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The ride on mower is traditionally used for lawn mowing and land maintenance, keeping your grass neatly cut and fresh. But there are so many more ways to use this incredible piece of machinery besides basic grass cutting, as the riding mower comes with many surprising additional features that make it perfectly suited for different kinds of outdoor work and property management.
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The fact that you can easily sit atop the mower and transport yourself from A to B also makes it incredibly convenient for a hard day of heavy field work. These mowers also have a host of unique features and customization options that can be selected according to your specific needs. So, if you’re interested in purchasing a ride on mower, and you’d like some extra information on its benefits and uses, then read on to discover the myriad of ways this asset works.
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The Purpose
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There are many different types of riding mowers, and each offers its own specific design characteristics, power sauces, equipment, usage contexts and maintenance requirements. What makes them unique is their ride-on feature where you can easily control the machine with a steering wheel or joystick, and many even offer a cutting deck so that more grass can be cut at once on either side of the machine. Beyond that, you’ll also find basic differences in the transmission, tires and accessories.
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Certain mowers are gasoline-powered, while others function with the help of electricity. Depending on your environmental preferences, you can determine what kind of power you need based on carbon emission and ease of use. While gas is easy but costly to refill, electric operation means that you need access to a consistent supply of power and carve out downtime for charging.
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However, in South Africa and especially at BS Power you will most likely find that gas-powered devices will be easier to source. Once you’ve decided on the type of power source you’d like for your device, you can start to consider the kind of wheels you’d need to suit your terrain, the transmission that you’re best-prepared to use to control speed and direction, and whether you want a manoeuvrable vehicle or a zero-turn option. With all of this in mind, you should also remember that when buying this mower, you can do more with it than grass-cutting.
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Modern Uses
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Despite the versatility and adaptability of riding mowers, few people have been bold enough to think outside of the box for new uses and applications. Traditionally, this machine has been used purely for cutting grass on large agricultural fields. However, this piece of equipment does not only have uses in agricultural contexts or farming scenarios.
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As these power mowers have developed, people have found great uses for them both residential and professionally. Beyond simply mowing the grass on farm fields, these mowers have been used for residential estates and commercial groundskeeping. Whether it be on a luxury home, or the property of a boutique hotel, these ride-on mowers can be easily put to use for landscaping, helping you keep the grass evenly cut and the space well-manicured.
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As far as groundskeeping is concerned, this tool is great for aesthetic maintenance and is commonly seen on the grounds of public parks, golf courses and sports fields because. It allows for easy garden tilling, soil-levelling and other kinds of landscaping features. They are good for these spaces because they can easily navigate and manoeuvre around flower beds, hills, slopes and other obstacles.
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Their range of attachments and accessories equip them for easy work sweeping laws, collecting leaves, transporting soil, mowing patterns or even designing custom shapes. These versatile machines truly have a great creative capacity beyond expectation. These creative uses can also be identified according to the season, with each temperature change calling for new work.
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Seasonal Uses
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In the winter months, you can put them to use transporting firewood or ploughing and blowing snow using your attachments and accessories. Having a larger machine makes it easier to move through heavy snow and clear the pathways that can easily get clogged up. Meanwhile, when the season changes, you will likely need to aerate and turn the soil in preparation for healthy regrowth and new plants.
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Rather than doing your fertisilation, seed spreading, tilling and cultivation by hand, you can use the mower to precisely manage this work. And beyond the practicalities of lawn maintenance and management during the winter or summer, you will also find that more fun and recreation can be had during spring, which is when many get innovative and excited to do anything from racing their mowers to putting them to use for festivals, parades and do-it-yourself landscaping projects.
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Attachments And Add-Ons For Your Creative Pursuits
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To enhance the basic functionality of your machine, you should first determine which priority activities you would like to make possible through added attachments. If, for example, you would like to use your mower for the transportation of heavy items, then you can opt into buying a small tow-behind trailer or cat that will create a safe vehicle for you to move your items.
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Naturally, this trailer would not be massive, as its size depends on the towing capacity and dimensions of your vehicle, but certainly you should be able to move your lawn tools, firewood and perhaps even a small generator and other bulky materials at the very least. This will save you from doing the heavy lifting, while the bagger and grass catcher would help you to collect any mowing debris for easy disposal.
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A bagger will keep you from having too much debris building up on your land. Beyond transportation and mowing, you can also do practical farming work with a mulching kit, lawn aerator or dethatcher. Lawn aerators perforate the soil to allow nutrients to enter the deeper layers of the soil, while a dethatcher removes the thatch.
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Tillers, cultivators, spreaders and sprayers would also assist with distributing new seeds and fertiliser. These attachments can make your ride on mower feel more like a fully-fledged farming tractor. In each case, you’ll notice that your personal capacity for land maintenance and management will be tripled simply because you now have greater mobility and hardware to make your day-to-day life easier.
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Depending on the type of work you’d like to do with your ride on mower, you can buy specific attachments and accessories to aid you in your outputs. While most of the BS Power mowers come with basic attachments to help you collect grass cuttings, you’ll be glad to know that extra accessories are also available for specific models. If you’re looking for some specialised add-ons for your machine, consider speaking to our sales consultants and dedicated staff.
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BS Power professionals will be able to point you in the right direction, offering advice specifically on the compatibility between your equipment and certain add-ons. Naturally, you will have to try and match brands between your accessories and machine, as most brands do not create interoperable tools and attachments.
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And even if your specific desired attachment isn’t available, we can work with our suppliers to find the best possible product or alternative for you. Among our top available brands are Baumax, Honda, Stihl, Husqvarna and Briggs & Straton machinery — keep this in mind when you are shopping for added tools and accessories for your device.
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BS Power offers many different types of mowers each with their own unique potential for customisation. From zero turn lawn mowers to heavy duty mowers with and without decks, commercial front mowers and even mowers with front cabins to protect you from the cold and offcut grass, BS Power stocks a wide range of options so that you can choose the best possible option for your context. What’s more, the current sale means that you earn massive savings that will keep money aside for you to spend elsewhere.
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Perks of Being Resourceful
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The ride on mower is a powerful grass-cutting machine that is powered by either fuel or gas, making it easy to freshen up either your own residential lawn or land. Or perhaps you work in agriculture, property management, hospitality or groundskeeping, and need to find the right device to invest in in order to make your job easier.
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A ride on mower serves both professionals and hobbyists equally, as it allows you to work more efficiently and cover ground faster. No more days spent bending over a handheld grass cutter and feeling a pain in your lower back after an hour or so. No, now you can easily recline into your seat, which is safely attached to the top of your mobile car and oversee the direction and scope of your ride’s grass-cutting capacity.
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Now, with a greater knowledge of the many other ways that you can put your mower to use, you can get even more use out of it. Rather than leaving your ride on mower in the shed in between your grass-cutting days, you can also bring it out to do other types of work across various areas, from fun to transportation — this also means that you will not have to additionally invest in specialised items like trailers or similar.
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The perks of being resourceful like this is that you get to save money, time and effort in more ways than one. Maximising utility and regular usage will also help you to keep your ride on mower’s engine in good working condition. This means that you won’t have to worry about repair or replacement after long periods of inactivity.
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Beyond that, there are also environmental benefits to putting your device to use in multiple ways. Rather than investing in additional machinery and spending money on new devices, you can make better use of one device in order to reduce excessive carbon emissions and the inevitable e-waste that comes from the wear and tear of your maintenance devices over time.
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Less manufacturing, fewer expenses and lowered fuel or electricity needs can ensure that you are working eco-consciously and efficiently. As your needs change over time, your device can adapt with you, offering better economic efficiency in your everyday property maintenance routine. Beyond that, you can also count on having more storage availability, easier organisational management for your hardware and machinery, and time and cost savings from the multi-tasking capability of a single great machine.
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Put Your Ride on Mower to Great Use Today
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By considering the many ways in which you can use your mower, you will be better equipped to search for the right attachments and accessories to enhance its basic functionality. Once you have bought and equipped your device to suit its new applications, you can put it to use for either residential or commercial jobs. With these new options, you can save time by multitasking, getting more done with less.
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So don’t hesitate, visit our website today, and find out how we can help equip you to maximise the uses of your riding mower.
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