Bradley 32" Commercial walk behind mower

32" Commercial walk behind mower
Aug 18, 2008 11:24 pm

wittapp
Joined: Aug 18, 2008

This mower is also sold under the "RedHawk" brand name. I purchased the mower for light commercial use. For the money, it is a great little machine. And the size is perfect for getting trough gates. I have never mowed with the thing above second gear. If you have a sulkey, you can realy fly in the upper gears.

Date Purchased: April 2008
Price Paid: $1389
Recommend: Yes

Pros:

Low cost, fairly easy to maintain. Lots of grease points which is a real plus. Manuverability is very good on this mower

Cons:

Starts hard when cold. I definately wish I would have gotten the electric start. Accessories are a bit pricey, but, not that bad when compared to other commercial equipment

Commercial mower that doesn't break the bank!
May 30, 2005 12:24 am

cleanmaxx_brian
Joined: Mar 12, 2005

I wanted a mower that would cut some serious time off my lawn cutting chore compared to my old 21" Scotts. So I started to look at all that was available...I found Troy Builts 33", Snapper 26" (both basically big home owner stuff) along with some very expensive commercial stuff like the Scags, Xmarks, Toro's etc.(Nice but $$$!!!) Enter the Bradley (also goes by the name of Red Hawk and Bridges) 32" belt drive! No matter what I have found on the web, these are supposed to come with a 10.5HP briggs engine but when i went to my dealer to pick up my machine, it came with a 12.5HP briggs instead of the 10.5HP!!! NICE! I ran it around the parking lot a bit to check it out as this is the first time I have really spent any time behind such a machine Wow, this ain't your 21" push machine!!! Stong power that will rip out of your hands if you are not careful! I cruised the parking lot doing 180's and such...all is good. Next, Tom the salesman, drove it up the ramps into my pickup bed. (A 2003 Frontier Crew Cab Long Bed and it fits perfectly!) When I got home, unloading was a snap...just used the levers while it was in gear as brakes and the engine not running. I filled up the Bradley's 5 gallon tank with gas (Had a small amount in there already) and set the choke, made sure it was in nutral and the blades were off. One pull and the 12.5 HP Briggs was to life I started the blades nice and slow and put it in gear and I was off! I will say it again...Wow, this ain't your 21" push machine!!! Went to the end and grabbed a lever and a super fast 180 and back I came! This machine in 2nd gear is already faster than my 21...I am gonna like this! Back and forth I went learning how to hold a perfect line (seems you can muscle it a bit to hold the line better than using the levers) and looking at just how nice this thing cuts grass!!! When I was done mowing, I decided that it should be a bit lower so I pulled the front pin and moved a washer to the top...very easy to do. Next I did my lawn AGAIN!!! And more practice is a good thing! I think this will take a couple of mows before I really get comfortable with this machine. (After the 4th time, using this machine is a breeze!) When I was done I looked at my watch...I was able to do my full lawn with the old machine in about 4 hours (This includes blowing out the edges with the leaf blower)...this machine, way less 2 hours and I mowed TWICE!!! The suction was soooo strong that it pulled the dirt/clippings off the sidewalk! No need to get the blower! Next I stepped back and looked at my lawn...it was perfectly even (just like when the guys come with all the big $$ Scags) and my lines were pretty straight (This will get better with practice. I seem to over shoot the 180 turn a bit, now they are perfect!). This machine is a COMMERCIAL machine and that means it is over built! Everything is super strong! It weighs well over 4oo pounds! Compare this to the others and it is a no brainer! This was a good purchase!
I paid $1550 and that included the grass catcher and 8.5% tax

Product Features:

* 5 Speed Peerless Transmission
* 9 Spline Couplers
* Grease Zerks on Spindles
* Dual Belt Drive
* Two 16" Blades
* One Year Warranty
* 1.5" to 4" Cutting Height
* 5-speed Peerless Transmission
* 7-Gauge Fabricated Steel Deck

As for pictures, click below or cut and paste.
http://www.pbase.com/cleanmaxx_brian/mower

Date Purchased: 3/05
Price Paid: $1550
Recommend: Yes

Pros:

Pluses:
Wow, this ain't your 21" push machine!!!
Seems very well built!
You can see in my pictures why I like this machine over the Xmark of the same size. The Xmark drive belts are very small. The Bradley was as large as the Xmarks big machines!
Very fast tranny. Went in 3rd gear and it was about as fast as I would want to walk in a straight line.
Excellent cut!
It stipres very well without a stripper kit!!!
Plenty of power...even when the grass is thick, tall AND WET!.

Cons:

Negatives:
Wow, this ain't your 21" push machine!!!
Reverse is not real strong. You have to help it a bit. Wasn't like this in the dealers parking lot. Most likely because the belts were perfectly clean.
The drive levers require a good amount of strength to squeeze them. I extended the spring and it helped a LOT!
Thats it!!!

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