CheckMate (27") Striping Kit For Toro® TimeMaster®

Love it! Works great! No complaints.

I was concerned with the roller being difficult to make turns. Not so! Making tight turns is actually easy. This fits well under the grass catcher. Lots of positive comments from my customers, in fact it has brought me more high dollar accounts. (keeping up with the Jones'es, if you will).

This summer I upgraded from 21" lawn-boy to a Toro TimeMaster, and added this bad boy before my first mow. My neighbors are upset at me since my lawn is making their look so bad :) Some observations after my first few mows:

- Pretty easy and intuitive to install. Note that I had to increase the size of the pre-drilled holes on the mower to fit the bolts. Little scary drilling into my $1,000 mower.

- I keep my grass cut fairly high in general, which will show stripes the best

- I cut my grass a different direction every week - horizontal/vertical/diagonal/diagonal. This does a good job "changing" the stripes from week to week

- I occasionally double-cut my grass at 2 different heights. My goal here is to create that cross-hatch pattern (diagonal + horizontal looks cool). I've noticed that the 2nd pass sort of "erases" the first pass of stripes.

- Turning was a concern as the mower is already big and heavy. I was happily surprised how easy this was to maneuver. Only thing to be aware of is the space this takes up behind the mower, making it a little tougher to get right up to every angle, but noting my trimmer can't handle.

- No sand to fill like the OEM Toro version!

Bottom line... your lawn probably won't look quite a cool as a professional baseball stadium, but it will look pretty dang great with this baby riding behind your mower.

This summer I upgraded from 21" lawn-boy to a Toro TimeMaster, and added this bad boy before my first mow. My neighbors are upset at me since my lawn is making their look so bad :) Some observations after my first few mows:

- Pretty easy and intuitive to install. Note that I had to increase the size of the pre-drilled holes on the mower to fit the bolts. Little scary drilling into my $1,000 mower.

- I keep my grass cut fairly high in general, which will show stripes the best

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Works great on my new TimeMaster Toro. Very pleased with mower and Checkmate striper. Easy to install.

2nd cut so far and it looks and works great. Less than 20 minutes to install. You need to drill and enlarge two 3/8" existing holes to mount hardware. Easy to follow instructions.

I bought the checkmate 27" roller for my Toro Timemaster 30. I Also have a Wright stander 36" So I called to see if I could interchange the roller between the two mowers, I Left a message and the agent returned my call immediately, and was very helpful. He said that I could use the roller between both mowers, and all I needed was longer bolts, which he sent out the same day at no charge! I like the roller so far, its great for detailing the lawn with robust lawn stripes.

Thanks to the Checkmate 27" striping kit my lawn is the envy of my neighbors. I cant believe how easy it was to install. The only drawback is now my neighbors want me to mow their lawn!

At first I was disappointed with the results after using the striping kit for the first time. HOWEVER I emailed my concerns to Mowers Direct.com and they responded within a day. The advice given to me was to cut the grass a little higher than normal, slow down my walking speed behind the mower and give it a few cuts to get the grass to bend.

I am very pleased with the results and my lawn looks like a professional baseball field!! I can now cut the grass on a lower setting and get very clear, thick, contrast line results.

At first I was disappointed with the results after using the striping kit for the first time. HOWEVER I emailed my concerns to Mowers Direct.com and they responded within a day. The advice given to me was to cut the grass a little higher than normal, slow down my walking speed behind the mower and give it a few cuts to get the grass to bend.

I am very pleased with the results and my lawn looks like a professional baseball field!! I can now cut the grass on a lower setting and get very... more

Put this bad boy on my 30 inch Toro Timemaster. We just moved into a new house with a large yard (3/4 of an acre) and my neighbors are asking me where I got it - it makes quite a statement. I change up my direction every week and cut at 3.25 which seems to work great. Takes about 20-25 minutes to install.

I have large hands so it was a little tight for me in some spots, but the scratches were well worth it! You can tell that this is commercial grade due to the size and the heft of it. I have always looked forward to mowing my lawn, but now I REALLY look forward to mowing my lawn.

Put this bad boy on my 30 inch Toro Timemaster. We just moved into a new house with a large yard (3/4 of an acre) and my neighbors are asking me where I got it - it makes quite a statement. I change up my direction every week and cut at 3.25 which seems to work great. Takes about 20-25 minutes to install.

I have large hands so it was a little tight for me in some spots, but the scratches were well worth it! You can tell that this is commercial grade due to the size and the heft of it. I... more

I am TOTALLY pleased with my purchase! It was delivered in a few days, was easy to attach, and works like I hoped it would! My lawn is the envy of the neighborhood. Thanks Mowers Direct!

The striper works great with my 30 inch Toro mower. You will get better results cutting the grass on the higher setting as more of the blade will be left to be pushed over by the roller. Very satisfied and would buy it again.