Hello I'm Austin Jarrett from Allett Mowers. Thanks so much for watching our YouTube channel we
really do appreciate it. Today we're going to be talking about one of the very latest products that
we have in our Evolution series which is the C34E. This is an interchangeable cartridge machine,
34 inches wide, and we have the cylinder in right now- the eight bladed cylinder but we
have a whole range of cartridges that will go in there not only to deliver a perfect
cut but also to be able to do the other tasks that we need to create amazing sports turf.
The key to this product is of course that we're now switching to battery drive.
We don't see any reason with products like this why we should have noisy engines churning out
fumes we just don't see there's any point of that because this battery and the brushless
electric motors that we're using really are quite extraordinary in what they can deliver
and this is one of four batteries that fits into this machine.
What does that give us? Well of course if you're green and you want to achieve a greener business
then no emissions at point of use is absolutely critical but don't forget pm 2.5- those small
particulates that are generated by petrol engines which we breathe in and we just don't cough out
and they're really not good for our long term health or for anybody else around us.
Low hand arm vibrations- because of the nature of the smoothness of electric and the electric
motors and how well balanced they are we're getting so much less hand arm vibration
and what we're getting from our customers that are using this machine
is they're just saying this machine is just so comfortable and that hand arm vibration
is definitely a major contributor towards that combined with low noise- no engines
means that we can use this machine in areas where noise is really important or at least low noise
so for example if you're working in an education environment close to examination halls the machine
is so quiet that it really does make that big difference. It means I can get on and work with my
mowing without having to be concerned about what else am I disturbing within the organisation.
Of course I've got to charge these batteries up but remember because i'm not having to
store petrol I've got all the other issues around petrol whether it be storage, fire risk
going to fetch the fuel, pilferage even I just don't have that when I'm now using battery as
my main source of power. It's cheaper to run, it costs about 40p to charge up these batteries
these four batteries and I can mow pretty much a football pitch with this and that compares with
sort of two pound fifty to four pound depending on how much you're paying for your fuel so there's
a considerable cost saving and although these battery machines are more expensive to buy you
get that money back over the life of the machine just because of the reduction in the energy costs.
Other things that are important are the pull cord that we all know and love on the reliable
Honda engines that we had but again you need the upper body strength and that just goes.
Finally this battery that we've designed this product around I can pop this battery
into other tools, blowers, hedge cutters, strimmers, long reach saws, all sorts of
things so that I haven't got to justify the cost of these batteries just on the mower
that I've bought I can use it in all the other tools that I've got as well that are just going
to make my life easier and those electric tools are quieter and easier to use than ever before.
With no engine we've got no oil and no fuel we've talked about that but don't forget the maintenance
charges on those and just you know when you think about a product like this the majority of
the issues that you have are to do with fuel and engines not starting or not running correctly so
again that all disappears. So I can charge these four batteries up in about an hour and a half
that will give me a trigger time of probably about an hour and a half mowing depending on how much
grass and the slopes and how soft the ground is but imagine if I have a second set of batteries
then I can get those recharging while i'm then using this and it pretty much gives me
continuous mowing. That's why we decided to go for this interchangeable battery system or at
least one of the main reasons because if we put a battery that was permanently on the machine
we'd have to stop using the machine to plug it in to recharge it this way we can take these
batteries out put other batteries in and carry on mowing. With two sets of batteries I've got a
situation where with my hour and a half worth of trigger time depending on how long the grass is
that's probably two hours plus of mowing time by the time I've emptied the grass box and everything
it really does just give me continuous mowing. Thank-you Austin. So now I'm going to talk to
you about the actual handlebars and the controls of the machine. So as part of the actual design
process for this new model we also worked with our Pioneer Programme working with groundsmen
from various different sectors. We looked at the actual wide wideness of the handlebars obviously
this is a 160 kilos of machine but with only a 12 and a half kilo actual down pressure
it makes the machine actually nicely balanced and very easy to manouevre with the wide handlebars.
We also have injection moulded comfort grips with a recess as well just to allow the bale
bars just to sink in just to give you additional comfort for the actual user.
Also with these handle grips obviously they do reduce the handlebar vibration as well
giving less vibration through to the actual operator themselves. So the main power to the
machine we have a key switch. Each key as well is bespoke to the actual machine itself. We also have
a cylinder speed operation so we have fast and slow and that will vary the clip rates as well
along with your forward speed between 95 and 195 clips per metre so a really good high clip rate
there giving you a very fine finish. Also when you are using all the cartridges in the machine the
verticutter or the turf rake this will help you be more or less aggressive as well on the operation
and also if you're in wet conditions as well you can adjust how that throws it into the box more.
So again to vary your clip rate we have a forward speed as well of one to six
giving you a maximum speed of 4.7 mile an hour.
We have a dead man button just before we actually have the cylinder engagement so we press and hold
the deadman lever, bring in the bale bar that will bring in the cylinder engagement.
As soon as we let go of any of the bail bars the machine will come to a stop. The rear bale bar
will bring that in that will engage the forward drive and we also have a half speed button as well
which gives you benefits of productivity and comfort so when we are coming to the end of a
run we can press that half speed button in just by using our thumb that will slow the
forward speed down by half- once you've made your manoeuvre you're back on you straight press that
button again it will pick up your previous speed settings so it keeps the the operator's hands
on comfortably on the machine without trying to slow down with the forward speed setting.
So on this mower we also have a parking brake which locks the rear roller so for when the
machine is being transported on a trailer or if we're parking it on a slope. We also have
extendable handlebars as well to adjust for comfort of user or different height of operator
and also at the bottom of the mower we also have a pivotable handlebar system.
The interchangeability of this mower really does make it a flexible machine especially
when you start looking at the cylinder options and also the other cultivating options as well.
So we have a six blade and we also have an eight blade so with the six blade you're getting
70 to 140 clips per metre with the eight blade that we've got in the unit now
we're getting 95 to 195 clips per metre. So the cultivating options we also have a verticut unit,
we have a sorrel roller, we have a spring-tine turf rake and we also have a powered brush unit
as well. So really good range there depending on what cultivating options you have.
So one machine will basically do all options so bringing down your reducing your costs
for grounds maintenance and just giving you a lot more flexibility as well for your ground.
So very easy to interchange these cartridge systems we just have the hand wheel on the side
which we unscrew, that cartridge will then slide out along the bars and you can lift it straight
out of the machine so no tools involved in the actual adjustment or removing of that cartridge
unit itself. Also with the interchangeable cartridges it makes it very easy for servicing so
you can literally remove the cartridge itself, send that away to your dealer for servicing.
Alternatively we also have a back-lapping option as well if that's something
that you deal with on-site. So usually with the back-lapping you take the covers off,
adapt a motor or re-route the actual belt system for the drive but with this option
it's very simple. We turn the machine on, we plug the device into the back of the machine in a port
and then very easily we just press a button on the controller and that reverses the cylinder at 300
rpm as soon as we let go of the button it switches there the drive off so very easy and safe as well
for the operator so you can tilt the machine back apply your backlap in place with one hand
and then pressing the button to reverse the drive in the other making it a very simple operation.
The height of cut on this mower is 8 mil to 55 mil so giving you a very good varied height adjustment
especially when you are doing the cultivating options as well. So we've got a 90 mil diameter
front roller and very easily without the need for any tools we literally turn these quick
click adjusters each click on there is 0.2 of a mil adjustment and that raises and lowers your
front roller. So adjust both sides evenly each click on there 0.2 of a mil so very simple just to
make that adjustment. The machine is also nicely balanced so when you are setting the machine
with your height bar you just tilt the machine back and it will stay there in the position so
enough room to get your height bar underneath and make your adjustments to the height of cut.
Thanks Steve. Now let's look at the rear roller this is a really important part of the machine
and we spend a lot of time and effort on this. The rear roller on this machine is exactly 34
inches wide the same as the width of cut. It's a really heavy-duty steel rear roller and what we
do is we coat that in rubber. The reason we coat it in rubber is that it gives really good traction
and that's good traction on grass so you can mow up quite steep slopes but also if you need
to move the machine around on ramps then that again works really well gives good traction
and it's really lovely and quiet when you're moving this machine around on hard surfaces.
Inside that rear roller though is absolutely key to the performance of this product.
The roller of course creates those fantastic outlet stripes which we're so well known for
but that's not enough. This roller is split into three separate pieces and each one of
those pieces is driven via a differential so there's two differential systems built into this-
the centre roller is driven and then this allows us when we turn we keep drive going to all three
sections but they are able to travel at different speeds and why is that important? That's because
of those high traffic areas where you're turning around at the ends it just doesn't scuff the
turf like it would do certainly if it was a one piece or even as some of our competitors
do where they just use a two piece roller. The gears inside there are really heavy duty
to give a long life and the other reason that we have the differential of course is that when
you want to keep a straight line you need all three sections of that roller all pushing in
the same direction but we can still make slight variations as we're going along. So as previously
mentioned this is our interchangeable cartridge system it's very easy just to remove and then to
change a new cartridge into the machine so we start by unscrewing the hand wheel on the side
we then have a kickstand at the rear of the machine just to stop the machine from tipping
back when we take that weight from the front of the machine slide the unit out of engagement
so i'm now going to put the the turf rake into the mower
so we basically got two guard rails and we locate those onto the profile onto the cartridges
we then have a drive coupling which engages onto the actual mower itself
so we need to make sure they're in line slide the unit over
and then we just lock the hand wheel back up
and we just do that hand tight just to secure the cartridge
so the turf rake is our most popular cartridge ideal for cleaning debris up after a game
also ideal for removing thatch as well and there are other videos available which show you how
this cartridge works in more detail thank you so much for watching our video about this new
generation of evolution machines from Allett. If it's really important to you like it is to us
that the environment comes first operator comfort is so important for their long working days
then you need to look more closely at the C34 and all it has to offer with its complete turf range
cartridge system thanks very much and you'll see more details at www.allett.co.uk