The MAJOR TDR Roller Mower is designed to maintain the rough and semi-rough areas with maximum ease and minimal maintenance.
“We’ve got a very mature, year-round course here,” said Jim McElroy, head green-keeper at The Royal Tara Golf Club in County Meath. “We have long, undulating drives, mostly lined by beautiful trees. And with my team of six green-keepers, we maintain the course to the highest standards.”
Nestled in the Tara Hills near Dublin, Ireland, the 27-hole complex features sand-based greens for year-round playing.“We used to use a ‘ride-on batwing mower’ but that was very slow, not so good at avoiding scalping and was quite expensive to maintain,” commented Jim. “We needed a high performance mower, which was easy to operate and simple to maintain, with low running costs.
The MAJOR Tri-Deck eliminates all the issues Jim and his team had before. The three-deck winged mower unfolds to 6.1m (20’) wide cutting width. The three-point pivot system combined with front and rear rollers allows the machine to glide over surfaces and leave a striped finish without scalping the grass. Its ten rotors have 40 contra-rotating blades that overlap by 75mm to ensure all material is finely chopped and distributed evenly.
The team at Royal Tara can cover up to 16 acres per hour and have reduced their mowing time from what was a full week, down to just three days.
“This is one of the best pieces of equipment that we have at The Royal Tara,” enthused Jim.“When you look at the finish it leaves, with the effects of the front and rear rollers, it’s just like we would get with a cylinder mower - if not better!”
