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#105713 29/04/20 12:43 PM
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Hi all,

Long term lurker, newish paid member here. I have enjoyed surfing around reading and watching this forum, especially enjoy the banter, opinions and most of all the respectful conversations!
I'm a diesel tech by trade, and was lucky enough to have gotten involved with golf course equipment a number of years ago and was heavily involved with the Textron stable, which consisted of Ransomes, Jacobsen, EZ-GO and Cushman as well as a few others. I fell in love with golf course equipment as a result!

Moving house a few years ago rekindled my lawn love and of course the obligatory stable of equipment, I've now shelved my hobby/side business of motorcycle restoration in favour of these much simpler and cheaper machines!

I thought it was time to say hi and share my latest addition; that I feel was pretty damn good buy given the state of the SB craze here in Melbourne at the moment (and is still making me smile!).

Its a fairly late model Rover 45 Select (10 blade reel) its in pretty decent condition and with a good clean up will become my daily and give me some time to resto my current SB45 daily as well as a few others that are lurking in the far corner of the shed. The engine is dated 19th May 2006 so my guess it was a late 06 or maybe 07 produced mower.

Will post some progress shots along the way.

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Welcome Motowerx!

A clean Select and good base to start from. You're right about the SB Craze (the "Bonnar Bubble"). They have shot up in price over the last few years.

Looking forward to your project.


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Finished cleaning the Rover up, and I'm pretty happy with the end result. Off for a grind today!

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Hey Motowerx,

Unfortunately, your picture does not seem to be playing nicely. You may need to re-upload?


I don't collect mowers. I just require Multiple Mowing Solutionsâ„¢.
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Take 2!

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