Hi I'm Steve Copnall from Allett Mowers and today I'm going to be talking to you about the Allett
C34 interchangeable cartridge mower. This is our largest interchangeable cartridge system that we
have which is 34 inch and the beauty of this is in fact the interchangeability itself so various
cartridges depending on what cultivation act you are carrying out and really popular
within professional sports industries, colleges, universities and professional contractors down to
large lawn domestic customers as well. Groundsmen are really focusing on their time and cost at the
moment and this machine really helps in those areas. So the C34 is really cost effective it's
one machine that has a multitude of cartridges available to do various cultivation options
that really helps bring down your cost as well and also space saving within the grounds area. So the
C34 is a 34 inch width machine and it's 164 kilos so it's a very strong robust build and with the
rear roller and the quality of cut it gives you the fine Allett stripes that you would expect.
So let's start at the front so we've got the Allett large grass box- it's plastic moulded.
We've got two easy handles there for lifting the grass box so you can get a lot of weight in there
especially with the the wet grass and so it's ideal. You want to be emptying that regularly
when cutting wet material the reason it's so bulky is because when you are using the scarifier or the
turf rake you can get a lot of light material in there really bulky light material so you don't
have to be emptying as regularly when you are doing scarification work. So the front roller
on the Allett C34 is a large diameter plain steel roller. We have the moveable scraper bar as well
behind that and we also have the optional grooved roller as well. So the benefits of the grooved
roller is you're not rolling the grass prior to cutting so you're getting more of a linear cut
and that way you can be taking more grass off as well. So the cylinder options we have for the
C34 we have a six blade which is 96 clips per meter so more of a general purpose cut
and then we have the eight blade as well which is more popular with the stadiums and the finer
lawns so that'll give you a more finer cut at 128 clips per metre. So the cylinder itself is
fixed between two bearings and then we can raise and lower the bottom blade to get our scissor cut
finish and when I say scissor cut we want to be able to cut paper with that. So you are after a
scissor cut action very light contact but giving you that fine scissor cut finish. We also have
the deflector fins on here so it gives you a nice even fill into the grass box. So the height of cut
of this machine is eight millimetres up to 55 millimetres that gives you a good broad range
of height cut depending on what area and sector you're involved in. So to match the actual build
quality of the machine the rear roller is a steel construction with a vulcanised rubber coating. So
that rubber coating really helps with moving along various different areas such as concrete, gravel
and going up ramps as well so it's ideal for those contractors as well for loading in and out of
trailers. You've also got the benefits of the stronger stripe with the rubber coating
and it's a three differential part roller as well so it makes it a lot easier to turn the machine
even though it's 164 kilos that differential really helps when turning the machine.
Rounded corners as well the edges so really help prevent digging into the turf so you
get less marking from that as well so there's a lot of benefits from the rear roller on the C34.
So the Allett C34 uses a Honda GX200 that's a six and a half horsepower engine. Our customers
really love the Honda's being used on our professional sports range mowers because
they are very reliable and they're easy to service and parts are readily available.
It has a three litre fuel tank which is unleaded petrol and also with this machine it's a fixed
clip rate as well so even if the engine is on full revs and maximum revs or on tick over you're
still getting the exact same clip rate from the cylinder or the cultivation cartridges as well.
So with the engine we've got the fuel on and off and we've also got the choke
and we also have an on and off switch for the engine to kill that and also on the handlebars
itself there is an on and off switch as well so if anything does get caught in the cylinder or you
need to switch it off for emergency you can easily access that from the handlebar position. The
handlebars on the Allett C34 have been redesigned over the past couple of years with feedback from
groundsman. So we've got the wide handlebars; so basically giving you a more comfortable
handle position and also easier to manoeuvre the machine with it being such a wide mower.
We've got floating handlebars as well so it's a floating handlebar system to reduce the vibration
coming from the engine through to the operator so it gives you a more comfortable operating
position. We have a two-stage control system for the operation of the cylinder
so we bring in the front bale bar that's the operator's safety presence
and then we bring the over centre lever in to engage the the cartridge system.
If we let go of the operator presence while the lever is engaged that will kill the engine
just for safety so you can't go down to the front of the the mower while the cylinder
is operating. So disengage the lever first and then you can let go of the operator presence.
The rear bale bar that brings in your forward drive it's what we call a feather drive system
so as you bring that in slowly the drive will begin to take up so you can have gradual control
over the machine and that really helps when you are turning as well so you can just
bring in a little bit of power and that will help you turn the machine a lot easier.
We also have a parking brake so if you are parking the machine on a slope or gradient or if you are
transporting the machine as well that will lock the rear roller from from moving.
Throttle for the engine is from a lever on the side and that's where we can change the
revs of our engine. So as we say the biggest feature on the C34 is the interchangeability
so you can easily take the cartridge out and you can replace that with a range of
other cartridges. So we've got a six blade, an eight blade cylinder,
a verticut unit, a turf rake, a powered brush, scarifier, sorrel roller and we have videos of
these which show them in more detail as well which we will link to this video.
You can also just remove the cartridge if you were taking it for servicing so you haven't got to take
the whole machine so if you just want to service your cylinder and bottom blade you can take that
away and then you've still got your mower to do your other cultivations as well so that's another
added benefit. So very simply to remove the cartridge without the need for any tools we've got
a hand wheel on one side which we just unscrew. We have a kickstand at the back so we lower that just
as we're taking all the weight from the front of the mower it stops the machine from tilting back.
We slide the unit out of drive engagement and then we can easily lift that out from the mower.
We can then bring in our next cartridge,
locate the drive and then we just lock the hand wheel back up.
So no tools required in less than a minute we've been able to interchange the cartridge
for another verticut unit so we are now ready to do verticutting.
So thank-you for watching this video and hopefully it's giving you a good insight into the C34 and
the benefits that can offer you. So if you're looking for cost effectiveness and time saving
then please really look into the Allett C34. The interchangeability on this machine is
really second to none and there's been a lot of design gone into this mower for comfort of use
and also the interchangeability and to make that a lot easier and time saving for the operator.
So please see our website which is
www.allet.co.uk and we have a range of other videos on our youtube channel as well
and our social media platforms.