Kurt Rodammer and don’t change that either. Always keep in mind this is my “playground”. I’ve been blessed to be able to try and test different methods and ways just for the heck of it. Lol. If something goes wrong I can always fix it 😎
Works great! th-cam.com/users/postUgkxprGGPRQoChQaA8u58dt7miEpxQBKiWeJ More difficult with longer grass, though, but I was expecting that. I have a small back yard, it seemed like overkill to buy a lawnmower with an engine. This is easy to carry in and out of the basement through the bulkhead. Very sharp (be careful). At the back of the mower are little wheels, which I use when pulling the mower backwards, so it's easy to readjust direction. I'm including a photo which shows the before and after for my lawn when it was at its longest. For long grass like that you really have to put some muscle into it, and I needed to go into a new section of grass with some momentum, but when the grass is only an inch or two higher than regular cut height it's quite easy. The lawn is still patchy and full of weeds, but at least it's a good height! A step in the right direction.
Pete, Months ago when I first viewed this video I had no idea that this would be a huge game changer for me. It started me down the road of my lawn obsession. I’ve learned so much through watching yourself, Allett Mowers, Ryan, Connor, Allyn, The Pest and Lawn Ginga, and Brian. My lawn went from being an embarrassment to being the envy of the neighbourhood. In the spring, while digging out thousands of dandelions, one neighbour walked by and rudely said “You got a lot of work ahead of you!” I couldn’t believe how rude he was. Through lots of hard work and learning as I went I’ve transformed a horrible weed garden into a healthy, blindingly bright striped lawn that is now something to be proud of. Lots of room for improvement but I’m always looking forward to the next step.
Wow Duncan, your testimony is very impressive and encouraging. Keep up the good work. Pete is an amazing individual. I also just started seeing these videos and have a terrible lawn. I hope to learn a lot from Pete and have a similar story like yours to share some day.👍👍👍
I love anyone that is dedicated to their lawn..especially the type of turf! Just got my brand new John Deere 1550 terrain turf..This mower is unbelievable I tell you what.
Great video Pete. Along with the attachments that were shown in your video, reel mowing is clearly superior to rotary mowing. Allett machines are works of art, and I believe that their price is justified by the results that are produced. Thanks for making and sharing this video.
Dethatching is the best way to prepare your lawn for seeds vs aerating as it opens the lawn and exposes the soil for better seed to soil contact. I've always had great success with dethatching. I see way too many lawn companies aerate and seed lawns with no success as the seeds just sits on thatch and dead grass. A buddy finally followed my advice about dethatching and seeding vs aerating and seeding and has been tickled pink with the outcome. He's now a believer.
Finally someone gets it, everything you just said plus what good is seed falling into a two inch hole. Aerating and seeding is sucks, unless your going over bare dirt a bunch of times to loosen the crap out it. Dethatch, aerate, slice seed is my preferred method or aerate/ sliceseed.
@@michaelperry4398 I agree with the seeds dropping in a 2" aerated hole where it will never see the day of light. The lawn companies suggest aerating because it requires less work than dethatching, but gives poor results. I see it done every year at my neighbors house.
The update we’ve all been waiting for! Looking fantastic! Been watching since the beginning of the renovation. Next renovation needs to be the driving range for sure. Keep up the good work!
i just got a D100 riding lawnmover first ever and i thought it was the best. seen the first machine cutting make me realized theirs other levels of best
I pushed a manual cast iron reel mower from age 10 to age 16. Big lawn too. Even a small pebble or twig would stop that thing cold. Just looking at the one in this video brings back not so fond memories. This year I went self propelled, battery powered. Love it. This may be heresy, but I'm not sure I like stripes.
I live in Maryland Heights, Mo just about 25 miles from down town St Louis and it is very hard to grow grass because the summers become very hot and humid. My lawn does good because I mixed GCI and Jonathan green tall fescue grass seed. And wow my lawn pops with the help of Carbon X and humc acid. Even our St louis Cardinals use a straight bluegrass and works for them. I have neighbor that uses a reel mower on his blue grass lawn and wow looks great at 1/2 inch and do not know how he is doing it.
Nutrients and water. It's not "too" hard to grow grass here in STL, just takes a lot of babying though the summer. The golf courses around here look great in our area and they have a mix of grasses. Major difference is between sand base surfaces and native soils, Cardinals vs your home. You must be near Koven, he's definitely one to watch growing bluegrass on native soil. 👍
Seeing those long stripes on that big grass patch makes the lawn look like a vegetable garden, but then again I don't like/dislike stripes. But that turf looks like it's coming in great! And thanks for letting us in on your first reel shopping experience.
Great video! Pete I know you are a commercial equipment guy. But the Sunjoe dethacher/ scarifier works similar to that machine. Aside for the reel mowing. I used it doing my GCI turf academy and got fantastic results. The Lawn Ginja did a review on it
OMG, what a difference big guy!!!! I had my own project this fall and I have some patches that are still "light" and haven't filled in completely but dang, your patch here is awesome man!!! Good for you and thanks for the video....I miss not getting the more frequent content but I get it, it's a hard job. Appreciate you and will continue to support/follow. Have a great weekend!
What we HAVE here looks like the American Flag w/o the stars. Puts some curves on the stripes to give that wave look. Figure out the stars later. Feel like saluting my computer. Some creative potential I see there. Love that late 60s sound theme music too. Rock on Big Pete.
I have always wondered why residential commercial lawn mower companies couldn't have a commercial reel mower It absolutely does the best job of cutting
Conner and Ryan are probably drooling over the Allett. If they sold and serviced them in my neck of the woods I would level my lawn and purchase one. Beautiful machine. Hell, I would wear John Lobb wingtips and a button down behind that machine.
@@moosepasshippie Damn....Alaska....I wasn't expecting that....!! Well we're trying to grow as quickly as we can, but we're not in Alaska yet....but the Pro units are built like tanks....!!
WoW Pete that reno looks awesome!! I love seeing each footstep in the new grass as you're mowing. Especially in the Rye Grass. I caught a couple videos on the Allett last weekend and really love the way that thing can thatch. The other cartridge would be awesome for over seeding!!
Pete, thank you so much for your videos and honest reviews! I'm also in NC and having a fellow NC'er show how to properly plant and care for different turf grasses is so helpful. Thanks again!
Pete, I got to tell you that those test plots are just looking amazing! Those stripes are really on point! That Allett mower is quite a beast too. I am really enjoying the content here and looking forward to seeing how this progresses.
Reel mowing is perfect for a homeowner that wants to keep his lawn pristine. Having said that, I've never had a lawn under 10,000 sqf, and there is no way I'm cutting that two-3 times a week. Ain't happening captain! I just don't have the free time.
Sounds like he's from NY.Any way he had a good time with his new mower, bless his heart. what - what - what it's pretty quiet ,--what. Dam my ears are ringing.
Thing is, you need both . Rotary to deal with the start of the season and hoovering duties. Then a reel mower. With a reel mower you can overseed and cut the lawn the same day as well.
Beautifully mown you'd pass your mowing test for that work,nothing more enjoyable than mowing lawns with a well set reel mower remember to alternate cutting directions every week or you will get what's called wash boarding then that causex more work
They look really well built (beefier than the Swardman). I love the cartridge system and glad they are powered by Hondas. I'm sure they cost as much as an entry level car though.
O I'm totally with you on all this my pistol grip exmark is thee best machine but this reel mowing has always been an interest thank you for the info what kinda cost you think it would be for all the Lil tips of a reel mower rake airrater sweep brush an cutter worth in a package
Pete, man the front our your shop looks great. I cannot wait to see the way the shop looks next summer when you seed the area with turf Bermuda. Awesome!!!
All bentgrass grown golf course greens are mowed with a reel mower every day !!! When I was a little kid, I would go out with my Dad, be the first ones off Nbr-1 Tee in the morning, and we would eventually catch up with the guys mowing the greens with a reel mower.. The scissor action cut is the absolute best way to cut grass because it cuts it so precisely and evenly.. Kind of like when you get a haircut and the person only uses scissors- it always looks better, right ?? The only thing I didn't know about these reel mowers is that they do not cut even at 2" inches high, unless its other more expensive models?? I don't know how that is going to work in a really hot summer when we all try to cut it higher, so it will shade the blades down below better.. I love that this company has a reel that has more blades so it will cut even finer, but of course, it all costs more $$.. :) Thanks Pete for all the work you did for this and for what you always do for us every day !!
I run a Toro GreensMaster 1000 on my putting green. Cuts the bentgrass at just over 1/8th of an inch. I love it but it's expensive. The mowers new are $10-$12k. Yearly maintenance and sharpening roughly $500. It's an investment and really a passion. I use mine 6+ times a week on the green.
you may have missed your calling as a golf course super. the look of the reel mow is amazing. but outside of a golf context it seems like it would be nothing but a giant time sink UNLESS your yard was tiny or turfcare was your hobby and how you chose to spend your free pleasure time.
Thank you Pete. Will be waiting for your review on how well the kbg thrives in NC. I just mixed some kbg with your TTTF so I guess you could say that I'm experimenting too.
I live in the northeast and reel mowing just isn't practical for my yard. I also like to cut at 3 1/2". What's the next best thing to reel mowing for great stripes?
Hey Pete...loved this!! You must go back to you dads range in the spring and see how everything else looks compared to what you guys raked/dethatched. Also, can you cut tttf to 3-3/12 height with the reel mower? I'm over in Knoxville....my yard would bake at anything shorter. Keep up the content, God bless buddy!
Good Lord, all mighty! That is some beautiful looking turf and one sweet machine. You know how some people say, “I’m going to have one of those cars one day?” I’m saying the same thing about one of those Allett mowers. I’m going to have one of those, one day. Those cartridges are similar to the Swardsman, but on steroids!
Nice mower, impractical for some I'm thinking...very few Allett dealers in the US...stripes are pretty flippin' crazy, but it's a reel and they tend to do that. Best have a flat surface to work with too. I don't live on a driving range or a baseball diamond. I have an acre sectioned off from Mordor. I have a feeling that mower would explode into tiny metal pieces after a few mows on this lawn. Beautiful piece of kit though.
There are over 70 Dealer outlets throughout the USA now & growing quickly!! (Take a looked at the Buckingham 30H ride-on unit, its built like a tank!!).
Make sure you take a look on how to sharpen those reels and how to tighten and adjust the reel to get the best cut you can get everytime. I have done it on a great machine.
Used to work at a golf course. Imagine taking 5 reels off to sharpen instead of 1. And we had 5 units. 3 reels for tee and greens mowers 5 for fairway mowers. Stripe beautifully though. Great investment
Hey there, I enjoy your videos. I hope to start my own lawn business. I have a question in regards to the stripe. How do you actually make the stripes appear clear like that? Do you have to adjust the blades as you go from one direction to another? Or you just follow the pattern going back and forth, no adjust.
They are not easy to maintain! I ran Honda’s at the golf course I worked at. And the blades had to be sharpened all the time!! And that spindle blade is no joke!! You’ll slice your finger off if you’re not careful. Also those baskets fill up quick, and that was w bent grass. I can’t imagine mowing anything that would grow longer then that.
As good as it looks now imagine how it would look after a month or 2 after the grass was used to being cut reel low. I am thinking it would look like outdoor carpet. I have a Swardman Edwin for about a year and half and I will never go back to rotary cutting. Every time I mow someone almost always stops by and ask me about it. That Allett looks like an indestructible tank.
Doesn't surprise me that an Englishman is behind all this. They make some of the finest reel mowers in the world. A lot of them roll out of the Ransome and Rapier plant in Ipswich, Suffolk, home of the Suffolk Punch. Great mower.
I'll stick to seeing a reel mowed lawn when I go golfing.😅 Seriously reel mowing looks like waaayyyy to much work
Kurt Rodammer this is true
@@GCITurf wouldn't a short lawn take much more water and fertilizer?
@@carpentrylover145 he claims not....I might be putting this to the test this year???
@@GCITurf That would be interesting. I've always been told to leave grass long especially in the summer, plus I don't irrigate.
Kurt Rodammer and don’t change that either. Always keep in mind this is my “playground”. I’ve been blessed to be able to try and test different methods and ways just for the heck of it. Lol. If something goes wrong I can always fix it 😎
Thats real clean. It would only expose my inability to walk in a straight line. haha
Works great! th-cam.com/users/postUgkxprGGPRQoChQaA8u58dt7miEpxQBKiWeJ More difficult with longer grass, though, but I was expecting that. I have a small back yard, it seemed like overkill to buy a lawnmower with an engine. This is easy to carry in and out of the basement through the bulkhead. Very sharp (be careful). At the back of the mower are little wheels, which I use when pulling the mower backwards, so it's easy to readjust direction. I'm including a photo which shows the before and after for my lawn when it was at its longest. For long grass like that you really have to put some muscle into it, and I needed to go into a new section of grass with some momentum, but when the grass is only an inch or two higher than regular cut height it's quite easy. The lawn is still patchy and full of weeds, but at least it's a good height! A step in the right direction.
I'll tell ya, if I saw that driving along, I'd call your company on the spot
Koven Carlson thank you friend
seriously!!!
I saw last week! It really does look like this. 🥴
Pete,
Months ago when I first viewed this video I had no idea that this would be a huge game changer for me. It started me down the road of my lawn obsession. I’ve learned so much through watching yourself, Allett Mowers, Ryan, Connor, Allyn, The Pest and Lawn Ginga, and Brian. My lawn went from being an embarrassment to being the envy of the neighbourhood. In the spring, while digging out thousands of dandelions, one neighbour walked by and rudely said “You got a lot of work ahead of you!” I couldn’t believe how rude he was. Through lots of hard work and learning as I went I’ve transformed a horrible weed garden into a healthy, blindingly bright striped lawn that is now something to be proud of. Lots of room for improvement but I’m always looking forward to the next step.
Wow Duncan, your testimony is very impressive and encouraging. Keep up the good work. Pete is an amazing individual. I also just started seeing these videos and have a terrible lawn. I hope to learn a lot from Pete and have a similar story like yours to share some day.👍👍👍
How do you make lawn stripes like this
@@warthief3401 with a mower that has rollers at the rear rather than wheels. To be as good as this your lawn also needs to be very flat.
Careful man. Reel mowing is an addiction 😁. Send me one of those hats and I’ll put some grass on it Pete
I felt like I was in the county jail looking at those stripes! 🤣🤘
I love anyone that is dedicated to their lawn..especially the type of turf! Just got my brand new John Deere 1550 terrain turf..This mower is unbelievable I tell you what.
holy cow, having a driving range just a few steps away, this would be the coolest thing ever in my life.
Great video Pete. Along with the attachments that were shown in your video, reel mowing is clearly superior to rotary mowing. Allett machines are works of art, and I believe that their price is justified by the results that are produced. Thanks for making and sharing this video.
Dang Pete. Havent checked in on this project since the big sprinkler and I'm more than impressed.
Hey Pete, you are so excited learning something new! Now you know how we feel when we learned from your videos over the years! Boooooooom!👊☕️👑
George Popa yes sir. That’s right !!!
I'm first
Totally agree!
Very impressive Pete! Never thought i'd see the day when you'd be Reel Mowing! This is awesome. Thanks for the content brother. God Bless...
Turf Therapy LOL. That makes 2 of us
I am amazed by that turf, it's a work of art sir, I could only dream of a lawn like that, hats off to you
Dethatching is the best way to prepare your lawn for seeds vs aerating as it opens the lawn and exposes the soil for better seed to soil contact. I've always had great success with dethatching. I see way too many lawn companies aerate and seed lawns with no success as the seeds just sits on thatch and dead grass. A buddy finally followed my advice about dethatching and seeding vs aerating and seeding and has been tickled pink with the outcome. He's now a believer.
Finally someone gets it, everything you just said plus what good is seed falling into a two inch hole. Aerating and seeding is sucks, unless your going over bare dirt a bunch of times to loosen the crap out it. Dethatch, aerate, slice seed is my preferred method or aerate/ sliceseed.
@@michaelperry4398 I agree with the seeds dropping in a 2" aerated hole where it will never see the day of light. The lawn companies suggest aerating because it requires less work than dethatching, but gives poor results. I see it done every year at my neighbors house.
Pete this is my lawn care program for the last 35 years in my business
Pete: Gonna be a hard decision on which reel mower to go with! Have a blast experimenting! Lookin’ unbelievable. Cheers, Hunter
Pete, I verticut my lawn this past fall and the results were unbelievable. I tagged you in a post and you responded. I love the verticutter.
Absolutely gorgeous! I love to see a yard like this. Certainly adds to a home! Thanks for sharing! God Bless you and your family.....🙏👏👍
Ok that's it, I'm shopping for a reel mower!!!
this is the second time ive seen a mower like this on mowing channel. they cuts nice.
I have always been big on the reel mowers. I have not got one yet but is the best cut for the lawn.
new to lawn care, but when he hit that dethatching, I seriously about fell outta my chair watching the thatch fly into that collector! beeeeautiful!
I’m getting my Allett Liberty this Spring! Cannot wait! Blessings Pete!
The update we’ve all been waiting for! Looking fantastic! Been watching since the beginning of the renovation. Next renovation needs to be the driving range for sure. Keep up the good work!
Pete that area has came a long way this year!! That is some nice dark green grass. Stripes are awesome!
i just got a D100 riding lawnmover first ever and i thought it was the best. seen the first machine cutting make me realized theirs other levels of best
I pushed a manual cast iron reel mower from age 10 to age 16. Big lawn too. Even a small pebble or twig would stop that thing cold. Just looking at the one in this video brings back not so fond memories. This year I went self propelled, battery powered. Love it. This may be heresy, but I'm not sure I like stripes.
Looks incredible Pete! I just wanna lay in that Rye grass. God Bless you.
I live in Maryland Heights, Mo just about 25 miles from down town St Louis and it is very hard to grow grass because the summers become very hot and humid. My lawn does good because I mixed GCI and Jonathan green tall fescue grass seed. And wow my lawn pops with the help of Carbon X and humc acid. Even our St louis Cardinals use a straight bluegrass and works for them. I have neighbor that uses a reel mower on his blue grass lawn and wow looks great at 1/2 inch and do not know how he is doing it.
Nutrients and water. It's not "too" hard to grow grass here in STL, just takes a lot of babying though the summer. The golf courses around here look great in our area and they have a mix of grasses. Major difference is between sand base surfaces and native soils, Cardinals vs your home. You must be near Koven, he's definitely one to watch growing bluegrass on native soil. 👍
Seeing those long stripes on that big grass patch makes the lawn look like a vegetable garden, but then again I don't like/dislike stripes.
But that turf looks like it's coming in great!
And thanks for letting us in on your first reel shopping experience.
Great video! Pete I know you are a commercial equipment guy. But the Sunjoe dethacher/ scarifier works similar to that machine. Aside for the reel mowing. I used it doing my GCI turf academy and got fantastic results. The Lawn Ginja did a review on it
Made me feel like I was back at the golf course mowing, it’s much easier than you think tbh.. I mowed golf greens & fairways every morning
OMG, what a difference big guy!!!! I had my own project this fall and I have some patches that are still "light" and haven't filled in completely but dang, your patch here is awesome man!!! Good for you and thanks for the video....I miss not getting the more frequent content but I get it, it's a hard job. Appreciate you and will continue to support/follow. Have a great weekend!
Ok, I’m sold, now when I win the lottery I can buy one! 😂😂 wow, awesome looking! 👍
Whow
"That thing is made of something!" Great vid Pete.
What we HAVE here looks like the American Flag w/o the stars. Puts some curves on the stripes to give that wave look. Figure out the stars later. Feel like saluting my computer. Some creative potential I see there. Love that late 60s sound theme music too. Rock on Big Pete.
I have always wondered why residential commercial lawn mower companies couldn't have a commercial reel mower It absolutely does the best job of cutting
Love perennial rye!! Color and texture is amazing! Reel mowers are legit..as long as you don't catch hard debris
Conner and Ryan are probably drooling over the Allett. If they sold and serviced them in my neck of the woods I would level my lawn and purchase one.
Beautiful machine. Hell, I would wear John Lobb wingtips and a button down behind that machine.
Moose Pass Hippie LOL. Wingtips...great minds think alike. 🤪👈🏻
Love my John Lobb's!! What neck of the woods are you in? Allett has over 70 Dealer locations nationwide!!
I live in Anchorage Alaska.
@@moosepasshippie Damn....Alaska....I wasn't expecting that....!! Well we're trying to grow as quickly as we can, but we're not in Alaska yet....but the Pro units are built like tanks....!!
Those stripes are crazy Pete! Awesome video series on your shop renovation.
WoW Pete that reno looks awesome!! I love seeing each footstep in the new grass as you're mowing. Especially in the Rye Grass. I caught a couple videos on the Allett last weekend and really love the way that thing can thatch. The other cartridge would be awesome for over seeding!!
Pete, thank you so much for your videos and honest reviews! I'm also in NC and having a fellow NC'er show how to properly plant and care for different turf grasses is so helpful. Thanks again!
and that ROTARY did a GOOD JOB too.
nice turf pete. Let it run a while..............
What a Great Video Pete, I am very intrigued with this real mower and its capabilities. looking forward to learning more about this type of mowing!
Excited to see what you do! I’ll be tuned in for more of this!
That blue grass has great colour contrast
Your renovation looks amazing
Jerry Mcknight thank you friend
Pete, I got to tell you that those test plots are just looking amazing! Those stripes are really on point! That Allett mower is quite a beast too. I am really enjoying the content here and looking forward to seeing how this progresses.
Reel mowing is perfect for a homeowner that wants to keep his lawn pristine. Having said that, I've never had a lawn under 10,000 sqf, and there is no way I'm cutting that two-3 times a week. Ain't happening captain! I just don't have the free time.
great bit of kit, it should be for the price, in the UK the mower with no cartridge is £6K and each cartridge is £1.2K plus.
great video Pete
Sounds like he's from NY.Any way he had a good time with his new mower, bless his heart. what - what - what it's pretty quiet ,--what. Dam my ears are ringing.
Looks like a great machine
Awesome video. I did not know Allett made mowers in that size.
Looking beautiful Pete! Those were some nice machines too! Be interesting to see what you decide to go with next year
Thing is, you need both . Rotary to deal with the start of the season and hoovering duties. Then a reel mower. With a reel mower you can overseed and cut the lawn the same day as well.
Beautifully mown you'd pass your mowing test for that work,nothing more enjoyable than mowing lawns with a well set reel mower remember to alternate cutting directions every week or you will get what's called wash boarding then that causex more work
Looks amazing. Very jealous, I think it shows off your hard work in soil condition and grass growing products when you put stripes in like that.
They look really well built (beefier than the Swardman). I love the cartridge system and glad they are powered by Hondas. I'm sure they cost as much as an entry level car though.
Bermuda Boss most times you get what you pay for. Hoping I can afford it.
I was at Sherwin Williams today buying paint. I didn’t see GCI TURF - turf type tall fescue green in the color code choices. 🤔🤣🤣
Gooooooo Pete! 😎👊
George Popa BAH HA HA HA. George. You are so cool man! Always encouraging. I respect you sir. I’m proud to call you friend.
GCI Turf Services thank you! Have a great day👊😎
The rye grass looks the best ....I believe it is the best
O I'm totally with you on all this my pistol grip exmark is thee best machine but this reel mowing has always been an interest thank you for the info what kinda cost you think it would be for all the Lil tips of a reel mower rake airrater sweep brush an cutter worth in a package
Pete, man the front our your shop looks great. I cannot wait to see the way the shop looks next summer when you seed the area with turf Bermuda. Awesome!!!
All bentgrass grown golf course greens are mowed with a reel mower every day !!! When I was a little kid, I would go out with my Dad, be the first ones off Nbr-1 Tee in the morning, and we would eventually catch up with the guys mowing the greens with a reel mower..
The scissor action cut is the absolute best way to cut grass because it cuts it so precisely and evenly.. Kind of like when you get a haircut and the person only uses scissors- it always looks better, right ??
The only thing I didn't know about these reel mowers is that they do not cut even at 2" inches high, unless its other more expensive models??
I don't know how that is going to work in a really hot summer when we all try to cut it higher, so it will shade the blades down below better..
I love that this company has a reel that has more blades so it will cut even finer, but of course, it all costs more $$.. :)
Thanks Pete for all the work you did for this and for what you always do for us every day !!
I run a Toro GreensMaster 1000 on my putting green. Cuts the bentgrass at just over 1/8th of an inch. I love it but it's expensive. The mowers new are $10-$12k. Yearly maintenance and sharpening roughly $500. It's an investment and really a passion. I use mine 6+ times a week on the green.
you may have missed your calling as a golf course super.
the look of the reel mow is amazing. but outside of a golf context it seems like it would be nothing but a giant time sink UNLESS your yard was tiny or turfcare was your hobby and how you chose to spend your free pleasure time.
TRUE THIS
Pete that was stunning next level for sure. Thanks to Connor Ward and his emaculate living green carpet.
Chris Alarcon it’s all his fault. LOL
Thank you Pete. Will be waiting for your review on how well the kbg thrives in NC. I just mixed some kbg with your TTTF so I guess you could say that I'm experimenting too.
It looks great but for the average homeowners a Lawnboy 2 cycle mower does the job quite nicely. ✌️😎
I live in the northeast and reel mowing just isn't practical for my yard. I also like to cut at 3 1/2". What's the next best thing to reel mowing for great stripes?
I had an old power reel mower that a neighbor gave me as a kid grieving up in NJ
Hey Pete...loved this!! You must go back to you dads range in the spring and see how everything else looks compared to what you guys raked/dethatched. Also, can you cut tttf to 3-3/12 height with the reel mower? I'm over in Knoxville....my yard would bake at anything shorter. Keep up the content, God bless buddy!
Ken Zaleski not sure who makes a reel mower that cuts that high???
@@GCITurf I wondered, another thought, the rake cartridge might be good for fall overseed prep.
This might be a stupid question, but is reel mowing only done on flat level ground? Enjoyed your work.
tspruiell70 kinda. It’s hard to do it in a very bumpy lawn. Scalps the grass a lot
Do you get the awesome striped due to the grass being pushed down in different directions with the roller?
Good Lord, all mighty! That is some beautiful looking turf and one sweet machine. You know how some people say, “I’m going to have one of those cars one day?” I’m saying the same thing about one of those Allett mowers. I’m going to have one of those, one day. Those cartridges are similar to the Swardsman, but on steroids!
Nice mower, impractical for some I'm thinking...very few Allett dealers in the US...stripes are pretty flippin' crazy, but it's a reel and they tend to do that. Best have a flat surface to work with too. I don't live on a driving range or a baseball diamond. I have an acre sectioned off from Mordor. I have a feeling that mower would explode into tiny metal pieces after a few mows on this lawn. Beautiful piece of kit though.
There are over 70 Dealer outlets throughout the USA now & growing quickly!! (Take a looked at the Buckingham 30H ride-on unit, its built like a tank!!).
Make sure you take a look on how to sharpen those reels and how to tighten and adjust the reel to get the best cut you can get everytime. I have done it on a great machine.
Hands down, beautiful lawn!!!👍👍👍
Can you do that with a normal lawn mower?
Used to work at a golf course. Imagine taking 5 reels off to sharpen instead of 1. And we had 5 units. 3 reels for tee and greens mowers 5 for fairway mowers. Stripe beautifully though. Great investment
"Oh, you mean that building next to that super striped grass area?"
I like the way that you love your job !!!!!
Hey there, I enjoy your videos. I hope to start my own lawn business. I have a question in regards to the stripe. How do you actually make the stripes appear clear like that? Do you have to adjust the blades as you go from one direction to another? Or you just follow the pattern going back and forth, no adjust.
They are not easy to maintain! I ran Honda’s at the golf course I worked at. And the blades had to be sharpened all the time!! And that spindle blade is no joke!! You’ll slice your finger off if you’re not careful. Also those baskets fill up quick, and that was w bent grass. I can’t imagine mowing anything that would grow longer then that.
WOW! I want one of ALL the gadgets Pete. 😂 I will build a shed myself for them.
Amazing... Grass looks beautiful
Stripes AMAZING... I wonder how it would do.. in uneven turf.. great machine. 👍
WOW! Looks like paint from above. That Fescue though... LOVE IT!
I don't have a lawn and I still want one of those machines!
Hey man what type of fertilisers did you use to make it look like this
These are their sports turf models so that is cool!
I have a small front yard about 500sqft that I want to get a manual push reel just for that consistently clean cut
As good as it looks now imagine how it would look after a month or 2 after the grass was used to being cut reel low. I am thinking it would look like outdoor carpet. I have a Swardman Edwin for about a year and half and I will never go back to rotary cutting. Every time I mow someone almost always stops by and ask me about it. That Allett looks like an indestructible tank.
Mike Miller it’s very well built
Pretty slick machines, Stripes are on point
Where did you order the Allett from?
That machine is a monster. I'm sure it's great for a moderate sized place however for me & my "postage-stamp" sized yard, I like my MANTIS cultivator.
That machine is awesome. Well out of my price range, but man that thing does some work!
Doesn't surprise me that an Englishman is behind all this. They make some of the finest reel mowers in the world. A lot of them roll out of the Ransome and Rapier plant in Ipswich, Suffolk, home of the Suffolk Punch. Great mower.
I follow them on Instagram those mowers cut beautiful!! That lawn rake is crazy...
When are you putting up the fence?
Brian Briggs still researching it