Just purchased a 2014 Pro-Turn 460 & a Pro-Stance 52 both with operator controlled discharge chutes last Thursday
From:
Taplin Yard, Pump & Power
120 Interstate Drive
West Springfield, MA 01089
They are expecting to deliver them on Monday or Tuesday :drinkup:
I really wanted to go with Gravely because they appear to have a great lineup of equipment with some great innovations but I was skeptical to go with Gravely for the main reason that there is not a dealer very close to me, I drove 1.5 hours to Taplin's to meet with Marty (owner) and Andrew (outside sales) along with the Gravely on the road demo guy (can't remember his name
).
These are a great bunch of guys at Taplin's and by the time I left I felt very confident that should any warranty issues arise they assured me they will take care of it as well as getting me a mower so I had no down time!
I live in Cavendish VT which is somewhat rural and there are not allot of dealers of any brand very close other than Ferris whish is about 20 minutes.
I have been using Exmark since 2002 and have had a variety of them over the years but I was never satisfied with them and the nearest Exmark dealer is almost an hour away and never offered a demo mower if mine was down and almost never had parts.
I was mainly persuaded to look at Gravely after the many pages of reviews by GMLC on this site, he is in NH and after reading his posts and seeing his pictures of the cut quality and especially cutting wet grass or for that matter cutting in the rain I had to look into Gravely more. There is almost never a morning that we start mowing and the grass isn't a little wet from overnight dew and the cut of my previous mower was very poor and most lawns needed double and even triple cutting at times to make the lawn look good. My old mower was very loose and had 2300 hrs. but it was time for a change.
I'll try and post some pictures when they deliver them..