Weibang Legacy 48 pro BBC Review // 1 Week On // Roller Mower //

[@gap9992]

I bought one. It cuts and collects really well but you really feel the weight, especially if you are knocking on a bit like me! It's also got a very long wheelbase so scalps quickly if the lawn is not level. It's sweet spot is on larger flat lawns when you want a fairly short cut. You did well getting it round those tight spaces! Anyway I gave it to my son who soon managed to destroy the blade brake clutch! To save a very expensive replacement I bought a new friction plate off eBay and stuck it on with an epoxy glue - still going strong after three more seasons. He also uses normal fuel and leaves it in over winter so I have had to clean or replace the carb a couple of times. Easy enough. It still runs and cuts well but then it's only used once a week at most I replaced it with a Honda HRX476 which is much lighter but not as good

[@THETATTOOGARDENER83]

Hi mate just found your channel in jan 2023 Great review I’ll check out more of your vids love watching these other gardening channels Just subscribed to your channel Keep working hard mate I’m looking forward to the spring and summer season Pete THE TATTOOED GARDENER

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thank you very much for tuning in Pete! Hopefully I can get many more out this year !😄 Wish you all the best for the season ahead 💪🏽

[@johnsweeney1712]

Great video. Keep up the good work.

[@ConnaghEglen-pg2bm]

I’ve got two of the 56 roller Weibangs Best mowers I’ve used this weekend first service on the pair and still like new Would highly recommend them compared to crappy hayters or the kazz pro mowers. Worth the extra money all day long

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Great review, really enjoyed. Liked and subscribed.

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thank you very much for watching and subscribing 🙌🏽🌱

[@rjworld7122]

Looks like one of my cricket wickets with the out field all long and a nice wicket

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thank you! That’s a huge compliment 😄

[@Autoreplychat]

Looking at getting started grass cutting as a business, what would be your go to mower in the 46/48 roller category, and what would you advise for a small garden mower without the roller, looking at battery Stihl, appreciate your thoughts, thankyou

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Hi Mick! I would stay away from both Stihl and husqy I don’t believe they have enough about them. EGO I have been using for all of this season - very happy with it, there’s a review on my channel also👍🏼👍🏼

[@marccarroll8399]

good review love the weibangs got 4 my self just not a roller but on my to buy list subscribed

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Awesome ! What model are you running ? These stripe amazingly, sometimes can be a struggle with grass 9’’+ and soaking, but having the 4 wheelers on backup would be a seamless fleet 😄

[@marccarroll8399]

@@JayRockGroundsMaintenance Weibang virtue 53 SMP pro with the Kawasaki fj180 engin /Got the weibang 53 pro asd BBC shaft driven mower on order been waiting 6 month hopefully get it mid Feb /Weibang virtue 53 SSD BBC 3-1 old one getting replaced with the one on order /And the weibang virtue 46 but fancy some form of roller mower problem I have is beginning of the season wet ground the 4 wheel mowers with the aggressive drive when it's 1st engaged the wheels dig into the grass riping it up a little or if u turn the machine for the next pass they dig In leaving light marks on the lawn was thinking with the roller this would not be a problem there good machines weibangs

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

@@marccarroll8399 I have heard good things about the 3 in 1 do you ever use the side discharge for overly long grass ? 15’’ + ?? Sounds like a good round up of mowers there pal! I’m definitely after a new 4 wheel in two minds of trying an ego!

[@timward3912]

Great review pal.i use hayter pros. Nice finish on that machine.

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thank you very much Tim, thought I would try to get it to as many different types of gardens as I could, small ones speak for themselves 😂. Great machine though! I was between this and the hayter and kubota, I’m sure all have their winning points 🙌🏽

[@graemesewell8879]

Great video, very helpful. I'm old school and like the striped look, but my 17 year old Honda HRD 53QXE is on its last legs and I'm looking for a replacement. Quite tempted by a Weibang like yours, but a bit concerned about the weight as some of our grass slopes in two directions at once. How do you think it would cope with that? 😀

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thank you very much Graeme 😄. It does really well for striping and leaves a great cut. Struggles on the long wet stuff so you have to take it down to speed 1 to get a clean bag. Other than that it bags well any other condition. I really don’t think it will struggle, it’s a quick enough mower, really not hard to handle once you get it on the turf, took me by surprise that part, I don’t think you will have an issue on the slopes, obviously depending how severe 😄

[@graemesewell8879]

@@JayRockGroundsMaintenance thanks! Do you mind me asking where you bought yours?

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Not at all pal, I got mine locally as Macgregors industrial supplies, managed to get it for £1,150🌱 a dealer should be able to knock some money off for you, I wouldn’t want to be paying £1300-£1400 for one

[@graemesewell8879]

Hi, after watching your review, I bought a 4 year old machine the same as yours and just thought I'd let you know I'm very pleased with it! Despite being 10kg heavier than my old Honda, it drives up the slopes on our lawn better than it did. Leaves a good even cut and picks up well. Picks up drive much more smoothly than the Honda too. Hope it lasts as long as the Honda did! 😀

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

@@graemesewell8879 that’s fantastic Graeme ! Great to hear such good feedback, the machine is brilliant and on a kept lawn will rival any mower on a beautiful finish! I hope you have many happy years mowing pal😄🌱 #Weibang

[@jamesy12ify]

I have just brought a weibang virtue 50. Not used enough yet to give an opinion on it but it looks a good solid mower. Those stripes you layed down in a park look really impressive. Good video and review

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

They look brilliant ! If you have any dramas with collection I believe the virtues take the high lift blade - meant to make so much difference ! Sadly the only bad thing with this mower alongside it’s weight is that it chokes up with grass past 9”. But yeah it lays some brilliant stripes ! Fantastic on kept areas 🙌🏽🌱

[@jamesy12ify]

@@JayRockGroundsMaintenance Yes will be looking at the high lift blade. Also the do a dedicated mulching blade for it as well

[@villa_fan8882]

What is your long term review mate?

[@jamesy12ify]

​@@villa_fan88823 years old now and still going strong. Fit a highlife blade to it. Leave a great finish. Would recommend

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

👍 Great review 👍

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thank you very much pal🙌🏽🌱 very much appreciated 😄

[@edwardrowe324]

How would you compare this machine to the Hayter equivalent?

[@josephcoagrove580]

Excellent video and great review

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thanks Joseph! Long old review but I wanted to show as many aspects as I could 🙌🏽🌱

[@josephcoagrove580]

@@JayRockGroundsMaintenance Great help I am presently deciding to purchase a new lawnmower

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

@@josephcoagrove580 hope this helps bud, it really is great - just heavy!

[@wel5hy]

How heavy? Can you get down steep steps onto customers lawns?

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

It’s 67kg empty and dry pal, I wouldn’t say so mate, down probably wouldn’t be the problem - getting back up definitely would be.

[@wel5hy]

@@JayRockGroundsMaintenance think I'll go with the Stihl in that case

[@GregsMowing]

Good review. From speaking to dealers they always sell the standard 48 pro and never the BBC spec. Due to the non BBC having the friction disc and recons it helps collection. They also find after a few months the roller weibangs fall apart where the 4 wheel ones don’t. 65kg for a 19” mower is insane. The prostripe I use daily is 22” cut. Same engine. BBC. 3 speed and that’s 66kg. I could be wrong but from memory their BBC you push forward and pull the bar (as you showed) but I think you can release it a little bit to release the pressure from the spring, so it’s easier on your hands? Might be a sticker somewhere.

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thanks mate! And thank you for commenting, yeah probably why I got a decent deal with it. After using it through the last couple weeks of very wet weather it really do struggle in the wet.. not the engine but the collection, especially if it is long. The cut and finish any other time is brilliant, just collection is poor. I enquired about a high lift blade and the Weibang also stated they found in testing that it caused problems with the clutch? Which is annoying as I think that may just sort the problem. Definitely a heavy machine although I’m getting used to it now, a 22” would just simply be too big for my requirements I believe, although that pro stripe looks brilliant, ive seen your stuff 💪🏽.

[@MrMattrowland]

I’ve used this mower for a few seasons now, only issue I’ve had is the drive cable went but it’s been solid since. Yes release the bar slightly after engaging and it releases the pressure which is definitely required.

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

@@MrMattrowland so far I love it and I definitely find it easy to use! Not brilliant in long wet grass, but cut on the highest setting and it seems to get by🌱

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Can I ask what your thoughts are a year on. I am after a rear roller, do you still like it, would you buy it again. Many thanks. Rob.👍🏻

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Hi rob ! I still really like this mower, looking forward to getting it used again this season💪🏽 Only main thing that annoys me which I didn’t know at the time of the video, collection of long wet grass (9-12”+) is more of a no go.. chute gets blocked up quick, what i have found though is that if on rough conditions you mow on slowest speed this is greatly approved. 2nd negative: When cutting wet grass (and still raining) a lot of clippings get stuck between the roller and frame, so when you turn it basically builds up at the turn point, there have been occasions where I have had to use the blower to break these up. Overall the rest of the time it’s a brilliant mower and I do love it, if you have plenty of 120m/2+ gardens you’ll be in your element!

[@maxwellsgrasscuttingservices]

Thank you, much appreciated.👍🏻

[@Theworshipkeeper]

Crikey mate my toro commercial is 60kg and that wrecks me these days 😅the fj180v is cracking engine though, easy to maintain. Stens do great value replacement filters on ebay. Have seen these weibang and wondered what they were like. I think with any rear rolled mower you will always be in for a ride. Even the high end hondas the rear roller ongoing replacement costs is phenomenal. Some of the best mowers are toro and husqvarna. 551sp was a phenomenal mower and the small one like you have is great too. Had mine 7 years and all it needed was a governor spring

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Hi Paul! Yeah exactly 😂 once it’s on the lawn you wouldn’t be able to tell, but any form of lifting you soon realise lol. Yeah really your hoping it lasts, Weibang has the 3 year commercial warranty that’s what confirmed the decision for me. That small husqy is great but the SP keeps going. Maybe just a bit to much heavy use for the type of mower it is.. other than that it’s fantastic !

[@robertboar9514]

I'm considering one of these, do you ever fold the handles for storage? If so how easy is it and does it negatively affect the cables? (stretch)

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Hi there Robert thanks for commenting ! So far I don’t believe it does affect the cables, I have had them folded down over the winter for storage, very easy to do, it’s just a quick release lever rather than a screw like knob

[@robertboar9514]

@@JayRockGroundsMaintenance Brilliant! Thanks for getting back to me, great video.

[@LawnRight]

Those stripes look nice 👍

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thanks mate ! Great bit of kit to help 🌱

[@flanacre]

Hi. you need a different cutting blade with a higher lift and you will get the grass into the cart much better

[@funkyduckproductions.8844]

Happy to subscribe. Great video. I have the weibang svp50. Great mower. But I'm considering trading up to the shaft drive version for next season. You had any dealings with the shaft drive? Reviews seem thin on the ground.

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thank you very much for the support ! Sadly I haven’t no. Bud with the same engine as this one I think it would do great. These ones just clog on the longer stuff sadly and Weibang don’t currently do a high lift for it to help, I’m sure the shaft drive would be brilliant 💪🏽

[@funkyduckproductions.8844]

@@JayRockGroundsMaintenance Thanks. Look forward to seeing more of your vids

[@AnthonyHitmanFiore]

Does it not have a split roller to aid in turning? Leaves a very good finish 👍🏼

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Yes it does bud, I showed it in the beginning there, probably why it turns so well even with the weight 🙌🏽🌱

[@AnthonyHitmanFiore]

@@JayRockGroundsMaintenance god knows how I missed that lol 🙈

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

It’s a long old review 🤣. I had far too much footage for this one, cut out roughly 4 minutes 🤣

[@noelcahill6707]

Is there a high lift blade on it

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Sadly not, it affect the clutch on the BBC model. The non BBC you can get the high lift which I would probably recommend

[@noelcahill6707]

@@JayRockGroundsMaintenance thats a joke every mower should be able to run a high lift blade

[@Premier_lawns_official]

Looking good 👍

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Thanks mate 🙌🏽 looking forward to putting the mower to good use 🌱

[@Premier_lawns_official]

@@JayRockGroundsMaintenance always nice buying new tools. Do you have a high lift blade on it?

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

@@Premier_lawns_official I just have it as standard, I don’t believe it is a high lift blade, but that could sort the bagging issue on the longer stuff 🤔

[@stevek517]

Hi, where did you get your ramps from please?

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

I got them from Titan but there is a few other providers that now do them, 2.2m in length and foldable 💪🏽

[@jefffleet5724]

Great mower 💪💪

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

I love it already ! 🙌🏽

[@trevorpringle1480]

Its not a heavy bit of kit , it is a heavy lawnmower.

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

😬

[@scottellwoodgardening287]

Never tried those machines. The weibang seem like a love hate machine on social media. Seems to be working for you mate.

[@JayRockGroundsMaintenance]

Exactly Scott, seen some real mixed reviews and not many in use videos hence why I made this one, but apart from it’s weight it’s really nice to use once it’s down cutting grass 🙌🏽🌱

[@mrdobalina3451]

Froth’n 🤙