Floats like a ride-on cylinder mower, cuts cleaner than a rotary

Ransomes Jacobsen, the Ipswich-based manufacturer of high quality turf maintenance equipment, has launched the Ransomes Meteor. This is a new ride-on triple-type mower based on the principle of a flail with the cutting footprint of a cylinder mower. The Meteor maintains the robustness and versatility of a rotary mower while providing a more acceptable finish, especially in wet and heavy grass growth.

Using the renowned Ransomes Magna 250 cutting unit frame, the new cutting heads are capable of coping with longer grass than a cylinder and are particularly suited to reduced cutting cycles. Powered by a turbo-charged version of the Ransomes Parkway 3 tractor unit, the Meteor offers industry leading operator comfort with plenty of engine power, all encapsulated to deliver robust cutting machine.

With an unprecedented 2.15 metre (84.6”) mowing width coupled with an impressive quality of cut, the new Meteor mower is specifically targeted at the municipal and landscape contract markets. The traditional triple configuration allows the units to be raised creating a narrow transport width of approximately 1.4m (56”), ideal for manoeuvring through gateways and along paths. Individual cutting unit lift and lower provides the flexibility to navigate around obstacles such a lamp posts, benches and trees.

The compact Meteor heads follow ground contours more precisely than an out-front rotary and are more resistant to debris damage. Due to the cylindrical rotation of the blades, cut grass is evenly dispersed behind the mower resulting in less clean-up on paths and roads.

The rear rollers leave a presentable striped finish. The robust flails are designed to take knocks and cut through debris without the worry of damaging blades. For added flexibility the Meteor heads can be removed and replaced with standard Magna 250 cylinder units.

The Ransomes Meteor is particularly suited to:

Community Areas where its resistance to debris damage and high productivity makes it more cost effective than traditional out-front rotary mowers;

Parks where individual control of the cutting heads gives it manoeuvrability similar to that of a triplex mower;

Verges where it cuts through debris and semi-brush conditions with ease.

Central Reservations, where it can tackle a large range of cutting heights (25mm up to 300mm), without suffering from debris damage.

Municipal Sports Fields where its ability to cut down to 25mm (1”) enables it to work on areas of regularly maintained turf.