OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Repairs and Maintenance Questions On Turf Care Equipment & Accessories Help Identifying Rover - scarifier?

Im trying to id a scarifier that i am in the process of buying. It has a rover badge on it but i can't identify the model. A google search hasn't assisted. Maybe someone can help identify it from the attached photos.

Hello Ballarinelawns

I can assist here, because I have met the engineers who designed it!

It may come as a shock but this is not a scarifier.
It is a flail mower, designed, manufactured and sold by Rover
for a couple of years.

In the early eighties, flail mowers were the rage.
Their main selling feature was that they deflected projectiles downward,
rather than outward, making them popular for roadside work.
Flail mowers are still sold today.

Unfortunately the Rover Flail never sold.
Expensive to make, it could not dent the sale of the traditional
rotary slashers.

These are rare machines, and this one is in great condition.
I hope you acquire it for your collection, and give us a
photo record of its design.

Nothing has been written about them, apart from what I have said
here. An exciting find in my books.

Hope this helps.
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Jack.

Thanks jack. It is currently listed on gumtree and is located in Hobart. The seller acquired it from a deceased estate in northern Tasmanian. He knows little about it. With your news that it is a flail mower, i won't be buying it. He's asking $800 but will negotiate. Thanks. John.

Perhaps you could provide the link for the Gumtree post in case someone else wants to add this to their collection.