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Gateshead Council chooses John Deere Fleet

Date: 11/07/2006

Picture Shows Fred Thomson & Groundcare Graham Scott of Gateshead MBC with Richard Charleton of John Deere Ltd & Jim Blakey of Greenlay.

John Deere commercial & consumer equipment dealer Greenlay Ltd of Choppington in Northumberland has sold over 100 mowers worth approaching £250,000 in two fleet deals with local councils in the north-east of England.

Gateshead and Sunderland City Councils have invested in the new machines as part of their ongoing replacement policies, with higher specifications and lower vibration levels being key requirements.

Gateshead Council has bought 60 C43 commercial walk-behind mowers to replace other makes, plus six 220B walk-behind greens mowers, five 3320 30hp compact tractors (two equipped with front loaders), and four 1545 31hp front rotary mowers. The council currently has around 65 John Deere ride-on mowers in its fleet, in addition to several Gator utility vehicles.

The 5.5hp C43 rear discharge mowers feature an aluminium deck with a 43cm (17in) cutting width, and can collect or drop the grass as required.

“We couldn’t collect with our previous walk-behind mowers, se we had a CV43 on demonstration and liked it a lot,” says workshop foreman Fred Thomson. “There’s more demand for collecting the grass in some of the city’s more prestige areas, to leave a cleaner finish. We also get a better finish from the 220B greens mowers, which are used the cut the parks’ bowling greens.”

Workshop manager Frank Carr adds, ”We’ve never had a problem with John Deere or Greenlay, their back-up and parts system has always been there for us. We’ve been more than happy with the service and support we’ve had from the dealer and the company over the years we’ve been buying their equipment.”

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