Big thanks to Tru-Cut for inviting me to tour their facility and an EXTRA big thank you to Dan! Next time i'm in Indiana, drinks on me Dan! Please Like & Subscribe!

You can tell it's American Made. It just has that solid built stance to it. Overall though, my favorite part are the old school white handlebar grips. Nostalgia for sure!

Bro this channel is authentic af. You put a lot of time in your craft. Very well put together. Huge fan.

I’m in the South and own a 27” TruCut and absolutely love the way this machine cuts. It’s built like a tank and sits on the grass, no sliding, fishtailing etc and lays down a wicked cut everytime. Get the grooved roller it makes a huge difference. Strips like a dream and at a reasonable price.

I'm 83 years old and the very first self propelled lawn mower we had was exactly like that, a Reel type mower with a Brigs and Stratton motor on it, belt driven wheels., ahhh the memories :)

Great video. Not a reel mower guy but i always love learning about small American companies and that take pride in their product. Nice job!!

I'm 63. We had a great Toro rotary mower when I was a little kid.

Fantastic, thanks for supporting a U.S. company, and introducing them to us.

This is RAD! The first time I mowed a lawn as a kid was with a reel mower.... MANUAL!

The Achilles heel of this mower is the reel to bedknife adjustment which has not been updated in over 20 years. A solid mower killed by this one major flaw.

How did I miss this video! American reels ARE making a comeback 😂😂😂😂 damn George you went straight to the factory!!! Epic brother! 😂 That Tru-cut is no joke!!! 😊🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

I had a 25” Tru-Cut and the Brigs engine and the carb setup was a piece of junk and it was a constant battle that wasn’t worth fighting. Hopefully the engines are better now… I only bought it to dip my toe in on reel mowing. Got it sharp, used it for about 4 months, but for me it was so unreliable that I honestly preferred my manual Fiskars while I was waiting for my Allett Stirling. Sold the Tru-Cut for $200 and told the buyer bluntly that they should only buy it if they are planning to replace the engine and carb. A few recommendations with the Stirling… awesome machine (battery lasts pretty much all day and I’m pretty sure I have not once killed the battery yet). I would skip the brush and I’m not nearly as sold on the verticut cartridge as I expected. I prefer to use the Stirling with the front rake removed, and if you want to double cut diamonds, removing the rake is a must or the mower will zig-zag with every stripe it crosses. Since I scarify before every mow, I noticed no advantage to using the front comb anyway. That scarifier is so gentle and effective that it’s kind of crazy how beneficial that one cartridge is! My attachment purchase order for the Stirling would be as follows: 1) Tine scarifier (This is just as important, or possibly more important than the actual mowing cartridge in my book… I literally use my scarifier cartridge more than the mowing cartridge) 2) Dethatcher (often called a scarifier in the states)… seldom needed, but extremely beneficial when it is if thatch is present. 3) Verticutter… I could very easily do without this cartridge. I’m honestly not sure if there is any notice difference on Rye and the bag is pretty much empty. The blades might be too dull (the are 100% blunt) or it might not spin fast enough, but I’m not sure if much is happening there. I would not but the brush or aerator cartridge at all because both are pointless. The brush is junk and lots of bristles are in the bag every time I used it and the scarifier does about the same thing but much better than the brush. For worm castings I’d grab the scarifier… in terms of gentleness, I think the scarifier is likely more gentle and it removes a lot more debris. I got the brush w/ leveling in mind, but I don’t plan to use it for anything else and I likely won’t even use it for leveling. When it comes to the aerator, I don’t own it, but I think it’s pretty obvious by the design that the aeration cartridge doesn’t really do anything and I would argue the added traffic alone would likely do more harm than good. Far more aeration can be achieved with the dethatch cartridge and obviously a core aerator is 100x better also. Might offer some benefit on greens, but I’m doubtful. Even though it’s expensive, I’m loving my Stirling.

did 3 years of lawn care but forgot an absolute ton of stuff going through different jobs, but remember methods, certain chemical names, how to maintain, but your channel brought it ALL back

New Balance game stays on point. Appreciate the content.

That B-roll was so nice. I had to watch it twice!

Appreciate your honest opinions George. I have an allett and didn't have problems with parts breaking, although I do feel more reassured with machines that don't rely too much on plastic parts.

Nice to see a product made in the USA. Wish more tools would be.

TruCut is fantastic! I really like their mowers. Similar to what you said in the beginning, I have to drive over 4 hours to have someone professionally sharpen my McLane reel.

Looking forward to next year's California Trimmer video 😅

Totally agree. I would also like American companies to step up their game and add rear drum and give battery options.Reel mowing trend is increasing here and American companies need to tap into it.

Back in the late 60s we used a Jacobson and a Toro reel mower to cut the greens at the golf course. We sharpened those once a week by using clay grit with oil and a back lapping attachment. These were 2 cycle mowers. Cut the green by making 2 perimeter circle cuts and then divided down the middle and cut a straight line back and forth until finished. Looked fantastic.

Always searching for perfection! Good for you George.

My man! First off I used to tease the NB old guys , well here we are . I appreciate a made here product ! Great review of a solid machine

Love your videos, to me you are number 1 out of around 8 guys that make good content- you'd be surprised in Miami I have yet to see a reel mower lawn. I just got mine and Im Prepping the soil- thanks again for all your great information

Very cool video George. I never knew they made these mowers right in Indiana not far from where I live. I bet that tour was awesome!

Nobody ever mentions cal trimmer reel mower...have mine since 2014. Always starts first pull and very dependable

Nice job George. Way to go supporting Hoosiers. Also, telling it like it is on the Allett. It's stunning how much they want for their mowers.

Great info on the local build and servicing of these mowers. Thanks for sharing

George rocking one white and dark sock. What a stud!!!

That is exactly why I bought Hudson Star over an Allett. transparency and the damn thing is built like a tank. No motor, and built right in Indy too. Not to mention the owner of the company is an amazing dude!

George this is by far my favorite video yet, 1-tje fact that you made a drive to make a video for us is amazing 2-i was gonna say, big mistake not having the front rolled lol, but you did it! 3-your thoughts about allet are spot on, i don't think i would be as nice doe, cheap plastic parts with outrageous prices. I paid $1300 for my JD sl180 and i mow my Bermuda at 0.3, smokes the allet and will outlast 10 of them at the fraction of the price, imo even the Cali trimmer is better.

Great viddy Princess! I have a trucut p20. Got it on Craigslist for $200! I got the grooved roller like you and it was a game changer. Those wheels suck. Had the smoothed one first and I like the grooved better. RIP Swardman.

So when you said you took the wife to tour the factory I had to subscribe!

Nice to see things like this are made in the US.You can get something similar from professional-lawnmower here in South Africa. These are supposed to be the best option.

I love my tru cut….older but still cuts well.

I respect the honesty about allett. I myself was looking into purchasing the sterling. And I feel right now in my position I can get a mint condition greensmower with low hours for cheaper.

Im obsessed with your videos. Keep’em comin! Also Im pretty sure Im becoming equally obsessed with lawn care.

Looks like a solid mower for sure. Loved the factory tour. I agree with the plastic parts on the Allett ,especially for what it cost but can't afford to buy any more equipment while I am trying to retire soon lol

Goode luck with the TruCut. I hope it delivers. After your thorough review, I might consider one. Nice vid!

I used to work as a lawn care guy back in the day and we used gas powered reel mowers on some of the clients, not sure why only some, I just did what the boss said. Anyway they were a lot more compact back then, basically they were just a little deeper than the engines, with the engines sitting right on top of the reel. These things you use are like seeing cars from the seventies nick-named boats. I wouldn't get these until they start making compact ones again like before.

I'm not a reel mower guy but cool video and road trip. And thanks to the wife for great camera work!

I have the tru cut 27 and it is the best mower ever. I live in the south and get it sharpened 3x per year

Lightweight is good and what did I use it for it’s a lawnmower kzfaq.infoUgkxTPN04aT-Qdjr_KS3ql7ng8wnU3wwsCqk also recommend Yes it is lightweight so hence not as robust as our old one. But if you take care it does the job really well.

Great video George. American made is definitely the way to go. 👊🏼

I bought a used 2010 C27 from a neighbor two years ago. The thing is a beast. It’s a pain in the butt sometimes to get it dialed in, but once you do you can’t beat it for the price. Haven’t taken it to get sharpened since I bought it as I do my own backlapping. May get it sharpened for the ‘23 season. Cutting Bermuda.

That machine looks solid always a great show thanks again brother

American made!…I whole heartedly support companies like this!..Thanks George!

🌞That Tru-Cut is a nice looking machine. Cool video!

Man that is so cool 😎. I’m really excited and excited about my reel lawnmower and have been watching your videos. Thank you. I dethatched my front yard with one of your recommended products. Amazing what came up

That’s a nice looking reel mower. 👊

I love the handle bars on that beast, great video boss!

Another great video my guy

We had this type of mower when I was a kid in the early 70s and that was in Ontario Canada. Cut great, but weighed about 800lbs!

Great vid as always George. Tru-Cut seems to have a nice operation and very convenient to be somewhat locally accessible to you. Whenever anyone asks me what brand of reel mower to get I always say whichever company has the most quality , local and accessible service availability in your area. From experience if that is not the case it can become quite the annoyance. I have a somewhat older Allett Kensington i inherited from grandfather as they moved out of here / NJ to Florida most of the year now . Not had too many issues with my Allett , but have gone through multiple companies who service them and usually not very helpful / responsive , not too reasonably priced and often not the quickest turnover which can be frustrating when needing equipment back. A friend of mine in a fairly high up job in turf management at a local golf course helps me out at the moment. But not an ideal long term situation. Anyone in the market for a good reel mower , make sure there are quality reputable service companies for that brand in your area.

Good video! Tru-Cut is a great mower. I enjoy how you can cut low and how easy it is to take down and put back together

I agree with cost on the new Alletts. That's crazy. But as for the Liberty 43 battery one, I love mine and it was about the $2500 you paid. Very expensive to be sure, but it's been solid for me. It doesn't have that plastic switch that broke on your gas version though so I can't speak to that. I'm 6'4" and the 43 has never been a hunching machine for me, so that isn't an issue I've experienced. TruCut is definitely cheap in comparison, so if you can't afford Allett I can understand that. I will say even with a front roller you're not going to get those stripes - you need a big back drum to lay down the grass and stripe. The front roller is just so you're not scalping.

I am also in the midwest where reel mowers are rare. I just bought a used C25 and I agree these things are built like tanks. Very solid machines!

I love the golf course mowers

The Tru Cut seems like a great value. I checked out your link and was expecting the C-27 to be over $4K. The only downside I really see is that it's on wheels and I just don't see a front roller providing even close to the stripes that one with a rear drum would. I would love to see a comparison between the stripes of you Tru Cut with roller vs Allett.

I purchased my Tru-Cut 25inch reel lawn mower in 1985 and I still use it several times a week. It was just a little over $1,100 dollars then and I thought I had paid too much. Back then they offered a sit down riding seat that looked so cool. It was an extra $250nI think. Anyway, if you thinking about getting one, close your eye’s and just do it. You’ll have one of the best looking lawns on your street.

As a kid in the 70's in PA, I remember a lot of reel-type mowers. It was obvious even to a kid that the grass was cut better with such mowers. I even remember using my grandpa's PUSH style reel mower! Then I started seeing more and more of the flat blade mowers - I presume they became the home standard due to lower cost. In my young teens I started golfing and observed nothing but reel-type mowers on golf courses. Seems to me it's obvious why golf courses use them - better results on the grass.

Can confirm that Hoosiers are good people 👌🏻

Loved the video! Appreciate you getting all up in it! Can’t imagine anyone has any questions after this video haha. Except… when will they support ego batteries???

Great! Great Mower and great country ❤

The BEAST of the LAWN !!! Looks COOL. Made in USA? Not Chyna? BRILLIANT.

I work on a golf course lol. Looks really good btw

They should make some Electric versions.

That is a sweet looking machine! I was wondering about the caster wheels. Good call going with the grooved roller.

Thanks for the great video. Appreciate the factory tour-and I absolutely love American manufacturing and the old-school solidness of products! I’ve been seriously considering a California Trimmer but the Tru Cut sure seems nice, especially the dual-clutch system. Your thoughts on the Tru Cut vs Cali Trimmer? I’d like to visit Tru Cut…but it’s 8 1/2 hours (one way) from here. I called them and shipping adds $150, plus $75 for residential, plus $95 for a lift gate. And they (the very nice lady who answered the phone) have no way to look up any dealers that may be nearby. She said they’re mainly a factory-direct sales company. Great looking mower but the costs are really adding up.

I like that,I’m buying one

Great job 👍🏽 Great American made mower, great quality, love it 🇺🇸🇺🇸

Awesome episode and love Tru Cut quality

My DIY reel mower was not only made in the USA....it was made in my basement 😂

Got the Allett liberty, $2300.00 . This is my 3rd season. Had to change the drive v belt and the turtle/rabbit control switch is acting up on me sometimes but I still like it, lite weight and easy to maneuver around obstacles in the yard. So far i only had to backlap it to sharpen the reel at that is very simple to do. Allett is still selling the liberty and the cheaper gas models but they did increase the prices a few hundred bucks. I head tru cut is a very heavy unit and needs greasing all the time and backlapping is a pain in the yang yang !Anyway, Good luck with your new mower. You need to get a PORSCHE 911

Love it !

I agree on Allett pricing of their latest Sterling model which does not come with the battery and charger, all told it comes to $6000 and that is crazy expensive. I have the Liberty 43 which suits my needs and no gas fumes to inhale or wake my neighbors in the a.m. I do my own sharpening as I do not trust the shops in my area.

Very cool . Looks amazing.

Nice one George. Glad you sold the Allett, their home owner ranges are ok but far too many plastic parts and like you say, the Sterling is at a joke price. Honestly the only UK mowers worth using are Hayters (Toro owned), Dennis and the Infinicut, the last two being pro ranges. I have a few friends who bought into the Range Rover hype but quickly discovered their reliability issues, they constantly come in the bottom 10 for reliability. Hope the Trucut works out for you.

I have an Allett C27. It's been solid so far on more than 10k sqft of bermuda. It was expensive though.

A year later but what a badass video

I agree on your Allet comments, especially the price of the Stirling totally out of the price range for most homeowners, I've already commented quite heavily on their you tube videos about it. Unfortunately living in the UK there's not a lot of choice for reel mowers for small lawns, so my Liberty will have to do for now. :(

I live in southern mississippi and would argue that it "don't get much more southern than that" and have never seen a reel mower down here. Ditto for when I lived in Tennessee and South Carolina. I'd also like to see that reel mower come with a roller attachment on the back to make the grass lie down in a uniform fashion to make my grass look strongly striped. Though I wonder if any amount of rollers, weights, and other doo-dads would make my bermuda grass look good.

Great review and supporting made in the USA.

Very cool. American made!

Looks like a well built mower. Only issue I see it does not have a front roller. That’s a huge must on a reel mower.

Will they sharpen a Swardman reel? They definitely look like a solid machine.

Nice review on the machine. I wish it would stripe . I wonder if you could rig up a Big League roller on the back. I have a Swardman that stripes great but is hard to use as if the grass gets too tall it doesn't cut unless you take the front roller off and put on the tall grass wheels, which don't roll very well. I usually get my time master out and mow with that, then use the Swardman the next day. My schedule doesn't work to mow every other day very often.

😉 Thank you for the contact information for a local Tru Cut... I'm not in the Chicago area. I'm in Quad City area, little town of Aledo, IL. I'll be getting ahold of them. I don't know if they can help me, I have a True Cut, well kind of... I have a Starlite - True Cut... The original before it was actually just True Cut, an aerospace company, Who originally designed it from my research, and as far as I can guess mine is about a 1965 model, 21" 3hp Briggs... I don't think they make a 21" anymore well as far as I am aware. Not much has changed over the years. I bought mine used for only $30, it's old and has a lot of petina, and missing some guards, but some fresh gas and only 3 pulls and it fired right up and mowed the yard. Not bad for a 60-year-old mower. I will try to contact the company here local and see if they can point me in some right directions to possibly getting it service and possibly finding some old new stock or whatever for guards because I would really love to restore it to original ondition as it is wonderful mower. It isn't good on my tall grass, as I'm gonna have to get my grass used to being cut short, lol, but It's an awesome mower.

My dad had one like that in the 70s. He bought it from a golf course. Parents hosted a croquette tournament.

Fantastic overview and the trucut looks like a tank!

I picked up a used C25 last night for $175!!!

Yo! More vids plz. I'm addicted.

George, I want to know about the Hudson Star, esp the model that's made for cutting lawns, not greens. I think it's coming soon. They sit at a higher stance. Please consider reviewing and get back to us. I'm not afraid of hard work and pushing. My yards about 5000 sq ft. I'm from IL but have lived in Denver for 23 years. I went to UIC and miss Chicago.

The only downside I see to that mower is it doesn't have a roller wheel across it ..therefore you won't get solid stripes.

Great job!!!

Reel mowers are the "real" deal! Hope they can come up with a battery powered version. My wife is very sensitive to petroleum products.

Hey George, any pics of the stripes after you added on the roller? Vid went straight into why the allet and it's practices are trash. (I also can't afford it)

I really appreciate things made in US and definitely support ours products, however, I believe (in my opinion) it would be interesting to compare that reel mower vs allet mower from a technical view/performance

Great mower!

Trucut and McClane would sell a ton more Imo if they had drums or rollers on the front and back. I just don't like the rear wheels.