so today we are at our local rugby club yes south moulton rugby club why south mountain rugby club
because it's the best club in the world i don't know why i'm so biased about that but
it's pretty damn cool why are we here it's because we sponsor the post protectors yes they've got our
name on it so if you ever play here you get to see our post protectors on both ends of the pitch
but that's not the real reason the real reason is is a large area of grass the perfect setting
for a commercial machine so if you run a facility company a large area landscaping company a golf
course have a large estate or any large area of grass at all then you're going to want to see
the new cub cadet xz7152 this is a 60 inch wide cutting deck machine
with a 27 horsepower kohler engine on we're haze machinery this is our youtube
channel please subscribe let's crack on and find out what it's all about
sounds of all commercial machines a very important thing is obviously being able to load them onto
trailers and trucks they all get loaded onto lots of different things through ramps and
tail boards and different things so we're going to show you how easy it is for this one to unload
and load on the set of skids rather than the full width round which is probably the hardest thing
to navigate with a stick steer machine some people really don't like doing it on older machines but
to prove how smooth this drive system is on this machine let's do it on camera so being that it is
the tubular frame hole build on this thing when you're strapping your machine down there's plenty
for it to go over without harming anything so many machines on the market have too much plastic
or bits or pedals levers everything in the way to be able to strap over them the cup cadet
is absolutely fantastic for that because you can just literally strap it anywhere you want
so bang off of that one there we go off with a strap let's get on and reverse her off
so all the details specs of this machine are available to view on our website haze
machinery dot co dot uk you can even buy one on there but if you're looking for a
little bit more detail on this machine in the next few months we're going to be doing a lot
on our facebook and instagram little clips and snippets here there and everywhere so please
click subscribe on this youtube channel like us on facebook and follow us on instagram to see a lot
more so let's find out what's different about this machine compared to the xz5 range so there are two
models in the xz7 range there's the one two two and the one five two this is the one five two
which comes with a 60 inch deck or 152 centimeter and it's also got the kohler engine on the back
the 122 is a 48 inch deck and it comes with the kawasaki engine on it both v-twin engines both
really nice engines so the main difference between the kawasaki and the kohler engine is that the
cola is fuel injected pushing out 27 horsepower it's the same engine that cub cadet using their
z1 steering wheel commercial mower so that's the same as the xz5 larger machine it comes with a
steel fabricated deck so it's a fully welded construction compared to a pressed steel deck
you get on smaller machines so it's a very very strong deck on this machine
even comes with the bumper plates up the side so if you're loading onto a trailer
or going around edges or walls and things like that it protects the deck from getting scratched
so you don't get any fatigue on the deck like rust and you know just what just looks scabby doesn't
it so it's nice to have that little bit extra on the side so due to the type of grass we're
going to be cutting today it is set up in the side discharge mode so the grass has just been
literally shooting out the side it's the quickest way to mow large areas but also available with the
mulch kit so you can mulch with the mower rather than shooting out everywhere you can plow that
back into the ground again there's also an option for a collecting box there's 380 liters that clips
on the side and it blows up through a pipe into boxes on the rear of the machine it's not going to
be the best collector on the market but if you've got different areas of ground on say parkland
or an estate or something like that and you want to pick up some areas and cut others it's a good
option on dryergrass so one of the most noticeable differences on the xz7 range is that it's got full
roll bar protection what they call rops rops so it's got the full roll bar protection and the
seat belt so for commercial aspects whether that's going around cutting immunity land or
park land or golf course or any sort of commercial aspect where other people are using the machine
it's fully insurable with the rops protection the beauty of this is that you can fold it down so
if you have got again park clan there's lots of low-lying trees and you need to better fold the
roll bar down it's very very simple you literally pull the pins out on each side and then you can
that came down a lot easier i thought it was
going to it didn't do that earlier on it's a bit stiffer but we loosened it
oh try that again let's try that again the beauty of the roll bar protection
is that if you have got parkland you've got low-lying trees and you're able to get under
them obviously this can get in the way but very simply you just pull out the pins on either side
and then the bar will just fold down out of the way nice and securely and you can get in under
all of your trees so if you can go underneath it with your head your mirror will fit under as well
another obvious difference is how big the wheels are on this thing you've got 24 by 12 for 12 tires
so the wheels from the xz5 can nearly fit on the inside rims of these so not only does this mower
come with a full high back comfortable seat which is well pretty much like an armchair
but it also comes with front suspension yeah front suspension it's got independent front suspension
on each front dolly wheel so all that bumpy bumpy bumper you get generally with zero turn mowers
is hopefully eliminated with this machine so we're on a rugby pitch not known to be
the smoothest ground in the world so it would be interesting later on to find out how smooth it is
it's adjustable on both sides it's sprung not just on one but on both sides of each dolly wheel
so let's find out what that's like in a minute so rather than just an anti-sculpt wheel on each
corner it's also got one in the center of the machine so it's going to ride any undulating
ground that you have we've got a little bit of a bank over there later on so with a little bit
rougher area to try out on so that we can find out what that's going to be like it also has
led lights a proper good old-fashioned key start easy access fuel tank a nice large cup holder
adjustable lap bars easy access panel to underneath the machine for the fuel tank and the
battery a heavy duty tow hitch is standard so you can use this mower on all year round for whether
it's rolling using a trailer other items like that around the garden property estate or sports field
so it's not uncommon knowledge that the ground care industry has a high turnaround of staff
whether it be seasonal stuff or where staff come and go but it's important to have a simple machine
which is easy to operate and easy to train them on so they can be safe and efficient when working
for you so how easy are these controls let's have a look we've got literally turnkey start nice and
simple everyone understands the key we've got the electric pto engagement and that's just literally
pull that one up once the engine is running and on full revs your manual throttle up through there
it's a fuel injected engine so there's no choke it's just literally turn that key over and then
you've got your height settings so on the floor you've got a pedal and then you've got a knob
here which you can turn around and select your height is in inch increments and they go up to
four point seven five and go down to one so that's 25 mil up to something
i can't remember the highest millimeter now anyway it's on our website haze machinery dot
co uk that's right you can buy these machines from our website don't forget that that's the important
bit anyway that is pretty much all the control so i'll just run through how that height adjustment
bit works again so all you've got is literally a turn dial here and you can select the inch
increment that you want between 1 inch and 4.75 inches so let's say if we want to cut our grass
at three and a half inches nice pretty much good sort of height for a rugby pitch you then press on
your pedal you then unlock your transport position lever which just pops up into place and you can
let your deck down it's as simple as that and if you want to put it back up again you can leave it
in the height you want pop it back up pop your lever in on your transport position and it's
up out of the way again to put that down press the lever in pop that up and let your deck down
it's as simple as that so all the features and benefits on this machine are absolutely brilliant
and i really really like them the most practical one out of them all is a fuel gauge which is
viewable from the seat so it's not back round here on a tank over there somewhere is literally right
there you know at the moment we've got all about a third of a tank of petrol in it and the petrol
tank's right across the bottom of the machine some zero turns have a petrol tank in each corner cub
cadet even produce machines where there's a petrol tank each side to be able to get your weight
balance right when you're on slopes but this one the fuel tank is runs right across the bottom of
the seat so it's nice and central and again it's really easy to get to to be able to fill
up but i love the fact that there's a fuel gauge visible from the driver's seat so as the seat is
so comfortable i've been waffling on for a while let's get on start her up and take her for a drive
so to start make sure your handles are pushed out little bit of rev turn the key up she runs
set your deck height we're going to do three and a half inches to start with
and see what it looks like we might go a little bit lower unlock your transport position
let your deck down full revs engage your blades
right so we've done a little bit of mowing already we're going to move on to the main
pitch in a moment but first of all we've got a bit of a bang here which is about 25 degrees
cub cadet are very well known for their steering wheel zero turns
and they are fantastic on slopes generally stick steers or lap bars whatever you want to call it
are generally not well known for being easy to control on slopes being that these transmissions
are so smooth it's going to be quite interesting to see what they're like on slopes let's try that
so right now we've done the slopes another bit of a play let's move
on to the main pitch and we're going to cut that at 3.75 inches
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right so there's about two acres of mowing in 40 minutes with us farting about with cameras
and gopros and things for a minute so probably a little bit less so that's three acres an hour of
cutting which is pretty good that's pretty quick cutting you know some bits where i went faster
some bits i went slower i was playing about the machine a little bit i think i need to work on
my straight lines come the end it wasn't too bad luckily on a rugby pitch you've got lines every
now and again to help you without that of my aid but also fuel wise before we started i had
a third of a tank and now it's got just under a quarter that's pretty good for a 27 horsepower
fuel injected engine so i'm quite impressed with the fuel consumption it'd be nice to fill it
right up and do a full test see how many hours it takes to take the whole one down but i think
we're going to need a lot more grass in this to be able to do that but i'm very impressed with
this cup cadet it's got a three-year commercial warranty or 500 hour commercial warranty depending
on which one comes first so if you're using it commercially and you're doing 500 hours a year
then it's only one year commercial warranty but yeah up to three years or 500 hours which i think
is pretty generous for a commercial machine it's got the build quality behind it to back it up it's
a pleasure to drive it's really really comfortable the front suspension makes a difference especially
on this rugby pitch where they've got mole hills it's not exactly been rolled or it's not like a
proper premiere pitch it's just a local town pitch and it is quite rough for it to be able
to cope with what we've done today and for me to feel not fatigued at all out of 40 minutes of use
it's not that loud i haven't had any ear protection on quite comfortable very very
happy if you want to view a little bit more on these machines please check out our website haze
machinery dot co dot uk we've got them on there for sale cub cadet got some information as well
we are haze machinery this is our youtube channel thank you for watching we'll see you in the next
one right so now we're done let's get loaded back on the trailer again show you how easy that is
there we are and it's on let's get it strapped on and get home