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22 Jul 2010 by barry glynn
Surrey groundsmans association in conjunction with the area ECB pitch inspector, held a PQS clinic on my ground weds, interesting and informative.
They used my square as the guinea pig for form filling and it came out ok. But I need a soil sampler and tried to order the BMS one but BMS are out of stock. BMS seem hopeless, recently took them nearly 3 months to deliver something they said would be 2 weeks.
Anyway. looked on the Pitchcare site for a similar tool and was wondering if anyone has got or has used the Crocodile one they have on there for £119? It looks well made and is 2 inch which I think you need.
What do I do? I just cut the grass.
22 Jul 2010 by Chris Thornton
I use a bolster chisel and a lump hammer and have a look at the R/Z half way down and between the pitches!
Works for me and is much cheaper!!
"He not busy being born is busy dying"
23 Jul 2010 by willard
You can get a 4 inch sampler from NZSTI website. $60 NZD. About 30 quid. Better than rip off Britain...
23 Jul 2010 by willard
But saying that, I did just pay $10NZD for a box of Kellogs Just Right from Countdown supermarket. About 5 quid. Swings and roundabouts...
23 Jul 2010 by barry glynn
60 NZD and how much to send to UK?
What do I do? I just cut the grass.
23 Jul 2010 by pacman75cricket
Would be interested but what does the NZ sampler look like
24 Jul 2010 by willard
Check out their website: www.nzsti.org.nz
24 Jul 2010 by pacman75cricket
Yeh looked but cant see any images of the sampler just the order form on the site
24 Jul 2010 by willard
Get one. Just use a rubber mallett when banging into block. Otherwise you will bur the end. 4 inch depth.
24 Jul 2010 by pacman75cricket
Is it like the bms one commonly used over here in the uk
24 Jul 2010 by barry glynn
I checked out the site, there is no picture of what it looks like.Plus the cost of shipping and entry tax would make it more than the BMS one probably.
What do I do? I just cut the grass.
25 Jul 2010 by willard
$90 NZD including delivery at a guess, maybe less. That's about 45 quid...
26 Jul 2010 by Tiffany Smith
Pictures of NZSTI soil samplers now loaded on NZSTI's site for you to refer to if you like.
26 Jul 2010 by vid
Whoever you get it from make sure it is made of material that does not oxidise readily or the samples will not read true. ie cast iron will leave iron in the sample
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