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It's a clean sweep for Hollow Cores and Scarified Material
Industry News -
By Mike Bird (19 Jun 07 12:05) - 7 comments
Turfmech has launched a pedestrian greens sweeper designed for fast, effective collection and removal of hollow cores and scarified material from golf greens and other fine turf surfaces. - Read Article
Massey Ferguson Tractor on course at St Andrews
Golf -
By Mike Bird (13 Jun 07 8:00)
A 100hp Massey Ferguson 5455 tractor is playing an important role in the creation of The Castle Course, the new seventh course currently under construction by St Andrews Links Trust. - Read Article
MF compact tractor applies a lighter touch to crop trials
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By Mike Bird (30 Apr 07 9:55)
A 38hp Massey Ferguson 1540 compact tractor has taken on responsibility for the drilling and spraying of agronomic development trials conducted by Bayer CropScience at its research farms in Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire, as well as a number of host farms throughout England.
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Electro-Hydraulic controls available for Propass 180 topdresser and MH-400 materials handler
Industry News -
By Mike Bird (11 Apr 07 14:00)
Programmable electro-hydraulic controls are now available as an option on the ProPass 180 low impact top dresser and the MH-400 materials handler from Turfmech Machinery.
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Massey Ferguson plans extensive display of new garden and estate machinery at Chelsea Flower Show
Industry News -
By Mike Bird (02 Apr 07 14:10)
First-time exhibitor, Massey Ferguson, will be featuring at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show a representative selection of products from its newly-extended grass and grounds care machinery range suitable for larger gardens, estates and country parks. - Read Article
MF Compact tractor proves ideal for training courses.
Industry News -
By Mike Bird (22 Mar 07 10:00)
Growing demand for grounds care and amenity equipment training courses has resulted in a rapid expansion of the machinery fleet used by Littlefield Manor Training Services Limited, located at Littlefield Common, near Guildford, Surrey. - Read Article
Warwickshire firm wins Turfmech dealer of the Year award
Industry News -
By Mike Bird (21 Mar 07 16:00)
Warwickshire company, Parks and Grounds Machinery, has been named Turfmech's dealer of the year for 2006. - Read Article
Premier Pitches fits Viba-Timer hour meters to Ten Machines
Industry News -
By Mike Bird (24 Feb 07 12:45)
One of Britain's most progressive sports turf contractors has equipped 10 of its specialist turf renovation and soil working machines with a Turfmech Viba-Timer vibration-activated hour meter. - Read Article
Massey Ferguson appoints five new grounds care dealers
Industry News -
By Mike Bird (23 Feb 07 12:00)
The appointment of five dedicated grounds care dealers in recent months has added further impetus to Massey Ferguson's aim of becoming a major long-term provider of compact and mid-range tractors, mowers and ancillary equipment to professional and top-end residential users throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. - Read Article
MF Equipment proves right for the job at Buckler's Hard
Industry News -
By Mike Bird (19 Feb 07 10:00)
Two Massey Ferguson compact tractors and a dedicated MF ride-on mower are helping keep in trim a high profile visitor attraction that made its name as a major British naval shipbuilding centre during the 18th and first half of the 19th centuries. - Read Article
New Commercial Director takes a 'Hands-On' approach
Industry News -
By Mike Bird (19 Jan 07 10:30)
Dave Rogers, 37, has been appointed Commercial Director of Turfmech Machinery, one of the UK's leading manufacturers and suppliers of professional turf and grounds maintenance equipment.
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Massey Ferguson to unveil new tractors and ground care products at BTME 2007
Harrogate Week -
By Mike Bird (05 Dec 06 12:00)
Massey Ferguson’s all-new 3600 Series mid-range tractors will receive their first public airing in the UK and Ireland at the forthcoming BIGGA Turf Management Exhibition (BTME), being held in Harrogate from 23 – 25 January 2007. - Read Article
New MF compact tractor makes light work of maintenance operations
Industry News -
By Mike Bird (03 Dec 06 15:00) - 1 comment
FA Premier League football club, Charlton Athletic, has taken delivery of a Massey Ferguson 1531 Hydro compact tractor to help with all aspects of pitch maintenance and preparation at The Valley, the club’s impressive stadium in south-east London. - Read Article
Vibration-Activated Hour Meter Helps with planning regular machinery maintenance
Industry News -
By Mike Bird (03 Dec 06 11:00)
Staffordshire engineering firm, Turfmech Machinery, has launched a vibration-activated hour meter that will help machinery owners, operators and managers ensure that regular servicing schedules are carried out on time and in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations. - Read Article
Earthquake Decompation treatments keep soils open and grasses growing
Industry News -
By Mike Bird (30 Nov 06 13:00)
By following a strict programme of regular soil aeration and decompaction treatments, Stuart Yarwood, course manager at Lymm Golf Club in Cheshire, is achieving his goal of maintaining and improving the 18-hole parkland-style course using traditional greenkeeping methods, working in harmony with the weather. - Read Article
Massey Ferguson website highlights new ground care products for 2007
Industry News -
By Mike Bird (21 Nov 06 13:00)
All of the new Massey Ferguson grounds care products due to become available in January 2007 from MF dealers in the UK and Ireland can now be viewed on-line within the newly-updated Grounds Care section of the Massey Ferguson website. - Read Article
Leading sports firm clocks up 50 years with Massey Ferguson
Industry News -
By Mike Bird (14 Nov 06 8:00)
Massey Ferguson tractors have been the mainstay of W E Hewitt and Son’s business
since 1956 when the company purchased its first MF tractor – a diesel-engined
FE 35 model. - Read Article
Top dressings applied little and often counter increased levels of golf and threat of thatch
Industry News -
By Mike Bird (10 Nov 06 12:05) - 2 comments
A sharp increase in the amount of golf being played during the week at Old Thorns Golf and Country Estate, Liphook, Hampshire, has prompted a number of changes in the course maintenance regime followed by head greenkeeper, Derek Cunliffe. - Read Article
Auto-staking turf harvester points the way ahead
Industry News -
By Mike Bird (12 Oct 06 12:00)
Impressive savings in time and labour have been recorded by the turf-growing arm of Devon firm, Edenvale Turf, since the arrival this summer of a Brouwer RoboMax 1200 auto-stacking turf harvester, supplied and supported by UK distributor, Turfmech. - Read Article
Turfmech Clears up fast at the Worcestershire Golf Club
Industry News -
By Mike Bird (14 Jul 06 11:00)
One of the first Turfmech TM1 walk-behind vacuum collectors to be supplied in the UK is helping reduce by more than 50 per cent the time and staff needed to de-thatch the greens at the Worcestershire Golf Club. - Read Article
