The high-tip collector is the reason to buy this machine. Clippings go from the deck straight into the hopper, and the hopper lifts and dumps into a truck bed or a trailer without you touching them. On a commercial round where you are collecting from six properties in a day, that removes an entire handling step. Anyone who has raked a tarp will do the math quickly.
Under it is a 22 hp three-cylinder Kubota diesel with hydrostatic drive. Cutting width is 48 in (122 cm), rear discharge, rotary. Machine weight is 955 kg (2,105 lb) and it measures 3,345 mm long by 1,265 mm wide, standing 2,205 mm to the top of the ROPS. In feet that is roughly 11 ft long, 4 ft 2 in wide and 7 ft 3 in tall.
Two things it does not do
It does not mulch. This is a direct collection machine and that is the whole design. If half your properties want clippings left on the lawn, this is the wrong mower and you should be looking at a zero-turn with a mulch kit instead.
It is also two-wheel drive. On a dry commercial lawn that is fine. On a wet bank in March you will feel it, and a heavy collector full of wet grass sitting high up does not help the situation. Work your slopes across, not up.
Who it suits
Grounds crews, municipal contractors, estates, anywhere clippings have to leave site. Diesel and hydrostatic drive means it will take daily hours in a way a gas garden tractor will not.
| Model | Kubota G231HD, direct collection |
|---|---|
| Engine | 3-cylinder diesel, 22 hp |
| Transmission | Hydrostatic |
| Drive | 2WD |
| Cutting width | 48 in (122 cm) |
| Cutter type | Rear discharge, rotary |
| Grass collection | Yes, high tip collector |
| Mulching | No |
| Weight | 955 kg (2,105 lb) |
| Dimensions | 3,345 x 1,265 x 2,205 mm (ROPS) |
| Usage class | Commercial |
| Stock number | ACM-29385 |
Flat $550 freight to the continental US, 30 days from delivery to return it.
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