Stiga’s flagship lawn-tractor, the Estate Grand Royal 22, is brimming with sought-after features; & offers the sort of rapid work-rate that’s essential for anyone maintaining a large paddock area or substantial domestic lawn of up to five-acres. It comes equipped with a 122cm-wide Contraflow cutter-deck that’s fitted with twin counter-rotating blades, the action of which produces a powerful under-deck airflow. In mulching-mode, this ensures the clippings are super-finely chopped so they’ll rot-away that much faster; while in collection-mode, it works to blast clippings into the catcher at high-speed, which in turn makes it possible to collect damp grass without worrying about the discharge-chute becoming blocked. The Stiga Estate Grand Royal 22 Lawn-Tractor boasts a smooth, clutch-free hydrostatic transmission, which means that you can accelerate through the gears using a foot-pedal, rather as you would with an automatic-drive car. This brings obvious benefits when it comes to work-rate & manoeuvrability; & also makes it quick-&-easy to select the most effective ground-speed for the conditions you’re faced with. Powering this top-of-the-range garden-tractor is a 656cc Briggs & Stratton Intek 7220 V-Twin engine, which, as you’d expect from a twin-cylinder unit, is exceptionally efficient, & remarkably smooth & quiet in operation. The engine develops a beefy 11.9k W, so you’ll be able to tow some of the heavier attachments that are available; & it features electric key ignition for trouble- & effort-free starts every single time. An LED dashboard display provides the driver with important status information, including battery-status; revs-per-minute; & fuel-level; while a 320-litre grassbag – one of the largest on any tractor in this class – ensures you’ll get the job finished without many trips to the compost-heap (a ‘collector full’ warning helps to prevent overfilling). Other high-end features on the Stiga Estate Grand Royal 22 include a safety contact-breaker under the seat, which is activated the moment you dismount; & powerful dual-headlights that will enable you to keep on going in fading light.