Two new
trailed Major Swift roller mowers are pushing Cropper Grounds Management to
higher productivity and improved commercial efficiency in Staffordshire,
England.
Cropper
Grounds Management Ltd, based in Stoke-on-Trent, is a full-service grounds
maintenance and management company. The company was founded in 2001 and focuses
on providing a high-quality service to its customer base and today, employs
over 90 staff members.
Managing
Director, Shaun Edwards stated, “Our services include grass cutting, sports
field maintenance, playground management and a whole host more. We take pride
in ensuring our customers are totally satisfied with our services and many of
our existing customers have been with us since the early days.”
With such a
high number of schools and sports facilities within their customer remit, wide
areas of grassland maintenance accounts for a high proportion of their daily
work demands. Since they started their business, Cropper Grounds Management
have gained considerable experience in which machines work best and deliver
best value-for-money.
Added
Shaun, “With us having a lot of acreage to cover in a strict time period,
downtime is something we must avoid. Recently, we took delivery of two new 6m
Major trailed roller mowers, through our local dealer GGM Groundscare. We
chose these because we wanted to minimise maintenance and maximise
productivity. These new mowers are working ten hours a day and their
productivity means we are saving at least an hour a day over previous
equipment.”
The new
Major mowers that Cropper Grounds Management acquired are gear-driven and
therefore don’t have a belt drive, which can often become a maintenance issue.
Folding wings brings down the transport width of just 2.6m, ideal for road work
when travelling from one customer to the next.
Commented
Shaun, “We’ve found that even in the recent wet weather conditions we’ve
experienced, it doesn’t hold us up because the Major Swift just gets on with
its job and leaves a really great finish. I just can’t fault it.”
