Hydraulic 5/7

A make of tractor mounted, hydraulically driven 5- or 7-unit cylinder mower. The cylinders can have either 4, 6 or 8 blades, with the height of cut ranging from 12mm to 85mm for the 4 or 6 bladed fixed head units; or 8mm to 49mm for the 8-bladed floating head unit. The cutting performance is 5.0 hectares per hour, at a speed of 12 km per hour. It is manufactured by Ransomes Jacobsen Ltd.

  Hydraulic TG

A make of tractor towed and PTO driven cylinder mower, with 2 models. The TG4650 has 7 units and the TG3400 has 5 units. The cylinders can have either 6 or 8 blades, with the height of cut ranging from 13mm to 51mm for the 6 bladed fixed head unit; or 13mm to 35mm for the 8-bladed floating head unit. The cutting performance is either 3.6 hectares per hour for the 5-unit mower and 5.0 hectares per hour for the 7-unit mower; all at a speed of 12 km per hour. It is manufactured by Ransomes Jacobsen Ltd.

  Infinicut

A pedestrian cylinder mower, with 4 different models plus one rotary blade model (SM34). The different models for the cylinder mowers have cuttings widths of 55.9cm (22”); 66cm (26”); 76cm (30”), and 86cm (34”); a previous model did have a cutting width of 53.3cm (21”). They are available as floating head (FL models) or fixed heads (FX models). The cylinders have 7, 11 or 14 blades, and the heights of cut for these are 1.6mm to 35mm; 3.5mm to 35mm, and 8.5mm to 35mm. The models range in weight from 110kg up to 165kg. There are interchangeable cassettes, including a groomer, scarifier, rotary brush, spiker and sarel roller. All the mowers have an electric powered motor with a low sound output of 81.1 decibels (dBA). The rotary model has a cutting width of 86cm, a height of cut ranging from 15mm-50mm, a weight of 175kg, and interchangeable cassettes and a 70-litre grass collection box It can also be used as a vacuum to help clean pitches following a match (football or rugby in particular). There is also a fixing kit available that allows a John Deere 2500 triple mower to have units replaced with three sport turf cassettes, the Infinicut 85, having a cutting width of 216cm cutting width (85”).

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  Junior Motor Triple

A ride on triple mower for use on general amenity areas. It had 3-cylinder mower units, giving an effective mowing width of 73” (1.85m), with a petrol, being said to cut up to 6,000yd² (5,017m²) per hour. It was manufactured by Ransomes Sims & Jefferies.

  Kensington

A make of pedestrian cylinder petrol mower, with 3 models: 14K, 17K, and 20K, being part of the Homeowner Range of mowers.

  LF Range

A make of Light Fairway (LF) ride-on cylinder mowers, with 5 models. The heights of cut range between 9.5mm ¯ 28.5mm, but not over all that range for each model. Cylinder numbers range from 5, 6 or 7, with having 7, 9 or 11-blade reels. The cutting widths range from 2.54m ¯ 3.53m. These are manufactured by Jacobsen.

  Liberty

A make of pedestrian battery powered cylinder mower, with 3 models (30, 35 and 40), being part of the Homeowner Range of mowers.

  Marathon

A ride on motor triple mower, with 4, 5 or 6 bladed cylinders, having a width of 1.87m and with a maximum mowing output of 2 hectares per hour. It was manufactured by Lloyds & Co. in the early 1970s.

  Marquis

A make of pedestrian cylinder mower, having two models, with a cutting width of either 51cm or 61cm. The height of cut ranges from 6mm to 27mm, with the cylinder having either 5 (61cm model) or 6 (51cm model) blades, and the weight is either 82kg or 99kg. The Marquis 51 has a cutting frequency of 85 cuts per linear metre, whilst for the Marquis 61 it is 71 cuts per linear metre. The cutting performance for the 51cm model is 1,110 m² per hour, and 1,660m² per hour for the 61cm model; with the fuel tank size being 2.5 litres. The ground pressure is 0.28 kg/cm² and 0.32 kg/cm²

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  Mastiff

A make of pedestrian cylinder mower, with an attachable rear seat. It has a cutting width of 91cm, with the height of cut ranging from 13mm to 35mm. The cylinder can have either 6 or 9 blades, with a cutting frequency of 65 or 100 cuts per linear metre respectively. The weight of the mower is 350kg. The rear roller is in three pieces. It is manufactured by Ransomes Jacobsen Ltd.