Turf Mowers For Sale

About Mowers

Turf care pros know that there’s no one machine that can take care of every job. On the contrary, most golf course grounds crews use a combination of mowers designed specifically for manicuring fairways, greens, roughs, and other surrounding landscape. While they all perform a similar function, they are designed with a variety of distinct, specialized features that make some mowers better-suited for some applications than others. (For new and used lawn mowers for use on acreages, farms, or residential lawns, visit TractorHouse.)

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John Deere 8000 Fairway Reel Mower

Fairway Mowers

Fairway mowers are often among the largest turf maintenance machines on the course because they are responsible for covering the most ground. They are also typically wider than greens and tees mowers, for example, and may feature up to five or seven cutting reels (or gang reels). John Deere sells PrecisionCut and E-Cut Hybrid fairway mowers with cutting widths of up to 130 inches (330 centimeters) to cut more grass in fewer passes. One popular example is the John Deere 8000 fairway mower, which is powered by a 41.6-horsepower (31-kilowatt) Tier 4 Final engine and has a cutting width of 80 in. (203 cm).

Greens & Tees Mowers

Greens and tees mowers come in both riding and walking varieties. Riding models are similar to fairway mowers but are typically more compact because they are responsible for cutting grass in smaller areas and need to be more maneuverable. They must also be very precise to create the smoothest possible playing surface for golfers.

Although there are new technologies that have leveled the playing field to a degree, riding greens and tees mowers are often considered less precise than walk-behind alternatives, but they do have cutting widths of up to 62 in. (157 cm) compared to the 22-in. (56 cm) top end for walking mowers for improved efficiency. However, because cut quality is typically prioritized over speed for greens and tee boxes, walk-behind mowers play an important role on many courses.

Jacobsen sells the popular Eclipse range of greens and tees mowers, which includes Eclipse 322 riders and Eclipse2 walk-behinds with cutting widths of up to 62 and 26 in. (157 and 66 cm), respectively.

Rough Mowers

The two most common styles of rough mowers are rotary and reel, and each has its own strengths when it comes to cutting various types of rough. For example, because rotary mowers don’t offer as consistent of a cut as reel alternatives, they are well-suited for cutting primary rough, which is typically somewhere between two and 2.75 in. (7 cm) in length. Reel mowers, on the other hand, are typically more precise and can cut grass at lower lengths, which is required for the intermediate rough that is located just on the edge of the fairway.

Depending on the model and the machine type, many rough mowers feature contour decks that can handle uneven terrain as well as adjustable height-of-cut systems for achieving the desired grass length. Grounds crews often used rough mowers to cut walkways for golfers and spectators, as well.

One of the most popular rough mower lines is Toro’s Groundsmaster series, which includes riding mowers as well as mowers designed to be pulled behind a utility vehicle or tractor. Toro’s rotary rough mowers have cutting widths of between 90 and 192 in. (229 and 488 cm), putting them in a similar size category as fairway mowers.

Trim, Surrounds & Slope Mowers

A key feature of trim, surrounds, and slope mowers, aka “contour mowers,” are floating decks that tilt to keep the blades in contact with the grass on inclines, around bunkers, and on other varied terrain. Many of these machines have multiple decks or wings that lift up and out of the way when not in use. Jacobsen sells several AR-series contour rotary mowers, including the AR522 with five floating decks. It has a maximum cutting width of 90 in. and a height-of-cut range of between 0.75 and 5.25 in. (1.9 and 13 cm).

Find The Right Mower For You

Regardless of which type you’re in the market for, you’ll find a large selection of new and used mowers for sale on NeedTurfEquipment.com from such popular brands as John Deere, Jacobsen, and Toro.