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Premonier

Joined: 02 Apr 2006
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Posted: Tue Aug 01, 06 8:40 am Post subject: Wheel driven mower

Actually, I don't know what it is called - wheel driven mower is our description. We have about three acres of meadow that is too rough for the ride on type of mower but it does need cutting. We have looked at all the options and have decided that the best thing would be to get one of those mowers which can be pulled, [a quad bike will do it], the motion of the wheels turns the blades. The local authorities used to use them some time ago but before we start looking in earnest we need to know exactly what they are called. Does anyone know?

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 06 9:39 am Post subject:
Do you mean a topper?

dougal

Joined: 15 Jan 2005
Posts: 7184
Location: South Kent

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 06 11:43 am Post subject:
Maybe you mean a gang mower? https://www.dennisuk.com/gang.html EDIT: Note from the link that they can be used singly and in the spec the blades are described as being "ground-driven". Oh, and BTW, welcome Premonier! Long time between registering and your first post... Don't stop now!

madmonk

Joined: 08 May 2006
Posts: 835

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 06 1:45 pm Post subject:
Or an allen scythe?

Penny Outskirts

Joined: 18 Sep 2005
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Posted: Tue Aug 01, 06 2:25 pm Post subject:
OH uses a pulled thingy on the farm, and that's called a topper as Judith said. Don't know how close a cut you can get on them though. It's used for the fallow fields to keep them manageable, and for the stubble once the combines been over it, and before it gets ploughed. Welcome BTW

Premonier

Joined: 02 Apr 2006
Posts: 2

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 06 5:03 pm Post subject:

Thanks folks for the replies - we have looked at some toppers but the ones we saw need a power take off and that means a tractor. We only want a rough cut - just to keep the meadows under control and the brambles and thistles down. I know goats would probably be more effective but we want to develop a garden as well. Anyway, thanks for your interest and advice. Perhaps a trip around a secondhand place may be the answer.

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