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REEL MOWERS:
Reel mowers are used where height of cut is needed below one inch.  Most of the professional sports fields you see displayed on TV are mowed with powered reel mowers.  Golf Greens are also mowed with reel mowers.  Powered reel mowers are not generally used by homeowners as most models run into the thousands of dollars. 

Shown below is one of the better made home-use Reel mower models available for online purchase at Country Home Products.

REEL MOWERS Click on picture at left to purchase Reel Mowers from Seedland.com.

The old reel mower with the wooden handles and cast-iron wheels that you may remember using as a kid, has changed for the better.

Easy Use: Push Reel Mowers are incredibly easy to push.  Some even have powered cutting action to make pushing even easier.  Large 8 and 10" wheels make mowing travel easy. Mowing height is usually adjustable from 1/2" to 2-1/2". The loop handle have foam grips for comfort.

Golf courses have powered versions of reel mowers because of their superior cut and speed of travel. We recommend push versions for small lawns of 5,000 square feet or less that you want to keep finely manicured.  Grasses such as Bentgrass, Bermuda and Zoysia look best great when mowed with a reel mower.

Adjustment -- sharpening -- The problem with the old reel mowers -- is greatly simplified with the simple Sharpening kits (recommended every other season).  Unusually this is as easy as turning the reel backwards against a knife bed with a lapping compound applied.  Many of the newer models rarely need sharpening.

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