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oro has done it again! In
response to superintendents’
needs for more productive
rotaries that help them improve their
quality of cut, Toro
announces yet another
breakthrough mower.
Introducing the Toro
Groundsmaster
®
4500-D,
the latest addition to
our family of ground-
following rotary mowers.
Featuring Toro’s
exclusive Contour
TM
Plus cutting technology,
the Groundsmaster
4500-D has five free-
floating decks that fol-
low the contour of the
terrain so you can get a
championship-quality
cut on undulating
surfaces.
Better yet, the decks
on the 4500 deliver a
wide nine foot cut (2.74
meters) to give you a
big boost in productivi-
ty. Also, with its 60-HP
Kubota
®
turbo charged
engine, full-time bi-
directional four-wheel
drive and superior traction, the 4500
promises you a better cut in demanding
places, like roughs and slopes.
Power, versatility, productivity… could
you ask for more? Actually, yes, which is
why we built the Groundsmaster 4500-D
for easier maintenance, user-friendly
design, better striping capabilities, opera-
tor comfort, a quieter engine and more.
Real-World Proven
“I’m convinced it’s the best rotary
mower out there,” says Bryan Miller.
Miller is Golf Course Superintendent
at the Georgian Resort in Villa Rica,
Georgia, an 18-hole, Tom Fazio-designed
course near Atlanta. Last year, they
decided to replace their reel mowers with
rotaries in the rough areas. “We had
undulations wreaking havoc on the
mower, or it would scalp the edges,”
Miller says. So, he called Toro.
“They discussed this new mower, but
told me it was still in development,” he
recalls. “I told them if that machine was
everything it’s made out to be, we’d love
to get it here.” He arranged for a demon-
stration of the prototype 4500, and liked
what he saw.
“This is a great innovation,” he adds.
“I think the quality of cut during diffi-
cult times to mow is going to be even
better than reel mowers—like in heavy
grass, heavy dew or debris. It’s going to
allow us to mow these areas like we want
to and maintain the quality.”
“It didn’t bog down a bit,” agrees Jeff
Connell, another superintendent who
has had personal experience with the
4500. “It has an extreme amount of
horsepower, so you don’t have to worry
about going through thicker grass or wet
grass. With that four-wheel drive, it also
didn’t slip or make any kind of tire ruts
or spins anywhere.”
Connell is the superintendent at the
Columbia Country Club in Columbia,
South Carolina, a 27-hole private facility
designed by Ellis Maples. Presently
undergoing a major renovation, the
physical layout of the course had created
particular equipment needs.
“We mow close to 100 acres,” he says,
“and we were just not getting all the way
around the golf course as many times as we
needed to. Also, we’ve got a lot of bunker
faces that kind of go down. It seemed we
couldn’t get in without scalping.”
Last spring, Connell was invited to a
demonstration of the Groundsmaster
4500-D. He was quickly impressed.
“The biggest thing I liked about it was
the solid roller on the back and the anti-
scalp rollers on the front,” he says. “You
could actually mow over the top of a
bunker face and not get any kind of
scalping whatsoever. The nice thing
about the solid roller in the back is that
The New Toro
®
Groundsmaster
®
Productivity And A Quality Cut For Demanding Turf
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The Toro
®
Groundsmaster
®
4500-D has five Contour
TM
Plus cutting decks that follow
the contour of the terrain for exceptional quality of cut on undulating surfaces.