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08-08-2012, 07:35 PM
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Bought the new Gravely stand on
Bought the 48" gravely stand on today with the fx 691v kawasaki. Cant say much yet since i picked it up at 5pm. Mowed our soccerfield with it, the field didnt really need to be cut yet, I was just anxious. Can say this, it is fast, heavy, and the smoothest operating machine ive been on. It has the perfect amount of sensitivity so that its not to jumpy but doesnt delay to respond. Ill post more after we cut the next couple days. We do mulch everything so its got the kit on it. Anything in particular you guys want to know let me know!
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08-09-2012, 11:29 AM
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I am seriously thinking about getting another stander and am waiting on your reply. I tried out there older floating deck one last year and did not care for it and it cut like crap IMO. The new ones look pretty nice.
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08-09-2012, 11:52 AM
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08-09-2012, 09:34 PM
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haha, ill get some pics up soon. It being brand new though it looks about like the stock photos on the web site, with a little dust from todays mowing. In about a week or so i'll give a full on review plus a comparison with our Grandstand. After mowing 23 yards today this is what me and my guys have thought.
The design is the best we've seen on a stander. It is a little longer than other standers, the front caster wheels stick out further in front of the deck, plus it has anti scalp rollers, so this thing does not scalp at all. Even on really tricky stuff that our Toro would have scalped the crap out of, we couldnt make this thing scalp! So lose a few inches of trailer space, but gain no scalping. The deck lift is great, they have a knob at the top that locks the deck into position so you can change heights and transport, I dont use that at all. The deck is easy to lift with the handle and foot pedal (which can be adjusted to make it even easier) so we just keep the deck unlocked at all times and step on the deck lift foot pedal to hold it up when changing heights. It is heavy! There is no comparison from Toro on the frame, the frame on this thing is thick! I see that as a plus. The down side is that it is a lot heavier so you have to be more careful about turf tearing, no skimming out on making 3 point turns. You also have to watch it going down hill. It wont get away from you going down hill or anything, but if you need to turn you need to go slow and give yourself some room or it will slide. The front end being heavier helps you going up hills. Only took a few hills today so more on that later. Power and cut quality are great. In comparison to the Grandstand the gravely doesnt leave a line of grass clippings when mulching in taller grass like the toro will, maybe because the blades have more overlap. However the Toro has less blow out from under the deck. Chances our when we mulch things on leaf jobs we'll prefer the Toro. It is faster than the Grandstand but that doesnt really help when cutting, it actually just tempts you to travel faster than it can cut, atleast when mulching. Overall its equal with the Toro on power and quality, its the design features that I'm seeing are making the difference. As I said, more to come when weve had it in more types of conditions. FYI, I am in the south, cutting mostly bermuda and zoysia, thick and dry grass right now, and we mulch everything.
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08-09-2012, 09:46 PM
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Keep me updated because we cut mainly Bermuda and St Augustine on the nice lawns and Bermuda,Crab, Dallis, ect...on the crap lawns and the blow out on my Wright with mulch kit or discharge covered is terrible.
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