With more than three decades of experience in the grounds-maintenance industry, the people at Blue Ridge Property Maintenance, based in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, have the knowledge, expertise and passion to improve, maintain, and look after a property and see to its grounds-maintenance needs.
According to its website, only ‘top-of-the-line, commercial-grade equipment and products’ are used by the company.
The zero-turns chosen to fulfil that promise are Cab Cadets.
Personal favourite
Mat Wandmaker is a director at Blue Ridge Property Maintenance. He’s also Landscape Contractor magazine’s in-house tester of all kinds of machinery – everything from excavators to push mowers – so his choosing to stake his own company’s reputation on Cub Cadet says a lot about the equipment’s performance and reliability.
But Mat has plenty to say, too.
“We run three Cub Cadets,” the seemingly-always-happy Mat told Landscape Contractor. “We have two Pro Z 148 S and an Ultima ZT2.
“One’s permanently on a site in Chermside Park at the golf club, and we do the commercial residences around the golf club, too. We purposely bought it for out there because of the steering-wheel function and its ability to hold hills quite well. It’s a hilly area and staff were struggling a little bit with the lap-paddles of the traditional zero turns.”
Mat’s experience with the company’s first Cub Cadet made his future purchasing decisions easy.
“Because the Cub Cadet worked so well out there, we ended up buying another one as a dedicated mulching machine for a number of our other commercial sites. It goes from site to site and it does a phenomenal job. I love it!” he grinned. “I bought it for another team, and then I thought, ‘Bugger you!’ I liked it so much I grabbed it and kept it for my own use,” he laughed.
The tough tests
How do the Cub Cadets stand up as far maintenance and reliability go?
Mat was candid about his experience with the machines.
“To be quite frank, when we look at updating we’ll probably go for another Cub Cadet, if not two, because they’re so reliable and easy to maintain,” he said.
Mat’s also very enthusiastic about the support he receives from the Cub Cadet dealer network in his area.
“Mate, it’s awesome,” he smiled. “I just make a phone call and they’re straight on the phone to whoever their reps are and I get a solution as quick as that.
“I have to be honest with you,” he continued, “I’ve been really impressed with the way Cub Cadet has gone about its communication. The people there have been really, really good. When there was an issue with the engines just recently, through Kawasaki, they were all over it. They were fantastic.”
“Everything else runs smooth and I love the Cub Cadets. They’re probably one of my top machines I’d go to now.”
See more of the Cub Cadet range at cubcadet.com.au.