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Hi David,
I have used hayters before and agree that they are as much use as a chocolate teapot in the wet. The only other roller mowers i have used are honda. All have been ok in the wet but not brilliant -they dont block quickly but will eventually and have a habit of dropping a deck full of stuck grass all over a path as you push it back to the van.
I have no idea about other roller mowers on the market.
Stu
As for dedicated, I run a hayter 56pro and in the wet it's alright. In the dry it's great.
I have used a Honda in the wet and it was ok. Didn't like the Honda in general that's why I didn't get one.
If you are cutting fortnightly then you shouldn't have that much to take off the top? Unless it's a really good grower. I just cut longer in the wet to help with this. You also have to careful on soft ground as it will spin the roller leaving horrible bits
A roller mower that picks up efficiently in the wet - the holy grail! We have a Honda, Hayters and (the best of the lot) a 25 year old Atco cylinder!
Basically agree, we have/use Danarm rollers and wet performance is neither good nor bad - you just have to accept the limitations.
However, Etesia demo'd 46 Duocut with an add-on roller kit for the UK market at Salttex last year (See post on LJN). Similar in concept to the Toro mentioned above, but it was well engineered with a quick attach system. Do not know if it is yet available.
The roller kit is close, what we showed at saltex was the 41cm prototype which has now been tweaked and is in process of modifications to the fitting brackets to use on the 46 duocuts now,
i can't say at the moment a 100% date but we are not far off
I've trialed the viking in the past - but was put off by my dealer saying that the ones he's sold for pro use after 1 year are in and out for repair all the time, Otherwise I found them about equal to the pro46.
I may try and trial one of these roler domestics and see but for the price id rather go for something pro build - id like 3-4 seasons out of this next mower.
I cut domestic lawns most all day every day, rain sun or shine nothing much stopes me and the Viking enables this to be archived. Tried all top brands of roller mower and would not swap the Viking for a gold pig (as my Dad used to say)
Parts are as cheep as chips which is a odd as its a Stihl product. Keep expecting the prices to be hiked up but not as yet.
ah
Im used to having my mowers run for 2-3 years non stop with not much more than a clogged fuel filter!
Perhaps Im asking too much then!
Will book a trial of the viking and see how it goes then!