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- Type of operation
- Describe operation
- Ownership
- Terrain, landscape
- Climate, seasons, weather
- Ambition / vision (future)
- Business challenges / opportunities
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- Grass types
- Irrigation type
- Existing tractors, type, size, age
- Existing mowers
- Groundskeeping staff
- Mowing applications, quantity, frequency
- Desired mowing results, cut height
- Plans for replacement?
- Which mowers are you looking to replace? When?
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- Who are key people interested (Finance, Operator, Service, Assessor)
- Existing dealer relationships
- Group affiliations (turf)
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- Buy new mower
- Finance new mower
- Sell old mower
- Satisfy other stakeholders about value for money
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- How important was the purchase price in your previous mower purchase?
- Do you on-sell your second hand mowers? Is this for tractor pulled as well as ride on? Are you happy with the price you’ve got for them?
- How much has your mower cost you per year, taking into account purchase price, likely sale value and how long its lasted
- Maximise ROCE (return on capital)
- Minimise wage bill to achieve what’s needed
- Minimise other open (e.g. fuel)
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- Do you feel you get good use out of the tractor(s)? Are they sitting idle much?
- How many people/shifts required to do the mowing? Is this a big expense? Is that a problem?
- How much do you spend on tractor fuel per year?
- How much has your mower cost you per year, taking into account purchase price, likely sale value and how long its lasted
- Achieve high utilisation of equipment
- Achieve high utilisation of staff
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- Are you happy with the reliability of your mowers? How much time do they spend out of action and getting repaired?
- What does your maintenance schedule look like? How long are they out of action for?
- How long does maintenance and service typically take? Is that longer than you’d like?
- Does a slow supply of parts mean that your mowers are out of action longer than you’d like?
- If you need advice in order to get your machine(s) back up and running, do you have to wait long?
- How much is it costing you per year in downtime? People unproductive?
- Minimise OpenX on service, maintenance and parts
- Keep within budget
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- Do you worry about unexpected maintenance, service, repair costs for machines out of warranty? How long a warranty would you expect?
- What were your warranty claims on your other mowers? Is that higher than you’d like?
- How much does it cost you per year to maintain your mower? Do you consider that higher than you’d like?
- When you buy spare parts, do you feel you are getting good price?
- Over the course of a lifetime, say 10 years, how much are you spending on maintenance and service per machine? What if you were able to save X%?
- Minimise depreciation of assets
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- How long do you expect to keep your mower(s)? How important is having a long lasting machine?
- What would be the impact of having a mower with a life of X years vs Y years? How much would that save you?
- Keep mowers (and other equipment) running well
- Be efficient, i.e. minimise time spent doing it
- Have the right people, skills and tools to do it
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- Do you have to do a lot of maintenance on your mowers? What do you have to routinely do?
- Do you find you have to tension belts regularly? Is that a pain?
- Do you have to grease a lot? How about the spindles? Is it easy to get to?
- Can you easily get to the places in the mower that need cleaning and maintenance? Do you have to dismantle? Do you need special tools? Is this hard?
- Do you need special tools to maintain your mowers? Have you needed special training? Do your service techs struggle to do some things?
- How long do you spend maintaining and cleaning each mower? How much have you had to spend on special tools? How often do you need to send the mower for service because it’s too tricky to do yourself? What would it mean if you could make things quicker, free up time for other things?
- Get the mowers serviced when needed
- Solve problems when they arise
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- How do you get your mowers serviced? Are you happy with what you get? Are there any issues?
- If you need help or advice with your mower, do you get what you need? Are experts on hand? Do you get quick response?
- If unexpected things happen, do you feel that the mower supplier goes the extra mile?
- Tell me about a time when you’ve been disappointed or frustrated with the service? What did you have to do to resolve it?
- Buy spare parts when needed
- Get the right parts and get them quickly
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- How do you get spare parts?
- Are they easy to find, buy and receive? Do you have issues for example where you haven’t been able to get access to a part?
- How long to wait for parts? What happened whilst waiting? How much do you think that costs you?
- Know how to service different equipment quickly and confidently
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- What kind of ongoing support or follow-up do you get from (competitor)? Do you get what’s needed?
- Do you get to chat with other users to share knowledge? If not, might that be useful?
- When things have gone wrong, how much is service tech error that could have been prevented with better training, information or support? What was the impact of things going wrong?
- Know how to operate the mowers to get the best out of them in all situations
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- When you first got your (competitor) mowers, as an operator did you get the information and training that you needed?
- What kind of ongoing support or follow-up do you get from (competitor)? Do you get what’s needed?
- Do you get to chat with other users to share knowledge? If not, might that be useful?
- When things have gone wrong, how much is user error that could have been prevented with better training, information or support? What was the impact of things going wrong?
- Keep mowing in wet conditions
- Mow when grass is really long
- Mow tricky areas quickly
- Deal with branches and offcuts
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- Is it wet often? Do you cut if it’s raining or wet? How challenging is that? Does it clump, jam, slow down…?
- How do you cope with long grass? Do your current mowers handle it OK? Does it slow things?
- Do you have different grass types and lengths? Do you have to swap mowers? Does that cause a problem?
- Are there many obstacles where you cut – like tree stumps, debris? Is that a problem?
- Do you have lots of different cutting width needs? Do you have to change mowers to cater for this? Is this is a problem?
- When you’re cutting, do you end up with lots of branches and offcuts lying around? Do you have to go back and collect and mulch?
- Do you mow orchards or vineyards? Do you find that difficult with the equipment you have?
- In the wet, are you unable to mow? What is the cost of this? Do you have to put on extra shifts / overtime when it’s dry? How much extra time taken when grass is long, or swapping mowers, or mulching, or avoiding obstacles?
- Maximise mowing area/volume in each shift
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- Do you often find you have to make multiple passes to achieve what you want? Does that slow you down?
- What sort of speed are you able to run forward at? Do you wish you could run faster?
- How much area/volume can 1 person mow in an hour? Do you wish you could achieve more?
- How much time spent doing second passes? What would it mean if you could pass 50-75% faster?
- Mow undulating ground smoothly
- Mow tight areas quickly
- Cross roads, kerbs quickly and without damage
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- Do you have hilly/lumpy contours to mow? How well do your mowers cope? Do you get scalping?
- Do you need to mow and turn in tight spaces? Is that tricky? Does that slow you down? Do you miss sections or have to take multiple passes?
- Do you have to lift your decks whilst using them, e.g. over obstacles? Is that tricky? Can you do from the tractor cab?
- How to you lift and control mower? Do you have to get out of the cab?
- How much extra time to avoid or try to repair scalping? What extra time taken in tight spaces, or lifting decks/controlling mower manually rather than from cab?
- Transport mowers to locations by road
- Ensure they’re safe, secure and undamaged when there
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- Do you need to transport your mowers by road? Does that cause any issues? Do they hold up OK to this?
- Do you have to get over roads and kerbs? Is that hard?
- How long does it take to load/unload for road transport? How often find problems when you get there, means mower out of action?
- Comply with safety standards
- Keep operator/staff safe
- Keep other workers safe
- Keep public safe
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- Have you had any accidents or near misses whilst using your mowers? What happened? Do you have any safety concerns?
- Are there sometimes people nearby (other workers, staff, golfers, walkers etc)? Are there stones or objects? Do you worry about these being thrown and causing injury?
- When people nearby, do you wait or slow for fear of injury by projectiles? How much does this slow things? Have you or anyone nearby ever incurred any injuries, if so what were the consequences?
- Operator staff be comfortable and productive
- Be courteous to people nearby when mowing
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- Add your content…Are you using a ride on? Is there an issue when it’s cold, wet, hot, insects etc? Do operators complain? Do you/they have to wear ear defenders because its noisy?
- Do you have people living, working, playing (e.g. golf) nearby? Do they complain about the noise levels? Do you have to cut at certain times to reduce impact?
- Do you have to change working patterns or shifts to reduce noise at peak times? Does that cost overtime?
- Staff to be happy and productive
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- Are you happy using your existing mowers? Do you feel satisfied with the results?
- Do you feel like your existing mowers are good quality?
- Do you look forward to using your mower? Do you ever look with envy at any others?
- Do you get many sick days?
- Delight or attract customers/members etc
- Specify cut height to satisfy needs of customers, members etc
- Assess quality
- Request re-work if needed
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- Does the cut height ever look uneven? Are you always happy that you get the cut height that you’re looking for? Do your members/customers ever comment?
- To what extent could a better quality finish lead to (more members, more fees, higher turf prices etc. etc). Quantify…
- Delight or attract customers/members etc
- Specify presentation to satisfy needs of customers, members etc
- Assess quality
- Request re-work if needed
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- Do you feel you get a clean cut?
- Do you ever see clippings clumped? What about when it’s wet? Does that bother you?
- Do the clippings hang around and not rot down? Does that bother you?
- Do you aim for a striping? Are you able to achieve that with your existing Rotary mowers?
- After mowing, do you get tractor marks on the turf? Does that worry you or your customers?
- To what extent could a better quality finish lead to (more members, more fees, higher turf prices etc. etc). Quantify…
- Delight or attract customers/members etc
- Specify presentation to satisfy needs of customers, members etc
- Assess quality
- Request re-work if needed
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- Do you get a great finish on all the different grass types that you have?
- Are you worried about the grass being overly compressed by the mowing?
- Do you feel you have to cut shorter than you’d really like because it takes so long? Do you think leaving it longer would make for healthier turf?
- Do you notice scalping in some areas? Is that a concern?
- Overall do you feel like you’ve got healthy turf and root growth?
- To what extent could a better quality finish lead to (more members, more fees, higher turf prices etc. etc). Quantify…
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- Low Cost of ownership
- Low lifetime purchase price
- Great value for money compared to alternatives, e.g. self propelled, cylinder
- Low rate of depreciation / high resale value
- A tractor and snake combo depreciates 45% less than a dedicated self-propelled unit (UK Snake)
- Low overall depreciation
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- Low Cost of ownership
- Low labour and running costs
- High tractor utilisation
- Labour efficient
- Avoids having to do 2 passes
- Greater area covered per hour
- Reduces mowing time by X% (33%?)
- Fuel efficient
- Tractor and Snake combo 25% less HP than self propelled unit, therefore less fuel
- Run with fewer operators, don’t put on extra overtime shifts, get grounds care people doing other things
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- Low Cost of ownership
- Minimum downtime
- Reliable: minimise unscheduled maintenance
- Designed to minimise scheduled maintenance
- Belt driven eliminates gearbox problems
- Fast to service and maintain
- Fast access to parts, overnight where possible
- Fast and responsive access to advice
- Ground care staff always have mowers when they need them, avoids paying for unproductive time or overtime catch up
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- Low Cost of ownership
- Low maintenance and service costs
- Peace of mind from industry leading 3 year warranty
- Lowest warranty claims in the industry – less than 1% (UK Snake)
- Designed to be low cost to service and maintain e.g. UK Snake £245 p.a. versus £400-500 for ride on Genuine Trimax parts that are affordable and available
- Service bills low and predictable
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- Low Cost of ownership
- Long commercial life
- Durable: design and manufacture
- Many achieve 10+ years of high use life, some 30 years+
- Deck steel thickness double other brands
- Operate the mowers 10+ years rather than having the expense and hassle of having to replace after 3-5 years
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- Ease to maintenance and service
- Low maintenance design
- Few moving parts
- Zero (or low) maintenance components
- Auto Belt Tensioner means no belt adjustment
- Low greasing requirements
- Steadfast Sealed Spindles don’t need greasing
- Grease points easy to access, not under deck covers (Snake)
- Easy access for cleaning and maintenance
- Low tech/simple, standard tool set and knowledge required
- Replacement parts, if needed, are easy to fit”
- Mostly set and forget, only do routine maintenance rarely, have really quick turnaround in the workshop, just use existing standard toolset
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- Ease to maintenance and service
- High quality service
- Easy access to knowledgeable people
- Easy access to support resources for service
- Always go the extra mile to help customers (part of Trimax family)
- Get easy online how-to resources, specialist advice on the end of a phone within X hrs
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- Ease to maintenance and service
- Easy access to parts
- High quality spare parts support
- Online parts shop with own account, very quick access to most parts so that you can get back to mowing
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- Ease to maintenance and service
- Customer care for service
- Professional onboarding
- Proactive follow-up suited to your needs
- Part of the Trimax family
- Comprehensive service training and resources so that service techs know the ins and outs of the mowers and can keep them running
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- Intuitive, easy and desirable to use
- Customer care for operators
- Professional onboarding
- Proactive follow-up suited to your needs
- Part of the Trimax family
- Users/operators who get fully trained at the start, get easy access to useful resources and can become part of a user group support community
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- Intuitive, easy and desirable to use
- Product range and design for many settings
- Handles wet grass brilliantly
- Handles long grass brilliantly
- Handles different types of grass
- Deals with obstacles on the ground
- Caters for wide range of widths
- Can mulch branches and offcuts in a single pass
- Handles orchard/vineyard settings
- Mowing operates regardless of weather or conditions, plan/schedule without overtime, can do most things with one mower rather than having to switch
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- Intuitive, easy and desirable to use
- Fast and efficient cutting
- Clean cut in a single pass
- Designed for fast speeds
- Designed to be run at up to 6-7 mph, versus 3-4mph for competitors (US – Tony)
- High spindle speeds means more cuts per forward metre of travel
- Large mowing volume
- Cutting times reduced, operators can finish earlier and get on with other jobs
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- Intuitive, easy and desirable to use
- Highly manoeuvrable for different terrain
- Follows contours
- Articulation (Snake)
- Short blade beams
- Anti-scalping design with full length rollers and short distance between front and back rollers
- Zero turn, continuous cutting whilst sharp turning (Snake)
- Liftable decks whilst still connected to PTO
- Folding deck wings (on some) for narrower sections
- Quicklift
- All controlled from the tractor seat
- Operators able to quickly mow tight or undulating areas without being held up and without scalping damage
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- Intuitive, easy and desirable to use
- Easy to move to where it’s needed
- “Road transportable
- Low centre of gravity
- Transport locks
- Handles curbs and pavements
- Quicklift”
- Quickly load machines onto road transport, use with confidence once there without needing to fix or adjust anything that’s shaken loose
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- Intuitive, easy and desirable to use
- Safe
- Safe for user
- Safe for people nearby
- Guards to protect from stones and objects being thrown
- Comply with CE Safety standards (UK Snake)
- Continue mowing confidently even when people nearby
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- Intuitive, easy and desirable to use
- Quiet and comfortable to use
- Use and control from comfort of own tractor cab
- Protected from the environment
- Quiet for operator (no ear defenders)
- Doesn’t disturb people nearby (e.g. golfers, workers, nearby residents)
- Schedule mowing when it suits you, not worrying about complaints from people nearby or operators
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- Intuitive, easy and desirable to use
- Desirable and motivating for operators to use
- Rewarding because it delivers satisfying results
- Carries a reputation for quality
- Garners self-respect and respect from others – feelgood factor
- Operators happy to work
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- Outstanding cut quality and finish
- Cut height
- Rapidset – Adjustable, reliable and accurate cut height even at low heights
- Specify exactly the height you want and be confident of getting it
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- Outstanding cut quality and finish
- Great presentation
- Rapidset – Adjustable, reliable and accurate cut height even at low heights
- Be proud of the way the finish looks, get compliments from customers/users
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- Outstanding cut quality and finish
- Ensures healthy, undamaged turf
- Handles different types of grass
- No turf compression
- Large diameter rollers
- Because fast and efficient, can be set for longer cut, more often, which gives healthier grass
- Anti-scalping design (esp. golf)
- Promotes root growth (esp. turf)
- Mow more frequently but to a higher setting, total mowing time no greater but better quality and healthy turf
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- Demand for used Trimax retains value.
- Ride On low residual.
- Trimax’s low cost of ownership ensures good resale value.
- Reel mowers demand high cost maintenance particularly after five years. This lowers cylinder values considerably.
- Old Self Propelled cylinder mowers are considered liabilities. Almost given away.
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- Fieldmaster have been building Gear drive mowers for many years. Trimax is new to gear drive so we are on a steep learning curve.
- Fieldmaster have a ‘steady’ reputation so their resell value is likely to be good.
- Trimax have sold many Procuts into this sector over the years. The Procut belt drive in some regions is considered inferior to gear drive.
- The Lazerblade is also consider not strong enough for stoney orchards.
- The addition of the infrequently used Trimax 411-160-750 heavy duty fling tip blade and ABT will pull sales back to Trimax.
- Toro are our main competition in the Municipality sector.
- We do have a lower life cost and less depreciation than self propelled units.
- Our capital consumption is lower, as long as Council have Tractors in fleet.
- Trimax Pegasus holds it’s value compared to Wessex.
- Trimax gives lower depreciation and higher resell value.
- You don’t find many second hand Trimax machines on the market because they are snapped up so quickly but you’ll often see a lot of Wessex machines for sale.
- Trimax Pegasus hold their value compared to Progressive.
- Trimax gives lower depreciation and higher resell value.
- Old Self Propelled cylinder mowers are considered liabilities. Almost given away.
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- Trimax have low maintenance requirements.
- Our mowers have been designed with easy maintence in mind.
- Not all Ride Ons are easy to service.
- Reels demand considerable operator care, regular resetting and maintenance.
- Reels demand lots of down time where as Trimax mowers don’t.
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- No hard facts on this. But perceptions are Trimax design offers longer service between major maintenance.
- Labour costs are a harder one with Union delegates having a say in that area and operators having a vote on gear selection.
- The Trimax is a lighter machine which requires less hp, therefore less fuel is used to operate.
- No hard facts on this. But perceptions are Trimax design offers longer service between major maintenance.
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- Trimax are reliable.
- Rarely breakdown.
- Easy to repair.
- Trimax are robust and reliable.
- Trimax mowers rarely breakdown and are easy to repair.
- Cylinder mowers can be damaged by ground debris, tent pegs, branches and the like.
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- Trimax are reliable.
- Rarely breakdown.
- Easy to repair.
- Mowers are reliable with few mechanical breakdowns.
- Parts support has been reliable.
- Trimax are reliable. Rarely breakdown due to simple design and minimal moving parts. Easy to repair.
- Trimax are reliable.
- Rarely breakdown.
- Easy to repair.
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- Trimax; very few parts required.
- Easy to service.
- Ride On needs specialist service.
- Cylinder needs frequent (monthly?) backlapping and grinding ( annually). Both are costly and cause considerable down time.
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- No hard facts. We have no knowledge of Fieldmaster parts availability. It is assumed their service support is similar to Trimax.
- Part prices are lower and parts consumption is usually less.
- Trimax product is well supported with parts supply and technical support.
- An annual service kit for a Pegasus 493 is £304 and the equivalent for a Wessex is £415.
- The Trimax Pegasus in Turf farm applications has proven to be a reliable and trouble free mower.
- Most farmers are replacing their first Pegasus purchases with repeat orders.
- There are many instances where Pegasus are replacing TDR 22’s. This could be due low servicing cost among many other reasons.
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- Ride On design life 3/5 years. Trimax 10Plus.
- Many Trimax mowers are commercially operating well beyond 10 years.
- Cylinders, particularly self propelled need high servicing after 5 years.
- They depreciate quickly
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- Fieldmaster mowers are solidly built and there are many 20 plus examples still in use.
- Trimax may not have an advantage in this regard.
- Fieldmaster’s parts support is unknown.
- We regularly see 5+ year life cycles. Trimax product can be bumped easily for an extra year if budgets are tight.
- No hard facts but Pegasus appear to be out lasting Wessex mowers.
- No hard facts but Pegasus appear to be out lasting Progressive mowers.
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- Due to a lighter drive system Ride On’s tend to demand more operator care and frequent maintenance.
- Trimax mowers are designed for full time commercial use and will run for years with only routine servicing.
- Cylinders need specialised service equipment and labour.
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- The Fieldmaster mowers are robust and of simple design.
- The Trimax offering is similar so no perceived advantage.
- Maintenance is basic and mainly greasing. Our reliability can work against us with little to no preventative maintenance being carried out.
- Problems are fixed quickly.
- The Wessex design is very similar to the Trimax.
- In terms of maintenance it’s mostly it’s just greasing although we understand that the Trimax grease points are slightly easier to access.
- Progressive mowers are of a simple a and unsophisticated design. Some of their design detail would demand regular maintenance.
- Given Pegasus design detail it is simple and easy to service.
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- Trimax designed with low service requirements.
- No specialists required, Ride On’s can be complex and need Specialist service.
- Cylinders demand specialist labour. Rotary mowers can be usually serviced by owners or operators.
- Rotary mowers can be usually serviced by owners or operators.
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- Trimax is expanding the service capability.
- It is unlikely given the recent change of ownership (twice in the last 8 years ) that Fieldmaster will be able to do same.
- Technical support is available when required.
- This is where we stand out from Wessex, and often get complimented on our friendly and personal service.
- Always focused on getting the customer back up and running as a priority.
- We have a dedicated service team who work alongside our dealer network to satisfy customer requirements.
- Outside of hours customers can also access an online library of self help and “how to” videos.
- It is understood Trimax offers a more friendly customer experience than Progressive.
- The Trimax Reps carry fast moving parts in their trucks and will sell directly to end-users.
- It is understood Progressive do this but have less reps in the field?
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- When Trimax parts are needed our online ordering system and same day dispatch is customer friendly.
- Not all Companies can offer that service.
- When Trimax parts are needed our online ordering system and same day dispatch is customer friendly.
- Not all Companies can offer that service.
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- Fieldmaster does not appear to offer online parts ordering.
- Their parts support performance is currently unknown.
- Well stocked warehouse with current models very well supported. Committed to keeping mowers in service.
- When Trimax parts are needed our online system helps identify parts and offers dealer information for quick ordering and same day dispatch (if ordered before 2pm).
- We hold over +£1million worth of stock at our UK facility to ensure we can react quickly if a customer machine is down.
- It appears Progressive do not have an online Parts system.
- It has been reported that Progressive are not the easiest to work with regards to parts support.
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- Trimax service support readily available.
- Quality manuals and online service videos being developed.
- Many Ride On models available.
- Many Ride On brands have no online support.
- Trimax service support readily available.
- Quality manuals and online service videos being developed.
- Many Ride On models available.
- Many Ride On brands have no online support.
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- Trimax service support readily available.
- Quality manuals and online service Videos being developed.
- The Fieldmaster Website offers no online service support, service videos or the like.
- Technical support and resources available.
- In all markets Trimax has trained parts specialists who take phone orders and give fitment and service advise.
- Trimax also has infield tech support who visit customers, alongside dealers, to resolve issues and assist customers.
- We also have an online library of self help video tutorials which can be accessed 24/7 and a webchat function if preferred.
- After speaking with many Wessex customers their aftersales support is minimal and when problems arise they are often left to deal with it themselves.
- In all markets Trimax has trained parts specialists who take phone orders and give fitment and service advise.
- Trimax also has infield tech support who visit customers to resolve issues and assist customers.
- It appears Progressive do not offer tech support other than that provided via their Dealer network.
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- Trimax prefers to manage the operator during the field install with new customers.
- The operator is trained on the correct fitted to the tractor, safety considerations, height adjustment and basic servicing.
- The efficient use of the tractor and mower combination is covered during the install.
- With some Ride On’s these important matters are only conducted at the Dealership.
- Trimax mowers are designed to withstand tough ground conditions.
- Cylinders can be easily damaged by field debris such as branches, stones and litter.
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- Trimax prefers to directly manage the operator training during the field install with new customers.
- The operator is trained on the correct fitted to the tractor, safety considerations, height adjustment and basic servicing.
- The efficient use of the tractor and mower combination is covered during the install.
- It is currently unknown what Fieldmaster do. Given they rely on Dealers and have one NZ rep it is unlikely they offer the same install detail and service.
- Factory support installations and operator training.
- Close to market to pass on suggested improvements.
- Trimax install all new machines alongside the dealer.
- Operators are trained how to set up, operate and maintain the machine in a safe and efficient manner.
- Unsure what the Wessex process is.
- Trimax prefers to directly manage the operator training during the field install with new customers.
- The operator is trained on the correct fitted to the tractor, safety considerations, height adjustment and basic servicing.
- The efficient use of the tractor and mower combination is covered during the install.
- With some Ride On’s these important matters are only conducted at the Dealership.
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- Trimax mowers are designed for a variety of field and grass conditions that are experienced during the the year.
- Trimax sale people are trained to guide the customer to the most appropriate mower to suit the application and tractor size.
- Trimax mowers are designed for a wide range of condition that are experience during the year.
- Ride On mowers suit dry conditions but have considerable limitations in long and wet grass.
- Trimax mowers are designed for a variety of field and grass conditions that are experienced during the the year.
- Trimax sale people are trained to guide the customer to the most appropriate mower to suit the application and tractor size.
- Trimax mowers are designed for a wide range of condition that are experience during the year.
- Cylinder mowers mow very well in dry conditions but have considerable limitations in long and wet grass.
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- The Horticultural industry have quite specific mowing requirement based on good practice.
- The industry tends to mow with rotary ( gear drive) mowers and mulch pruning’s with Flail mowers.
- Versatility of mowers appears to a lesser consideration.
- Wide range of options to allow products to perform in different situations and environments.
- Trimax mowers are designed for a variety of field and grass conditions that are experienced during the year.
- Trimax sale people are trained to guide the customer to the most appropriate mower to suit the application and tractor size.
- Trimax mowers are designed to mow effectively in wet conditions.
- The Lazerblade and under body clearance gives the Pegasus an advantage compared to the Wessex.
- Trimax mowers are designed for a variety of field and grass conditions that are experienced during the year.
- Trimax sale people are trained to guide the customer to the most appropriate mower to suit the application and tractor size.
- Trimax mowers are designed to mow effectively in wet conditions.
- The Lazerblade and under body clearance gives the Pegasus an advantage compared to the TDR22.
Competitor Comparisons
- There is an impression that Ride On mowers are fast. Speed and efficiency relates to not only the travel speed but also width of cut.
- There are few Ride On’s over 1.8m (72″) width.
- Trimax offers many mowers over 1.8m width and can travel at Ride On speeds.
- Trimax mowers can be more efficient in terms of Acreage per hour.
- Cylinder mowers can be operated at up to 10 km/hr on smooth fields. Their operating speeds are slower on rough and undulating surfaces.
- Trimax mowers tend to handle undulations and rough area’s with ease particularly where double rollers and ABS (anti bounce skids) are used.
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- Trimax and Fieldmaster designs are similar so no likely Trimax performance advantage.
- Operators are more able to keep on top of their work load with less stress.
- Products are easy to operate.
- The Trimax Pegasus can mow a speeds up to 16 km/hour.
- The mower can be equipped with ABS ( anti bounce skids) that enables high speeds without deck bouncing even on relatively uneven grounds. Wessex do not appear to offer this optional feature.
- Trimax also offer the option of the MLS (Multi-Lift System) which increase productivity through the use of 5 different lift functions.
- Rather than having to use additional machinery, the Trimax decks can simply be lifted up to maneuver around obstacles or mow in narrower spaces. No other machine on the market offers this lift functionality.
- The Trimax Pegasus can mow a speeds up to 16 km/hour.
- The mower can be equipped with ABS ( anti bounce skids) that enables high speeds without deck bouncing even on relatively uneven grounds.
- Progressive do not appear to offer this optional feature.
Competitor Comparisons
- Tractors tend to be more stable than standard Ride On’s on hilly terrain.
- Trimax roller mowers “hold on” to hills very well and can also mow around the likes of golf bunkers, river banks and lake edges with ease.
- This reduces hours of strimmer mowing.
- Note, there are some Ride On mowers specifically designed for steep slopes.
- Trimax roller mowers “hold on” to hills very well and can also mow around the likes of golf bunkers, river banks and lake edges with ease.
- This reduces hours of strimmer mowing.
- Trailed and Self propelled cylinder mowers cannot do what a Trimax roller mower does in these applications.
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- Trimax Optimus and Fieldmaster designs are similar so no likely Trimax performance advantage.
- The Procut is shorter and lighter so maneuverability at headlands should be better.
- Trailed mowers can be zero turned.
- Range of mowing widths to meet environment.
- With regards to maneuverability there is little difference between the Pegasus and the Wessex.
- The Pegasus with its shorter overall length gives the Pegasus a significant advantage.
- The rear deck sits between the transport wheels compared to the Wessex with the rear deck sitting behind the transport wheels.
- Also see info above on the MLS system.
- With regards to maneuverability is little difference between the Pegasus and the TDR22.
- The Pegasus with its shorter overall length gives the Pegasus a significant advantage.
- The rear deck sits between the transport wheels compared to the TDR22 with the rear deck sitting behind the transport wheels.
Competitor Comparisons
- Ride on mowers transport well. Given they are self propelled and are relatively small they can be easily transported on small trailers and trucks.
- Trimax 3 point linkage mowers lift high and can be easily driven onto transport trailers and trucks.
- The Procut 237 overall width is just under 2.5 meters so is road legal.
- The Pegasus transport width is also under 2.5 meters and can be towed legally behind tractors from park to park.
- Trimax offers optional “road kits” with lights and brakes.
- Modern tractors will do 40 km/hr (and more) so tend to run with city traffic without difficulty.
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- Trimax and Fieldmaster designs are similar so no likely Trimax performance advantage.
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- The Wessex has the narrowest transport width with independent suspension which is really well received, particularly for contactors moving from site to site. Trimax 2500mm, Wessex 2300mm.
- Wessex also offer road legal light and number plate holder which Trimax do not.
- Trimax Pegasus and Progressive mowers are similar in this regard.
- Trimax Pegasus with its narrow and legal transport width and proven freeway capability has advantage.
Competitor Comparisons
- Some Ride On’s need the safety flap raised to get a good non clumping finish.
- Safety is compromised.
- All Trimax mowers meet thrown object safety standards.
- Self Contained Cylinder mowers have always been considered safe but the fact to operate effectively the reels need to be exposed.
- In reality a person could fall onto a reel mower and be severely injured.
- All Trimax mowers meet all International safety standards.
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- Trimax takes safety seriously. Procut meet all current known safety standards.
- It has been observed that competing mowers to Optimus are at times operated in a manner that could be considered unacceptable.
- Optimus will be designed and tested to comply with all know safety standards.
- Safe for operators and public. Meet European safety tests.
- Trimax takes safety seriously. All Pegasus meet all current known safety standards. It is unknown what testing Wessex do but they are CE approved.
- Trimax also have a rubber discharge flap (which Wessex don’t) which ensures objects are directly safely in a downward direction towards the ground.
- The MLS system is fitted with Drive Protect as standard. This is an electric safety system which complies to ISO:5395-3 clause 4.10.1.
- No other trailed rotary mower complies to this safety standard. It stops the decks from lifting if the blades are still spinning – great when out in public spaces and there are bystanders around.
- Trimax takes safety seriously. All Pegasus meet all current known safety standards.
- It is unknown if the Progressive mowers go through the equivalent safely compliance testing.
- The TDR22 with its open deck design over the roller and no rear deflection flap it is unlikely it would comply with foreign object tests.
Competitor Comparisons
- Trimax mowers are renown for low operating noise.
- Given they are tractor powered there is always tractor noise but modern tractors are well muffled.
- Ride On mowers tend to use smaller high revving engines and some can produce excessive noise.
- Their decks can also produce mower whine that can travel a considerable distance.
- Trimax mowers are renown for low operating noise.
- Given they are tractor powered there is always tractor noise but modern tractors are well muffled.
- Both trailed and self propelled Cylinder mowers tend to be quiet.
- Trailed mowers are towed by tractors so are similar to Trimax noise wise.
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- Trimax Procut are renown for quiet operation.
- Initial trials indicate Optimus will be same.
- We are not currently aware of Fieldmaster noise levels.
- Mowers are quiet and being tractor powered, operators are in a safe and comfortable environment.
- Trimax mowers appear to be the quietest on the market.
- Noise tests are about to be completed in NZ but we believe the Pegasus is up to 6Db quieter than the Wessex.
- The Pegasus generates low noise compared to most other mowers.
- The Progressive TDR series for some reason are noisy.
Competitor Comparisons
- Trimax produce an outstanding grounds finish in all conditions.
- Ride On’s have their limitations in challenging conditions i.e. long wet grass.
- When a reel mower is set correctly the Operator will get satisfaction from the appearance and quality of the cut.
- It takes only a small “incident” for a reel to go out of adjustment.
- A Trimax mower will take punishment and still perform to a high standard.
- Less stress for a Trimax operator as they will know their day will be rewarding.
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- Operators and owners like Trimax Procut because they produce an impressive mowing performance in all conditions.
- The Optimus needs to offer results that gives operators the same satisfaction.
- Tractor is usually more noisy than the Trimax Mower behind it.
- Turf users are not having to put up with loud and “scary” grass cutting machinery.
- Trimax has a strong brand/ reputation in the UK.
- People aspire to use a Trimax because its quick, easy, safe and comfortable to operate.
- The cutting/striping presentation is impressive and it leaves them feeling proud of their days work.
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Competitor Comparisons
- Trimax decks have infinite height adjustment.
- They are built to high accuracy ( 2 mm max variation) across the deck width.
- Even cut and a deep under body ensures great grass dispersal.
- Demos produce a ‘wow’ factor.
- Full width rollers produce striping and eliminates scalping even at low cut heights.
- Ride On’s have segmented height adjustment mostly with 10 mm increments.
- Trimax decks have infinite height adjustment.
- They are built to high accuracy ( 2 mm max variation) across the deck width.
- Even cut and a deep under body ensures great grass dispersal.
- Demos produce a ‘wow’ factor.
- Full width rollers produce striping and eliminates scalping.
- Cylinder mowers have cut height limitation.
- They are very good on short grass and low cut heights but do not have the wide cut height variation that Trimax mowers offer.
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- Cut heights in horticulture are not as important as turf.
- Procut offer infinitely variable cut heights and Optimus has same on the rear roller.
- Fieldmaster and other competitors only offer incremental height adjustment .
- Mowers can be accurately adjusted, can cut low to meet warm season grass requirements for cricket etc.
- They have a factory datum mark so mower decks can be recovered if heights are upset.
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- Progressive have copied the Pegasus height adjustment system. The screw adjustment and side channel clamping system was ‘invented’ by Trimax.
- The prime major difference in cut height dependability is the way Trimax builds the mower decks.
- The Procut and Pegasus decks have the spindle mounting plates welded into the body after the body is built. The spindle plates are held accurately during welding thus ensuring alignment across the mower deck.
- During final assembly Trimax does further spindle shimming t if necessary.
- Trimax attempted to have no more than 2 mm variation across the deck cut height. This is important when warm season grass is below 25mm (1″ ).
- It is very unlikely Progressive use this mythology and offer the same accuracy.
Competitor Comparisons
- Trimax offer a better cut finish and an even spread in almost all weather and grass conditions.
- Operators have pride in the work they do.
- Trimax mowers empowers operators to do a superb job.
- Ride On have their limitations in regards to the above.
- They struggle in wet and long grass.
- Trimax offer a better cut finish and an even spread in almost all weather and grass conditions.
- Operators have pride of the work they do.
- Trimax mowers empowers operators to do a superb job.
- Cylinder mowers do an excellent presentation where the grass is short ( under 60 mm) and a low cut height is required.
- Cylinder mowers perform best on dry grass whereas Trimax mower can cut well in a wide variety of situations.
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- Trimax field testing always focuses on presentation.
- Although not as important in Hort compared to Turf, Trimax tries to ensure presentation exceeds customers expectations.
- Choice of cutting systems to meet grass species and environment.
- High spindle speed gives a clean cut and good distribution of clip compared to other rotary mowers.
- Mowers can pattern sports fields for professional presentation.
- The Trimax Pegasus (and others in the range) still can create a “wow’ reaction.
- Customers and operators alike can be assured of a professional presentation in almost all mowing situations.
- Wessex have copied most features of the Pegasus so its presentation is getting closer.
- Fortunately some key features, such as the deep underbody clearance and the aperture over the roller is still a Trimax ‘secret’.
- The Trimax Pegasus (and other in the range) still can create a “wow’ reaction.
- Customers and operators alike can be assured of a professional presentation in almost all mowing situations.
- Progressive have copied most features of the Pegasus so its presentation is getting closer.
- Fortunately some key features, such as the deep underbody clearance and the relieved aperture over the roller is still a Trimax ‘secret’.
Competitor Comparisons
- Ride On’s cut well in dry and shorter grass conditions but it is very unlikely they would be considered for Golf Fairways.
- The Trimax rotary mowers with the lazerblade offers the best rotary cut of all.
- Reel mowers cut very well when set correctly as their scissor cut system could be considered superior to Rotary cut systems.
- The Trimax rotary mowers with the lazerblade offers the best rotary cut of all.
- Independent Golf course testing between a reel mower and a Trimax Merlin rotary showed no grass damage and a very close cut quality.
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- Trimax attempts to eliminate grass clumping that may effect grass health.
- Improved cutting efficiency give the opportunity to increase mowing frequency there by reducing clip volume and the associated plant health problem in high growth season.
- Clean cut reduces bruising to plant leaf.
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- Pegasus mows well at all heights between 15 and 100 mm.
- Customers can be confident it will offer a superb finish in wet and dry conditions.
- The Progressive roller mowers do not offer the same performance in all conditions.
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