 

[MasterMech]

Reviving a year of thread - sorry everyone. I'm guessing lots of people have this question. I'm curious what most are doing for "residential" grade reel mowers?

I was using a rotary on my old lawn, maintaining around 1.5" with KBG. The rotary struggled with that HOC and I'm thinking the next one needs to be a reel mower. I also would prefer something I can ride rather than walk behind. I'm ok taking KBG down to 1" I think.

If you have a big enough lawn, some have adopted golf course tri-plexes, 60" cut, 3 reel units.

Not much out there that's going to be smaller. Closest you might get would be an antique Locke or Gravely with a sulky. Tru-Cut used to offer a sulky for there machines. Not sure I've ever seen one in actual use however.

Otherwise, we're all walking behind 18", 22", or 26" reel mowers.

Thanks!

I had upgraded my 22" walk behind rotary to a 38" riding rotary at the last place. Maybe I'll end up with a used greens mower for this next round. I'm not able to commit to a double cut every mow and I like the wider stripes so a walk behind is tougher for me. Far more practical, though...

Everybody's situation is different. You can get wider stripes by manipulating the mow pattern to get double-width stripes. It takes a bit more time, but on 7500 sq ft, I'd expect the penalty to be minimal.

I'm in my late-30's, def not an athlete :lol:, and mowing my 20k with walk-behinds. I've used a standard 22" self-propelled rotary, and 22"/26" greensmowers. It takes me 2.5 hrs to double cut, edge, trim and blow. My mid-week mows are usually double on the front, single cut everywhere else, and no edging/trimming, about 1.25 hrs. During the season, I'm mowing every 3rd day, and my season is extended by using PRG for a winter lawn. Once the PRG slows down, I can back off to mowing every 7-10 days.

Some of my neighbors think that's nuts, but think nothing of going for a walk/run/ride every morning and evening. The hardest part for me is getting home early enough from work on mow days. That's part of the reason I'm considering ways to electrify my fleet and be able to mow early in the AM without the noise pollution.

 

[aug0211]

Yeah, I was double cutting for a while. Too much valuable time away from kids though right now in this current life stage! Agreed on the walk/run analogy - great comparison!

 

[ABC123]

For an alternative to a reel. The toro pro stripe 560 is able to cut down to .5in and leave great stripes. But it still doesn't cut as great as a reel does, also need to sharpen the blade quite often as it's softer. A light filing is all that's usually needed.

The transmission has 3 speeds and on the slowest speed it should be much less stressful on joints.

 

[Sbcgenii]

In another time. National Triplex was a riding reel mower made for lawn height grass. Problem with greensmowers is that they are made to cut grass at less than 0.2". I believe National was bought out by the same company that bought Locke. Do not see a residential riding reel mower with the majority of turf acreage in the US being TTTF. Which was designed to be mowed by rough cut mowers.

I thought that name sounded familiar ... I had just glanced at this listing a few days ago

My Dad just sold his National yesterday. It wasn't a bad mower.

 

[Johnny5012]

https://www.allett-usa.com/collections/homeowner-mowers/products/allett-buckingham-30h-petrol-cylinder-mower

 

[dmouw]

I would like to see someone make a reel fit on a Toro Grandstand