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By Press Release in Industry on 1st Nov 2011 9:00
Abbeydale Golf Club in Sheffield has been a long time advocate of ATT's innovative turf maintenance equipment, being one of the first clubs to trial the TMSystem™ some five years ago
Previously, the club had used dethatching cassettes, but the TMSystem™ offered a first opportunity to perform more maintenance tasks with a single power unit.
"We have two John Deere greens triples, one of which is kept for mowing and the other used with the TMSystem™," says Head Greenkeeper Warwick Manning. "I was immediately impressed with the build quality of the system and the range of cassettes available."
The Ultragroomer is the most frequently used attachment used on a regular basis to take grain out of the meadowgrasses on the greens. "We have reduced thatch to a manageable level, so all that is needed is surface management of the sward, and the Ultragroomer does an excellent job."
Vibratory rollers maintain green speeds and also help to work topdressings in, while the sarel rollers spike the surface, ensuring that dressings penetrate for greatest effect.
The vibration brush is also used after top dressing, while the scarifier cassette can be employed as and when necessary.
"It's a really quick job to swap the cassettes and very easy to do, just requiring an Allen key. I believe it will be even quicker on the latest Deere triples as the motor set up is more straightforward on the mower's QA cutting units," Warwick comments. Using the TMSystem™ is the responsibility of several key greenkeepers in the Abbeydale team, but he adds that it would be easy to train any member of staff to operate it.
"It is an exceptionally user-friendly system, but that is what I would expect as it was built by a greenkeeper for other greenkeepers!"
The impressive durability and build quality of the TMSystem™ led Warwick to consider the INFiNiCut walk behind greens mower from ATT as soon as it became available.
ATT Limited, Holbrook Avenue, Holbrook Industrial estate, Halfway, Sheffield S203FF
Tel: +44 (0)114 2475725 - Fax: +44 (0)114 2475726 - Web: http://www.advancedtt.com
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