Maybe we can’t play football as well as the rest of the world but our lawnmowers are the best in the universe.
And leading the charge is Hayter, a company with a proud British heritage manufacturing in this country and producing a wide range of mowers which give a terrific finish and, is serviced regularly, will keep going for years.
This company manufactures both electrically and petrol powered ones, suitable for small city gardens and the rolling lawns with beautiful parallel stripes which typify British country houses.
The company dates back to 1946 when Douglas Hayter decided to build a lawnmower after seeing a horse-drawn rotary grass cutter.
With a two-stroke engine, odd bits and pieces he found in his workshop and a dustbin lid over the rotor, he built his first mower.
A neighbour took a liking to it and asked Douglas to build one for him and so the company was founded.
You won’t find dustbin lids on Hayter lawnmowers these days, just superb machines with one to suit every lawn.
The simplest is the Hayter Envoy Electric Rear-Roller Lawn Mower (Code: 100), currently on special offer and suitable for lawns up to half the size of a tennis court.
With a 14 in cutting width and 1400 Watt electric motor this mower is simplicity itself to use and has a split rear roller to give that important striped finish.
Cutting heights are right down to 13 mm and as high as 60 mm and the grass box holds 38 litres.
And like many other Hayter mowers it has front fins to smooth the lawn before trimming which gives a better end result.
It costs £169, £30 off the maker’s recommended retail price and has a two year warranty. We deliver it free the next working day.
And here’s a machine made with large lawns in mind, the Hayter Harrier 56 Autodrive B.B.C. Lawnmower with Variable Speed (Code: 563).
This one has a 56 cm cut, is powered by a 190 cc Briggs & Stratton engine and is fitted with a blade brake clutch to disengage the blades when crossing roadways and paths.
It is a really solid mower with a cast aluminium deck, polymer lined to prolong its life, make it easier to clean and reduce noise.
The full width rear roller is ribbed and means you can turn it without scalping the lawn. You can also mow right up to the lawn’s edge.
It cuts right down to 13 mm and has a grass box which holds 70 litres.
It costs £1049 – the recommended price is £1249 – and has a five year warranty from Hayter.
It is delivered free the next working day along with a free bottle of oil and at the3 moment you also receive a 10-litre jerry can worth £24.95.
You can see the full selection of mowers from Hayter on these pages.
