On Sun, 3 Jul 2011 22:23:47 +0100, Janet Tweedy wrote:

Friends who have a paddock which they want to bring into some sort of
order are debating about a sit on mower. The paddock is quite large and
they may well develop two more and make one a garden with lawn.

That might require change of use permission from the local council.
It may affect what is considered to be the curtailage of the main
building which has other knock on planning implications.

Is it worth them going down the second hand recon. Path and getting as
big as possible or go for something smaller but brand new.

I'd expect there to be a loose relationship between the size of the
mower, the area to be cut, what that area is like (obstructions like
trees or rocks), flat, on a slope or changes in gradient.

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Cheers
Dave.