garden machinery mower reviews

Special offer - Mountfield SP536 self-propelled petrol mower

This exclusive Special Offer from MowDIRECT represents real value for money and provides you with the opportunity to purchase a reliable and quality large-sized lawn mower from the UK’s leading brand at a truly affordable price.

The Mountfield SP536 has an extra-wide 51cm cutting width enabling you to cover ground quickly and efficiently. It’s suitable for medium-large sized lawns up to around 55 x 55 metres.

The 160cc OHV petrol engine is fuel efficient and quiet running as well as being incredibly easy to start. It offers plenty of power enabling you to tackle a variety of grass types from lawns to areas of rough.

The large-sized 60 litre collector has been designed to really pack in the grass and reduce the number of stops to empty. It comes with a hard-top to stop dust rising in drier conditions and the quality fabric bag aids air flow for superior collection when it’s wet.

Oleo-Mac Sparta 250 S low emission petrol strimmer

It is rare to find such a stylish, good quality, European built brushcutter offering high-end features at this kind of price. This has been made possible because Oleo-Mac, with decades of experience and knowhow, have made a special arrangement with MowDIRECT enabling them to offer you an exclusive deal on this machine, and I think its the best deal you can get in the UK for a product in this class.

A very high–performance machine, the Oleo-Mac 250 S Straight Shaft Petrol Brushcutter is fitted with a contemporary, carefully designed 2-Stroke petrol engine, producing 0.8kw of power with a displacement of 25.4cc, using innovative ‘Burn Right’ technology to create more power with up to 75% few emissions and up to 40% savings on energy, a phenomenal saving on running costs. This engine consistently delivers more torque, even when it is at low revs. Maintenance costs are also reduced by this advanced and efficient engine design.

Mountfield S421PD self-propelled lawn mower with collection

Equipped with a 41cm cutting-width and a 140cc Mountfield RM45 OHV engine, the Mountfield S421-PD Power-Driven Petrol Lawn Mower is ideal for the small to medium-sized lawn (around 30m2). Its robust steel chassis has a powder-coated finish for improved longevity; while its rear-wheel power-drive does away the need to push – especially handy if your lawn has slopes, banks or undulating sections.

Powerful, tough and highly effective, the Mountfield S421-PD represents outstanding value-for-money. The blade-position can be set to any of five positions between 25 and 75mm, allowing you to maximise performance in any given conditions; and an Operator Presence Control enhances the safety of both you and those around you by cutting the engine (and therefore the blade) when you are not at the controls.

Snow clearing kit

The last thing a business can afford is to be shut down by winter snow and ice, or find itself legally liable for a visitor or customer’s slip related injury.

As well as the fact that we all have a duty of care nowadays to clear snow and ice when we can, any good businessman or woman will tell you it always pays to be prepared, whatever the outlay, and the very last thing you need in a sudden cold snap is to find yourself short of supplies, while ice and snow close down your goods yard, freeze up your forecourt or keep valued visitors and essential personnel away from your premises.

This no-nonsense, great-value, emergency Winter Ice Treatment Package is just what you need to give you peace of mind, whatever the weather may bring. Combining two top-quality winter products and delivering a reassuring and efficient ice clearing solution the MD 80P Walk-Behind Spreader supplied with 10 Bags of LNT’s revolutionary Magic Ice Melt is an affordable and effective way to keep the winter weather at bay.

The MD 80P Walk-Behind Spreader has a corrosion and weatherproof polypropylene hopper with a generous capacity of 80lbs, so is ideal for a car park, forecourt or warehouse yard.

WOLF-Garten select SF 56 dual-stage petrol powered snow blower

Winters come and go, and as they do they seem to be getting colder and snowier. Snow may look pretty but it can really make life difficult if it is clogging up your path, blocking your drive and stopping you and the family getting where you need to go.

But shovelling snow and breaking up ice manually is hard, back-breaking work and takes valuable time. An affordable, good quality Snow Blower is a simple, easy and effective solution to this problem and you would have to look hard to find a better example than the WOLF-Garten Select SF 56 Dual-Stage Petrol Powered Snow Blower, the ideal machine for clearing snow and ice medium to large sized properties.

This snow blower is powered by a superb WOLF-Garten 179cc, overhead valve petrol engine, designed specifically for working in cold weather and so ensuring quick starts, reliability even in freezing conditions and cleaner, quieter, more economic performance. This powerful and durable engine drives both the clearing mechanisms and the wheels, so no need for pushing.

The engine is fired-up with a simple and dependable recoil pull-start and features an oversized pull handle so it can be operated while wearing gloves.

The clearing action is powerful and effective. A heavy-duty steel auger, sharply toothed for extra bite when dealing with impacted snow and ice, breaks down the snow, pushing it backwards with an Archimedes screw action to a secondary mechanism, a high-speed impellor, which breaks down the smashed snow even further and then disperses it by means of a snow exit chute, literally throwing it metres away.

Buy a log splitter online

Are you looking for a log splitter for personal or professional use this winter?

If you have access to un-split firewood then now, especially as gas and oil prices continue to climb so high, is the right time to make the most of it: either to sell or to store for your own use.

MowDirect have put together a whole page of machines ranging from quality low-cost machines up to the most rugged professional equipment.

Whatever type of machine you buy you can be assured that in just one season you are likely to get a return on your investment.

See the full range of log splitters here

MD Chip ‘N’ Shred Petrol Chipper Shredder

MD Chip ‘N’ Shred Petrol Chipper Shredder

This has got to be the best offer around at the moment for a low-end professional chipper / shredder - it's £50 cheaper than the next lowest priced machine and some £150 less expensive than the most expensive competitor.

Offering outstanding value for money, this heavy-duty petrol chipper shredder will make fast work of fallen branches, leaves, twigs and other outdoor debris. It’s new and exclusive to MowDIRECT and provides all you need to get the job done at a price that is very affordable.

Mantis Electric Tiller / Cultivator

We are now coming into the silly season where manufactururers are desperate to sell off stock so they don't hold too much through the winter.

Some machinery is being priced extremely low and if you shop around there are some great bargains to be had.

Mantis Electric Tiller/Cultivator (Ex-demo: 30 mins use: Code 7112)

The Mantis Electric Cultivator is powered by a quiet, easy starting motor. Its patented, reversible Serpentine tines can till down to 25cm, chopping easily through tough sod or clay, and are mounted under the engine so you can guide the tiller easily between narrow vegetable rows, around trees and among perennials. This lightweight cultivator is easy to carry and has a working width of 23cm. Weighs 9.5kg.

Discount garden machinery sale

If you are looking for a hefty discount on a lawn mower or scarifier then get yourself over to the MowDIRECT end of season sale page right now.

Look at what's available at the moment:

Lawnflite-Pro 553HWSP-HST Four-Wheel Lawn Mower with Hydrostatic Drive

Reduced from £1,429 to just over £1,000 (including the Vat).

This top of the range model features a hydrostatic drive system which combined with the large sized 9" alloy wheels provides excellent manoeuvrability. The Lawnflite-Pro 553HWSP-HST has a professional 5.5hp Honda engine and full commercial grade features including strengthened handles.

What's the best make of rotovator?

The freezing cold of the winter is almost a distant memory and as the soil starts to warm p. it's time to start thinking about getting vegetables plots cultivated and tidied in preparation.

Getting the right tool for the job is essential whatever task you undertake but it's especially crucial when it comes to soil preparation.

If you've heavy clay soil then you need a heavy duty machine...it's just not worth making false economies as it will leave you frustrated, tired and probably disillusioned.