Message Board - Bowls: graden clear up
11 Sep 2007 by britboy
can anyone who has used a graden tell me what has been the best way to clear up the debris. As the work is on bowling greens obviously ditches surround the green so i was thinking of using a back pack blower to blow into a tarpaulin or would an etesia rotary mower have enougth vacuum to pick up.I will be going down to a depth of 8-10 mm so dont know how much rubbish to expect.All help appreciated
britboy
11 Sep 2007 by jlawrence
Expect lots and lots of debris.
I went a bit deeper than you (around 30mm) and took out around 25 Cu m of stuff. For picking up I used an old 36" mower. I've heard of people using blowers successfully so you should be OK with that, I doubt a rotary will have enough uplift to pick it up.
You'll be amazed at the amount of stuff that comes out.
Of course there's no bounce, bend your back and put some bloody effort in.
11 Sep 2007 by Nifty
I know some football grounds use rotary mowers after games and operations to "clear up" quite time consuming though with a full size pitch..,quick lets invent something...get a patent running 
Its got to be purrrfect
11 Sep 2007 by tidod
Quite right the debris from the Graden will be immense.
I've used a combination of my Dennis mower with the brush attachmentto pick up and then blown the rest away with a back pack blower.
It seems to work well on both cricket squares and bowls greens.
Geoff
11 Sep 2007 by sipho
WE use a Trilo Vacuum collector. Does a Good job,
We have also used a Billy Goat to some sucKess.
Sip
Gogga International Affairs Officer
11 Sep 2007 by Barry Pace
The Snow Brushes based on a strimmer that RK Kensetts sometimes sell on with the machine will clear debris quicker than anything I have seen and its just a job of picking up the rows.
Plastic.... it's The End I tell you... THE END!!!!
11 Sep 2007 by EDDIE G
I have just done my cricket square with the graden, and cleaned it off with my sisis rotorake fitted with the brush attachment. It made a lovely clean job, just ready for seeding tomorrow.
12 Sep 2007 by gary cunningham
I have used the graden on our greens twice a year for the past five years and tried all sorts of methods to remove the debris. The quickest and cleanest way I have found is to use a paddle sweeper on a sthil combi system. Good luck.
Gary
12 Sep 2007 by womble69
We've just finished end of season renovations on our cricket pitch and also used the Sisis auto-rotorake with brush attachment to clean up the surface. We have previously used a rotary mower but we found you need to used one that cuts fairly low e.g. 5mm to be effective. Saying that the Sisis proved to be much more effective and I would recommend using it.
12 Sep 2007 by Groundsmaiden Last edited 12 Sep 2007
The power broom shown here at a Graden demo seemed to do the trick!
24 Sep 2007 by AnthnyDgg
Just graden scarified a dozen bowling greens 2 passes to about 25mm depth. Used a SQRL sweeper from Turfmech to pick up debris. Excellent piece of kit 600mm wide far superior than sisis autorotorake with brush attachment
25 Sep 2007 by volvo
Allways use my Westwood garden mower with Power Sweeper on and clears up all with one pass ask if any members have one that can be borrowed
25 Sep 2007 by britboy
how long does it take you anthnydqq to graden and clear up 1 bowls green?(or anyone else any thoughts)
britboy
25 Sep 2007 by AnthnyDgg
ebony
To graden 2 passes and clean up takes approx 4 hrs
25 Sep 2007 by stevejack1
I try to do it on a windy day , and work with the prevailing wind to blow it all to one end , I also use a backpack blower and then throw it in the tractor trailer .
25 Sep 2007 by britboy
thanks for help people,just need nice dry week next week
britboy
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