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New products at MowDirect

by Sarah - August 13th, 2014.
Filed under: MowDirect, New Products.

New items at MowDirect

Masport Olympic 500 Golf Cylinder Mower

Masport Olympic 500 Golf Cylinder Mower £1249.00
The Olympic 500 Golf offers optimal mowing care and maintenance for the perfect golf green. The 500 Golf has a low-cut bottom blade, turf rake, highly accurate height controls and an all steel front roller. Performance of the 500 Golf is further enhanced with the incorporation of a rear roller scraper and shaver blade. The powerful 205cc Briggs & Stratton 800 Series engine provides extra torque and enhanced features for longer life.

Billy Goat KV650H Estate Series Lawn Vacuum (Honda Engine) (Special Offer)

Billy Goat KV650H Estate Series Lawn Vacuum (Honda Engine) (Special Offer) £979.00
Billy Goat KV models are the best selling wheeled lawn vacuums in the world and have earned an unmatched reputation for performance and durability. They are simple to use, very powerful and easy to maintain. This exceptional and great quality machine offers features like 305mm semi-pneumatic wheels for low rolling resistance, easy-to-use height adjustment to match working conditions, and, like it’s namesake, has a voracious appetite for anything from leaves to bottles or cans, making the KV 650 a popular choice for anyone looking for a seriously efficient clean up machine at a reasonable price. The large-sized hard-bottomed 151-litre bag has a dust cover to protect the operator and features new nautical style fasteners in place of a zip for greater durability. The Billy Goat KV650H is ideal for collecting leaves in both wet and dry conditions and comes equipped with a powerful 6.5hp commercial grade GSV Honda engine for years of reliable performance. The large 68.6cm suction width ensures a fast working rate and the KV650 Estate Series will cover 3300m2 per hour @ 4.8km/h.It comes fully equipped with a newly designed and extremely robust 5-bladed steel impellor with serrated edges for maximum debris reduction. The weight is an easily manageable 51kg and the KV650 is easy to handle and manoeuvre. This excellent machine can be enhanced with a practical on-board hose kit (available separately) for clearing in awkward spaces like under bushes, garden furniture or on steps

DR 42

DR 42\” Lawn Mower Finishing Deck £839.00
Make the most of your DR Field and Brush Mower with the heavy duty DR 42\” Lawn Mower Finishing Deck. Constructed from 12 gauge steel with cast aluminium spindle housings and preheat-treated steel spindle shafts the DR 42\” Lawn Mower Finishing is capable of covering large areas of mixed grass and lawn where it may not be possible to use a garden tractor. In heavy, damp conditions the side-discharge option will be most suitable. However fit the mulch plug during drier periods of weather and transform the DR 42\” Lawn Mower Finishing Deck into an excellent mulching machine; the twin 21\” mulch blades will produce excellent mulched grass clippings which will feed your lawn throughout the summer months. Fitted with pneumatic castor wheels which allow for easy travel in any direction and with mowing heights of between 5cm – 10cm the DR 42\” Lawn Mower Finishing Deck is capable of dealing with all of your grass mowing requirements. Weight 61kg. FREE DELIVERY 2-3 WORKING DAYS! DR ALL-TERRAIN FIELD & BRUSH DECKS HAVE A 2 YEAR MANUFACTURER’S WARRANTY.

Billy Goat LB352 'Little Billy' Lawn Vacuum (Special Offer)

Billy Goat LB352 ‘Little Billy’ Lawn Vacuum (Special Offer) £539.00
Whether you are clearing up piles of unsightly and lawn smothering leaves from your garden in the autumn or cleaning up twigs, clippings and general detritus from your patio the Little Billy has the power, the features and the ease of use to make this necessary task fast, easy and enjoyable. With it’s powerful Briggs & Stratton 500 Series engine, delivering a long working life and reliability, and a very practical 51cm working width, the LB352 is ideal for grounds of up to half an acre and the wheels can be adjusted, an operation carried out very easily with a fingertip controlled lever, to accommodate close mown turf or hard surfaces like stone or concrete. There are eight heights to choose from. It has a clearance rate of around 1263 m3 per hour and the collecting bag has a generous capacity of 105 litres so you need to stop and empty it less. The bag is harness mounted on top and has a very easy to operate attachment at the bottomThe Little Billy LB 352, is at home anywhere in your garden, on the lawn, patio, pool surround, tennis court or driveway, always ready to clear up quickly and efficiently. The unique vacuum design means you can even clean up leaves from gravel drives without picking up the gravel.The free roaming hose (sold separately as a kit) facilitates easy removal of light debris from awkward spots like borders, flowerbeds, under garden furniture or between obstructions. The convenient folding handle means easy transportation and compact storage.The Little Billy Lawn Vacuum is pleasingly lightweight at 27.2 kg and has large front and rear wheels (203mm and 254mm) for smooth and easy running, handling, and steering.

Al-Ko Hurricane 750B Lawn Vacuum / Leaf Sweeper (Briggs Engine)

Al-Ko Hurricane 750B Lawn Vacuum / Leaf Sweeper (Briggs Engine) £529.00
Make light work of the job of large-scale leaf- and debris-clearance with this fantastically well-engineered lawn vacuum from Germany-based manufacturers Al-Ko. It’s fitted with a powerful (4hp), premium-quality Quattro engine from the world’s favourite small-engine manufacturer Briggs & Stratton, so you can be confident of ultra-reliable operation; superior fuel-economy; and smooth, low-vibration performance. As with every B & S power-unit, starting is consistently dependable. The Al-Ko Hurricane 750B Lawn Vacuum / Leaf Sweeper employs high-grade parts throughout, with the vacuum-nozzle; air-turbine; and housing all made from powder-coated steel-plate. It combines a very high-volume 200-litre collector with an expansive 75cm working-width to ensure substantial areas can be covered with speed and efficiency; and it offers four preset working-heights, so you’ll be able to achieve great results no matter what type of surface you’re dealing with. Steps, decking, flowerbeds and other areas that would be difficult to access with the whole unit can be reached by fitting the hose-kit.

Atco Windsor 14S Electric Cylinder Lawn Mower

Atco Windsor 14S Electric Cylinder Lawn Mower £419.00
The Atco Windsor 14S Electric Cylinder Mower offers the same powerful performance and superior build-quality as its petrol-driven cousins, but with the undeniable convenience of mains-power. Ideal for use over small- to medium-sized areas, it has a 35cm cut and comes equipped with a 22.5-metre power-lead. Thanks to its five-bladed hardened-steel cutting-cylinder, which can be set as low as 10mm, the Atco Windsor 14S is capable of achieving an impeccably close-cut formal finish (the cutting-height is adjustable through five-steps using a handy flush-mounted dial). Atco’s impressive Quick Exchange Cassette technology facilitates the fast, tool-free removal of the cylinder for either replacement or sharpening purposes. To maximise the versatility of your purchase, you can also substitute the cutting-cassette for the optional scarifying reel. Power for this classic British mower comes from a highly durable 340w motor, which offers an unbeatable combination of powerful torque and outstanding energy-efficiency. It has an effort-saving power-drive with variable-speed for enhanced control and manoeuvrability; and it’s supplied with a 32-litre grassbox that incorporates a compactor for optimum collection-capacity (the box is made from impact- and corrosion-resistant polypropylene). Other stand-out features include a sprung-tine comb, which lifts the grass prior to cutting to ensure nothing is missed; and a safety-switch, which ensures the mower can’t be accidentally started-up. A folding handlebar works to maximise available space in your shed or garage.

Honda UMK 435 LE 4-Stroke Brush Cutter (Special Offer)

Honda UMK 435 LE 4-Stroke Brush Cutter (Special Offer) £419.00
The Honda UMK435-LE is equipped with a very high-performance 35.8cc engine that develops an impressive 1.6hp at 7000rpm. The engine itself is one of Honda’s new GX35 four-stroke units, which is compact and lightweight and offers superior fuel-efficiency, greater reliability and reduced emissions when compared to two-stroke engines with a similar power-rating. It’s also quieter-running, and you won’t have to mess around preparing an oil/fuel mix. Despite its heavy-duty build-quality and powerful engine, Honda have managed to keep the weight of this model down to just 6.38 kg. Its low-weight design works with a shoulder-harness and an ergonomic ‘D’-loop handle to ensure operator-fatigue is kept to a minimum. Thanks to the inclusion of a nylon-line spool and a robust metal blade, the Honda UMK435-LE can be used for both light-duty trimming applications, like tidying-up after mowing; and more demanding tasks, such as the clearance of overgrown areas of scrub and bramble.

Bosch AXT-25D Quiet Electric Garden Shredder

Bosch AXT-25D Quiet Electric Garden Shredder £349.95
The hugely powerful 2500w electric motor on the German-engineered Bosch AXT-25D allows a weighty 190kg of garden debris to be processed every hour, so it will make short work of tough, large-scale waste disposal tasks. The Bosch AXT-25D Quiet Electric Garden Shredder employs an ultra-efficient drum-type shredding mechanism that cuts and crushes woody material (up to 40mm in diameter), reducing it to fine ‘chips’ with a large surface area that allows for extra-fast composting. Drum-based cutting-systems also have the advantage of being far quieter in operation than impact shredders. This practical and convenient machine comes with a large-capacity 53-litre collector, which not only acts as a receptacle for your valuable mulch, it also serves as a storage box for the shredder itself, thereby saving you lots of space in the garage or shed. For optimum user-safety, the unit will not run if the collector is detached. To help save time, Bosch have equipped the AXT-25D with an auto-feed mechanism, which means you don’t have to oversee the feeding-in of the entire branch. Should a blockage occur, it can be quickly freed using the touch-pad activated ‘pulse reverse’ mode.

McCulloch M46-140RR Self Propelled Rear-Roller Lawn Mower

McCulloch M46-140RR Self Propelled Rear-Roller Lawn Mower £349.00
With over 60-years of power-tool design-expertise under their belts, it’s no surprise Arizona-based manufacturers McCulloch are capable of producing lawnmowers of this quality.The high-specification McCulloch M46-140RR has been fitted with a powerful but quiet and clean-burning 140cc Briggs & Stratton four-stroke OHV engine, which features Dura-Lube Splash Lubrication and an oil-foam air-filter for the best possible component protection; and B & S’s Prime ‘N Pullâ„¢ technology, which ensures the engine will fire-up after just three presses of the primer-bulb.The McCulloch M46-140RR incorporates a rear-mounted roller, which not only delivers that typically British striped finish, but also works to prevent the mower from tipping-sideways into flowerbeds when mowing along borders.It’s equipped with a power-drive, so it excels when it comes to banks and bumpy ground; and it runs on ball-bearing wheels that have the twin advantages of enhancing durability and providing a smoother drive (than cheaper bush-mounted wheels).Thanks to its three-in-one design, whereby you can either collect; rear-discharge; or recycle your cut grass, the McCulloch M46-140RR Self Propelled Rear-Roller Lawn Mower offers the flexibility you’ll need to deal with shifting weather conditions and varying grass-types.A hosepipe fixture makes it much easier to keep the undercarriage free of rotting and potentially corrosive grass-clippings; while a centrally-adjusted six-step height-of-cut means you’ll be able to select your preferred blade-position in quick-time. The grass-catcher on the McCulloch M46-140RR holds a substantial 50-litres; has a hard-top to reduce dust; and is made from breathable fabric to ensure the maximum amount of grass can be packed-in. Also featured is a rugged steel cutter-deck with a powder-coated paint finish for enhanced rust-resistance; and an ergonomic, height-adjustable handlebar that delivers optimum user-comfort, and which can be quickly collapsed for transport or storage.