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<blockquote data-quote="neilo" data-source="post: 8859926" data-attributes="member: 348"><p>Having hired one in regularly at home over the years, I bought an ancient, ex-contractor 4.6m Spearhead batwing when I came here. I had been treated so badly in a past life that one of the 9 blades was actually only half a blade (they hadn't worked out why it sounded rough?), which really does take some doing, and the tyres were perished.</p><p>I've had it 11 years now, and it's not used a single drop of oil in any of the gearboxes in that time and still runs as sweet as a nut. Replacement blades are relatively cheap (and from Spaldings, etc) and are practically indestructible. Just give the edge a run over with a cordless angle grinder once in a while to sharpen. Will do 100ac in a sensible day but will want 150hp on the front.</p><p></p><p>Spearhead apparently made their name by sending machines over to clear the old airfields in East Germany when the wall came down. They were the only machines that stuck the debris, concrete blocks, etc. </p><p></p><p>Not the cheapest to buy new, but depreciation really isn't an issue as you'll never need to change it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neilo, post: 8859926, member: 348"] Having hired one in regularly at home over the years, I bought an ancient, ex-contractor 4.6m Spearhead batwing when I came here. I had been treated so badly in a past life that one of the 9 blades was actually only half a blade (they hadn't worked out why it sounded rough?), which really does take some doing, and the tyres were perished. I've had it 11 years now, and it's not used a single drop of oil in any of the gearboxes in that time and still runs as sweet as a nut. Replacement blades are relatively cheap (and from Spaldings, etc) and are practically indestructible. Just give the edge a run over with a cordless angle grinder once in a while to sharpen. Will do 100ac in a sensible day but will want 150hp on the front. Spearhead apparently made their name by sending machines over to clear the old airfields in East Germany when the wall came down. They were the only machines that stuck the debris, concrete blocks, etc. Not the cheapest to buy new, but depreciation really isn't an issue as you'll never need to change it. [/QUOTE]
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