I’m really looking forward to the coming year. We’ve been fortunate in that our owners have been providing us with a budget that we can improve the course with. In this economical climate that’s not a small thing. One of my things was to buy more fairway mowers. What lead me to that was seeing [...]
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No more engine books from Toro….
It started by looking for an air filter for our new sprayer, a Toro 1250 Multi-Pro. This is the 3rd one of these that we’ve had (the only machine we have that is on a regular replacement program ). We traded the last one for 3 walkmowers for the Tees and I let the shop [...]
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Synthetic Bio in a Walk Mower?
One of the nice things about walk mowers if the absence of hydraulic oil leaks.. For an Equipment Manager that’s a nice weight off ones shoulders. Years ago with our new riding mowers we hit about 1000 hours on them, and it seemed every hose that could go, did. It’s really horrible when you’re watching [...]
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Shout out to TruTurf & GolfTECHS.net
We’d just gotten a used TruTurf roller and I was on the GolfTECHS forum asking the guys about light kits. Apparently our model was a bit outdated and the kit cost a small fortune. I suppose the biggest thing that came up was why was a light kit even an option. In Florida we start [...]
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Now We’re seeding :)
From my friend, Greg Dinger, an Equipment Manager and Swepco guy; Undeniably, the best filter of all is the invisible filter. This is the filter that doesn’t have to be purchased, doesn’t have to be installed, doesn’t have to be changed and doesn’t have to be monitored. This is the filter that gets the oil [...]
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New Toro 360
The Super and I were down at the local Toro Super Store checking out a off-lease mower and happened to run across one of the new Toro 360′s being unloaded. This one has most of the bell and whistles. 4-wheel drive, 4-wheel steer. I understand this is around $30k. Toro 360
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Mower Blades, You do the math..
These are the views of the vanes of the high lift blades for a Toro mower. They are called the Atomic blade. The top model is the newer version. The bottom, the older. This is not about the blades but the pricing. Individually, they are 19.90 each. They are marketed for a couple machines and [...]
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4700 at it again
We’ve just had our big mower back for a week or so and I noticed a little vibration when I was putting it away the other day so I checked it out. One of the pump bolts broke right off. This is what we just had it in for. This is what’s left of the [...]
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Christmas Sleigh
This is a sleigh we made one Christmas. We had a lot of fun with it. Click HERE to read it’s story.
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No more “Good Ole Boys”..
We just got this back from the dealer. What a machine.. Great.. I sent it in because we had a broke coupler between the engine and the hydraulic assembly. It’s amazing because just a few weeks a friend, Scott, called and asked if I had any problems with the adapter plate as he has had [...]
