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Pull type reel mowers (gang reel mower)

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Hello All! I'm new to this forum, but have been following much of the great advice. I have about 15,000 sq ft of Bermuda. 1/3 is 419 sod and rest I seeded - coming in nicely

I currently have a rotary push mower - which takes way to long! Lawn is way to big for walk behind reels and the lawn has some decent slope all around.

Has anyone used a pull type reel/gang type reel mower?.
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I bought the 5 gang gold series 8 blade Promow a couple years ago to cut my 2 acres of Bermuda. I gave up trying to make it work for me after two seasons and ended up literally giving the thing away.
There's not a lot of good info out there on the Prowmow and I took a leap of faith in buying it. That cost me almost $3k. Good luck with your decision.
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I use a 48" Exmark.

Just for clarification I cut my common seeded Bermuda at 3" and had hoped the Promow would allow me to cut at 1/2" - 1". It unfortunately did not work well for me.
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dmouw said:
SWB said:


I use a 48" Exmark.

Just for clarification I cut my common seeded Bermuda at 3" and had hoped the Promow would allow me to cut at 1/2" - 1". It unfortunately did not work well for me.
What exactly didn't work for your? HOC? Not level? Cut quality ?
Take a look at the first pic and you can see the widow row left uncut. There were so many stragglers I would have to cut in multiple directions and still not get them all. I literally spent more time adjusting the reels than mowing with them. Two of the reels had bad welds causing the blades not to spin and had to be returned. I never did get a complete mow where all the reels would work until the lawn was completely cut. Usually at least two of the reels would stop spinning and then start agin leaving patches of uncut grass.

I really wanted this to work but after two years of aggravation I threw in the towel.
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