VICTORY REEL™

An innovative reel from Locke Turf delivers a consistently high quality cut over months of use without operator or mechanic adjustments. The new patented design greatly reduces the frequency of back lapping and virtually eliminates the need for adjustments.
The new Locke Turf Victory reel uses a unique patented design to deliver a high quality cut day after day and week after week. It eliminates the time consuming work of manual adjustment. It also eliminates the inconsistent mowing performance that can result when adjustments of conventional reels aren't made as bed knives and reel blades wear, said Don Cotton, general manager.

Locke Turf has operated the reels on golf courses for months with no adjustments necessary and only occasional back lapping.

"For years, the greatest obstacle to a consistently high quality mowing performance on golf courses was the frequency with which reel blades must be adjusted," Cotton said. "Daily or even twice daily adjustment can be required to produce a high quality cut. Reel adjustment is really two problems:the time-consuming problem of making the adjustments and the inconsistent cut that can result when adjustments aren't made correctly or frequently enough. The Victory reel eliminates the need for manual adjustments under normal usage. It ensures the same high quality cut from the first green or tee to the last and eliminates costly labor."

Cotton said the Victory reel was made possible by an engineering breakthrough.

He explained that for decades, engineers trying to design a reel mower that would not require frequent manual adjustment were frustrated by the tendency for the leading edge of the conventional reel to "strike" the front edge of the bed knife causing "chatter," vibration and excessive wear to the reel and bed knife and requiring frequent adjustment to maintain a quality cut. The Victory reel's unique V shape solves this problem. The V shape creates two support points between the reel and the bed knife on each side of the leading edge. Conventional reels have none. The two support points mean a spring system can maintain perfect reel to bed knife contact without operator or mechanic adjustment. Hours of adjustment time are eliminated, a consistently high quality cut is delivered, there is no need for back lapping in most cases and bed knife wear is significantly reduced.

The new Locke Turf Victory reels fit many models of Toro, Jacobsen, Ransomes and John Deere Tri-Plex Greensmowers.