Many of you will have gazed in awe at country gardens with perfectly striped lawns stretching out to flower beds blazing with colour.
So how is it your own lawn does not have those perfectly parallel, precision engineered stripes?
Well first and foremost you need a lawn mower with a rear roller. If you’ve not got one you won’t achieve those stripes.
Rear roller mowers have other advantages, as they can often cut the lawn more closely and can cut right to the edge of lawns so you don’t need to go back again with a strimmer.
And at the same time they will even out lumps and bumps.
If you want to achieve these results, here are ten top rear-roller mowers to make you the envy of your neighbours; and the first is from a British manufacturer.
The Hayter Spirit 41 Petrol Push Rear Roller Lawnmower (Code: 617) is made with smaller lawns, or those with narrow paths, in mind
The cutting width is 41 cm and it has a 125 cc Briggs & Stratton engine which has been designed for a long life. It also starts easily.
It has a full width rear roller and is fitted with front fins to smooth the lawn before trimming. It can cut right down to 13 mm and has a front cutter-bar friction disc to prevent the crank from being damaged if you hit something solid.
It costs £285 £74 less than the recommended price and is delivered free the next working day, like most of our products. There is a three year warranty and a free bottle of engine oil.
The Lawnflite LF43PBR Push Rear-Roller Lawnmower is a similar mower with a cutting width of 43 cm, slightly wider than the previous one, and has a Briggs & Stratton 140 cc engine, again an easy starter.
This one has six cutting heights from 15 mm to 65 mm, a 55 litre grass box and a split rear roller to avoid scalping an uneven lawn.
With this one you receive a free mulch plug so you can deal with the clippings by cutting them very finely and returning them to the lawn.
It costs £299, £100 less than the recommended price and has a two-year warranty.
The Hayter Spirit 41 Petrol Autodrive Rear Roller Lawnmower (Code: 619) is similar to the first one but has the great advantage that it is self propelled.
It cuts down to 13 mm and has a 125 cc Briggs & Stratton engine. The cutting deck is lined to keep the noise down and to minimise corrosion.
It costs £365, over £130 less than the maker’s recommended retail price. It has a three-year warranty and also comes with a free bottle of engine oil… and free delivery of course.
Now a mower from one of our opular garden machinery companies. The Mountfield SP425R Self-Propelled Petrol Rear-Roller Lawnmower is powered by a Honda 160 cc engine which is very economical on fuel and starts with a very light pull on the starter rope.
There are five cutting heights from 20 mm to 70 mm and a 55 litre grass box with an indicator to show when it’s full.
It also has a fitting that lets you attach a hosepipe when you’ve finished mowing to clear the cutting deck of debris.
It costs £429, £30 off the recommended price, has a five year warranty and a free bottle of engine oil.
Another from Lawnflite, the LF48-SPBR Self-propelled Rear-Roller Lawn Mower.
This has a 48 cm cutting width and a 161 cc Briggs & Stratton engine and six cutting heights from 15 mm to 65 mm. The grass box can hold 70 litres.
This one can also handle rougher ground and has a split rear roller for easier turning.
It costs £449, £100 less than the recommended price and has a two-year warranty.
For a slightly larger lawn with banks and awkward corners here’s one of the most popular, stripe-creating, mowers
The Hayter Harrier 41 Autodrive Lawnmower with Variable Speed (Code: 413) has a 190 cc Briggs & Stratton engine and is designed so that you can work at the speed which best suits you and the conditions.
This has the great advantage in that you can speed up on the straight runs and slow down to follow the turns around flower beds.
It will cut down to 13 mm and has a 33 litre grass box and comers with a free gift… a 10 litre Jerry Can worth £24.95.
It is delivered free the next working day with a bottle of engine oil and costs £549, £140 less than the recommended price. It has a five-year warranty.
Here’s is a similar mower – the Hayter Harrier 48 Autodrive Lawnmower with Variable Speed (Code: 490).
This one has a 48 cm cutting width, making it suitable for larger lawns, and a 190 cc engine.
With similar cutting heights from13 mm to 60mm it is a really top quality mower, very solidly built and with an aluminum chassis for a longer life. It also has a 70 litre grass box.
This one costs £719, £190 less than the recommended price, and it too comes with a free Jerry Can worth £24.95, delivered free with a free bottle of engine oil. That’s a lot of free stuff with one purchase.
Now one from a manufacturer in New Zealand which makes top quality machines.
Top machine: Masport Rotarola
The Masport Rotarola RRSP-22 Rear-Roller Self-Propelled Lawn Mower (Special Offer) with an extra-wide 22 in cutting width.
It will cut right down to 100 mm and is powered by a Briggs & Stratton 190 cc engine.
The mower is for excellent grass collection as the exit chute at the back is the full width of the machine and the company’s Quick Cut blade will reduce mowing time by 15 percent.
It also has an extra-large 70 litre grass box.
It costs £89 less than the recommended price at £819 and has a two year warranty and a free 10 litre Jerry Can worth £24.95.
Another mower recommended for large lawns where a neat striped finish is wanted, the Hayter Harrier 56 Autodrive Lawnmower with Variable Speed (Code: 560) has a 56 cm cutting width and a 190 cc Briggs & Stratton engine.
Cutting heights are from 13 mm to 60 mm and it has a 70 litre grass box and the autodrive feature makes it easier to adapt your speed to the contours of the garden and the thickness of the grass.
It costs £919, over £200 less than the recommended price and comes with a free bottle of engine oil and a 10 litre jerry can. It is inspected prior to delivery and has a five year warranty from Hayter.
And finally a machine for the professional gardener or the amateur with lots of grass to cut.
The Lawnflite Pro 553HRS-PROHS Rear-Roller Lawnmower is very solidly built and has a 53 cm cutting width.
It also has two gears so you can set the speed according to the grass you are cutting.
It has a front bumper, alloy deck, reinforced handlebar support and a blade brake clutch so you can stop they blades when crossing gravel paths and the like.
Cutting heights are from 15 mm to 77mm and it has a substantial steel rear roller. Cutting wet grass is easier as there is a fan to drive the clippings through the exit chute in to the 75 litre grass box.
The Honda engine has a shaft drive instead of a belt drive.
It is delivered free, within three to five days of receipt of the order, and carries a two year warranty.
It costs £1059, £90 off the recommended retail price.
These are just ten of the huge selection of rear roller mowers we have on our site. Please ring us on 020 3026 8712 if you would like advice before purchasing.
