“Before purchasing the Fischer SL3 mower for our walnut orchard, I had tried various self-made modifications on a conventional tractor-mounted slasher, and pine-oil herbicide to manage ground cover in the tree lines. With the SL3, the ground cover is cut and pretty well mulched in one pass with one machine and no chemicals – as an organic grower, that’s important. The hydraulic remote control to offset the deck and sensor on the outer disk is brilliant. It means I have around 4m reach so the tractor cab doesn’t damage branches and knock off the crop. Machinery operation time and maintenance costs went down by at least 50%. The SL3 is robust enough to handle typical prunings, and yet makes the orchard floor short enough for easy mechanical pick up of nuts on the ground at harvest time. Fischer service and advice while we got to know the machine has been excellent, and its design and durability has reduced our spare parts need close to zero in the 3 years we’ve owned it. Best bit of machinery we’ve bought! ”