BB, your first post said that the Supercut was the best cylinder mower that Scott Bonnar made. You then went on to tell me they are not worth anything more than $320 and in Adelaide you would be abused if you advertised a Supercut for $3K. I would have thought that someone needing something better than a 45, that a fully reconditioned Supercut would be a good choice, what else is available? The bloke (ex greens keeper) in my area rebuilds Supercuts only, to be used on larger blocks and has no trouble selling them for around $3K depending on Honda or Chonda motor choice. He’s not on the internet and doesn’t advertise and people seek him out for mowers, he’s been doing it for years well before the 45 craze began so no fad going on here. I didn’t come here to get smoke blown up my backside, I just wanted to find out a bit more info on the mower I was looking at buying. I have since found this post that explains the alloy side plates and drum model was built specifically for golf greens.
Re: Some Scott Bonnar History [by pmorison]
The model 17 Supercut was built for professional turf conditions and had a cast iron side frame for tennis courts, cricket wickets and lawn tennis courts while the golf greens mower had machined cast aluminium side frames for lighter weight on greens. If the Supercut was still available today it would be one of the best mowers available. I was foreman of the production line when we roduced the last unit that was taken by the Kerry Packers group "World Series Cricket". I actually cut the oval before the 1st game of world series cricket with a Toro 7 gang Parkmaster and the Supercut was used to cut the wicket that was grown in a green houses in 2 12 yard tubs above ground with heat banks to grow the grass. The model 17 supercut had to be manually lifted up to cut the grass
