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The paint will peel of that allett in 2 years. The cylinders are made from lower grade steel than the atco. Believe me the atco will outlast that allett
@@MowdLtdAnother cool video might be using sand mixed with some peat moss or Black Kow to level your lawn. You’d be using a lawn leveling rake and a broom to get it down to top of soil. That Amick roll aerator makes punching holes in your lawn a breeze. Aerate before putting down seed. Use the compost spreader to cover the seed! This is the part of lawn care I like the best. I just sprayed Hydretain on my lawn yesterday! Good luck and have fun!
You say that this mower takes all of the Allett RC cassettes, but the RC cassette range, as far as I can see, is specifically for the Cambridge mower. Most users of Allett or Atco petrol mowers will have QC cassettes, which won't be suitable for the Cambridge mower without some conversion.
Hi there, sorry I meant you can use the QC cartridge in the Cambridge - they have engineered an adapter to allow this (that is fitted on this particular machine) - I spoke with Allett today and this was their reply: You can put the QC cartridges in the Cambridge you just need the QC2RC conversion kit which is two brackets either side or the cylinder - this bracket has your grassbag hoop on and a guard to cover the open gap in the side guard for safety (and by law)
@@MowdLtd if you could, thar would be great. I’ve got a 14s but I got it at the end of last year and at the moment I am part way through removing some decking and looking to extend the grass a bit. Hopefully not too long to.wait 🤞🤞
My local cricket pitch is 500m2. I'll have a go tomorrow and let you know... Feel like my chances are good tho 😜 Using the scarifier is a different story unless you do one track per week in prep
Quite right they do have a professional series, starting with the Stirling. However my local club is a small one, with a tiny budget, and this mower can comfortably go down to 15mm with the 6 blade cylinder. The warranties will differ tho from sports use to home use, we will have the Stirling too to test, so let's see how that fares!
We got the square cut twice on 1 full charge, that's pretty good going, like I say a small square of about 500m2 and because it's cut regularly, the mower was working very gently!
I try to heavy scarify each spring just after moss and weed treatment, and use a tines rake in my Atco Balmoral every month for a light groom, the grass loves it
Probably a silly question, but how on earth are these supposed to be wall hung for storage? I have the wall bracket, but not a clue how the aerator attaches to it!
Have you tried tenacity. Its a pre emergent week killer. I just sprayed it yesterday on some weeds. Its very powerful though so follow the instructions.
Hey! Do you know what - I haven't used Tenacity yet - I do mean to get round to it. I'll take your recommendation on that one! We are developing a granular pre emergency weed killer, watch this space!
Ha, thanks very much! We do have a nice climate for it to be fair - although I see some of those Kentucky blue grass lawns in the USA - id like to experience that!
Hi Dave, it's absolutely could, being a 7-7-7 mix it has alot of Phosphorus for root development. The pre seed fert we used here was 6-9-6, so a little less N and more Phosphorus
You're rollering the grass. My grandad used to be the caretaker of the cricket club and did this with a hand push roller, it weighed a ton. Nice stripes!
Spot on! You know - I was shooting a video at the cricket club today repairing the football goal mouths and used a light hand roller, I told somebody about the days of heavy hand rolling ! (Before my time mind!) Good knowledge 😉
I use that same aerator here in Tassie, Australia on a 300 sqm yard. Been using it for years and it's the most sold manual aerator in the world! Anyway, you were using it wrong. Place your foot on the TOP angle and press down. Then the core would come out.
I find it works perfectly well and has the added bonus of being really cheap and accessible! Thanks for the advice! I usually do it that way and have the cores come out - obviously not concentrating this time 🤣
Hi Josh, great question, and it depends on your lawn. I would follow these steps to find the right height: • start on -3 and run it for 3/4 metres. • take a look to see if you are removing enough thatch (can you see the soil) • if not lower it further and repeat • if you are going for a good scarify as part of a lawn renovation, you should be able to see lines in the soil. One thing to be weary of electric scarifiers is the tenancy for the motor to bog down if it's working too hard, but you will hear that! If you scarify too lightly, it's really not a problem. Just assess the ground (if it's still spongy, go again but lower!) Hope this helps, I'll do another video on this in a few weeks when I will be doing some lawn renovations!
@@MowdLtdThankyou for the reply! I think it would make a great video actually going through how to do it. - I can make a mess of my lawn with the aerator alone, although it's common sense to you, I have no idea what I'm aiming for, and I know people I've spoken to are often confused as well. "Do you need to scarify or aerate. How deep do you go. What should it look like." Are the sort of Qs I'd love to see answered!
It is definitely at the lower end of the budget but does a job comparable to its cost. I much prefer a hollow tine machine - but some of our customers just need other options! What have you got? Do you have another version of a manual aerator? It does remove decent cores if you get the ground in the right conditions, the cores are testament to that
@@MowdLtd nope there is no other manual way. I use a machine. You can rent or have a local guy come do it. I’m glad you touched up on this. You could get a single core which I think they call a sampler. I think that would work better for cores. These would work if they made them out of stainless steel and had a sharp edge on them. Most of the time these foot ones are not a big enough diameter in the holes or sharp. Most times it doesn’t work is all. Compacted ground is never brought up at all. Also a good test of your soil so you could add the proper amounts of amendments to your yard. Grass will be growing so much you’ll want to take it out. lol
Machines are the best way for sure (more satisfying too - boys and their toys!). I usually rent mine - in fact tis year a few of us on the same street are splitting the cost of it, great way to do it, and the hire company are delivering it too! This is just an option for those who don't have the time/inclination/budget for the hollow tine aerator - I also think there's a place for solid tine aeration too - but that will be another video! But i will admit, this tool was ok in my opinion, it produced lots of cores, albeit not as wide as a machine!
Thank you for showing the results at the end! I watch a lot of these videos and too many of them show you the process but no show of the most satisfying bit!
absolutely! This lawn's had it tough over the ;last 2 months - we had a massive trench dug in the garden for sewerage works, so we are nearly back to former glory here!
