Greenfingers,
based in Midlothian, Scotland, have renewed their fleet of Etesia groundcare
equipment by purchasing 14 Pro 46 PHCS pedestrian mowers and a Buffalo 100 BPHP
ride-on mower.
Established
in 1991, Greenfingers offers professional garden and grounds maintenance and
commercial soft landscaping throughout the Lothians, Borders and Fife.
The
contractor has been relying on a wide range of Etesia equipment for a number of
years, and proprietor Jason McCran revealed how it all started.
“I had
initially heard of Etesia through press articles in trade magazines - there
were always good reviews and people seemed to rate them highly. That was a long
time ago now and we’ve been buying the machines for as long as I can remember
and every member of the team feels confident using them.”
As part of
his fleet renewal, Jason purchased 14 Etesia Pro 46 PHCS pedestrian mowers and
a Buffalo 100 BPHP ride-on mower.
Jason’s
team use the Buffalo BPHP for the larger green space areas that the company
maintains. Featuring a 100cm cutting deck and a 20.5HP diesel Perkins engine,
up to 12,000sq.m. of grass can be cut and collected per hour. The efficiency of
the unique cutting system allows professionals to work faster and operators see
increased productivity as the Buffalo 100 excels when used on wet grass or in
the rain. This machine is also fitted with a built-in grass collector with a
capacity of 600 litres, and the hydraulic emptying system is controlled from
the driver’s seat.
The Etesia
Pro 46 PHCS offers extreme versatility with the ability to cut, collect and
mulch without the need for an accessory. Built upon the DUOCUT concept of
combining 100% collection and 100% mulching decks together, the Pro 46 PHCS
delivers high performance without compromising the results of either of the
functions. By crushing the grass finely, even if it is long and wet, it excels
in its collection abilities. Fitted with a powerful 5HP Honda engine, the PHCS
offers low vibrations with 'soft grip' handle bars which can fold for easy
transportation.
“We
predominately use the pedestrian mowers on small grass areas on grounds where
we work with property managers, or around sheltered complexes for housing
associations,” says Jason. “We find that by using the PHCS, we can govern the
speed better because you can cut with it as quick as the operator can move.
“The
majority of our work is cut and collect and the Etesia mowers do this in wet
weather better than any other mower that we’ve tried. This is what particularly
drew us to them because in Scotland we are prone to rain throughout the summer
months. We’ve never had any issues with Etesia equipment; they do the job to an
extremely high standard and we have no reason at all to change.”
