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www.stma.org September 2016 | SportsTurf 39 P R O D U C T N E W S BILLY GOAT'S HYDRO AERATOR & HYDRO-DRIVE OVERSEEDER When doing standard renovating to improve turf health, the option to aerate and overseed with significantly less labor, fatigue and time is offered with Billy Goat's pair of innovative hydro system machines. Combined 30" wide aeration and speed up to 4.3 mph, the AE1300H completes quarter-acre aerations in as little as 15 minutes (59% faster than 26" drum units). The unit creates 2 – 10x more holes than fixed drum models in a single pass, so patch repair and seedbed prep can be done in just one pass. Patent Pending FLEXTECH arms with flexible reciprocating action drive plug depths up to 2x that of drum units, even in dry conditions. In-ground steering provides unmatched maneuverability – no lifting to make turns – plus reverse aerating, both affording maximized productivity and minimized operator fatigue. The hydro-drive OS901 overseeder allows verticutting and overseeding all in one pass. Billy Goat PURE PLAY SYNTHETIC TURF INBOUNDS Athletic Performance, recently founded by Baltimore native Andrew Bounds, has entered into an agreement that gives them the exclusive rights to market, sell, distribute, resell, and install a new, non-infill synthetic turf for multi-purpose sports fields. What makes this turf, called Pure Play, different are two unique features: it requires NO INFILL, most notably crumb rubber, and it is 100% recyclable. Following a year of research, product testing, and negotiations with ACT Sports, INBOUNDS Athletic Performance is excited to announce that it has entered into a 15 + year agreement with ACT Sports to be the exclusive distributor & reseller of ACT's non-infill synthetic sports turf in the United States. INBOUNDS Athletic Performance NEW TOP DROP BRUSH DRESSER FROM STEC EQUIPMENT STEC Equipment, an industry leader in specialized turf equipment distribution introduces the new Top Drop brush dresser from GKB Machines. "The new Top Drop really is the ideal machine for top dressing," says Randy Cole, Sales Manager at STEC Equipment. "It can be used anywhere with a variety of different material, making it the most versatile topdresser on the market." The Top Drop is available in three model sizes to provide the perfect machine for any sized job. The brush dresser can distribute all kinds of loose material such as sand, gravel, or rubber with a hydraulically adjustable spreading brush that can spread up to 4.5 ft. And the four pivoting turf tires ensure optimum ground pressure so that the burden on the surface is kept to a minimum. STEC Equipment