SportsTurf

August 2011

SportsTurf provides current, practical and technical content on issues relevant to sports turf managers, including facilities managers. Most readers are athletic field managers from the professional level through parks and recreation, universities.

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Aercore 1500 & 2000 With an 80-inch coring swath the John Deere Aercore 2000 (1500 model is 57.5") is designed to produce good quality coring holes up to 4 inches deep, can cover 100,066 square feet per hour. Its heavy-duty frame, tine rams and adjustable hole spacing, makes this aerator durable and versatile. Operators have a choice of two coring pat- terns – a 2.4-inch pattern or a 3.2-inch pattern, depending on the speed of movement. Flexi-link supporting arm keeps tines perpendicular to the ground longer for high-quality holes. Fiberglass reinforced belts for quiet opera- tion, simple maintenance. Produces up to 1,200,800 holes per hour. Six tine options to choose from. John Deere Verticutters STEC Equipment offers the VCU series of verticutters from TRILO. The VCU range consists of three working widths, 48", 60" and 80." They all feature a chain drive, allowing you to perform a light verticut or a deep dethatch- ing. In addition to the standard 3-point linkage, there is an ALL NEW tow behind kit available, featuring a drawbar, hydraulically operated lift wheels and wide angle PTO shaft. All models are fitted with an anti-scalp roller, and fea- ture a 2 year warranty. STEC Equipment Wiedenmann’s Super 500 The Super 500 high dump is a heavy-duty sweeper/verticutter/flail mower collection system by Wiedenmann. The optional multi-purpose sweeper head allows for verticutting and flail mowing while collecting clippings into a 3.5 cubic yard hopper with a high dump reach up to 83". Verticut spacing ranges from ¾", 1 ½", or 2 ¼". Options include a golf course kit and floating axles for following undulated surfaces and to avoid scalping. Wiedenmann North America www.stma.org SportsTurf 37

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