the low arch works fine, i reckon they only introduced the hi arch
base to fill bigger catchers.....but i might get mown down that one

You're almost correct there squizzy - it was actually to be able to fill the big catchers with wet grass!
One reason that was done, was to target the 'wet tropics' market, basically north of latitude 18 degrees South, in Oz.
Where they
have to mow wet grass, in their wet season...