Other equipment for Grounds Management

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A range of Litium ion (60V) battery powered products, the first of which is the Osprey 46, produced by Hayter.

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The action of using a groomer to lightly raise up vegetation on a grass surface; especially prior to mowing it. By carrying out this task you should not mark or score the surface in any way (otherwise you are doing it incorrectly) and it can be used during most of the year. It can be thought of as a type of lighter form of verticutting, being a piece of equipment used for fine-tuning a sward. Care does need to be taken when little grass growth is taking place as this will stress the plant and to refrain from its use during prolonged dry spells. If a groomer setting is too low then this can unn

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A range of greens triple mower (cassette) attachments, manufactured by Maredo.

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The physical removal of weeds by hand, typically by using a metal pronged tool, golf divot repairer, or similar. Hand weeding is labour intensive, yet if carried on in a systematic way of say 5 ¯ 15 minutes per day on a winter pitch, golf or bowling green this can be an effective way of preventing young weeds developing into more mature adult weeds.

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See Chain Harrow and Power Harrow.

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A battery powered hedge trimmer, with optional length cutter bars from 27cm to 75cm. Maximum power is 1.2kW, weight 3.5kg (with 63cm cutter bar), (LPA) noise level of 84 dB(A), LWA noise level of 92 dB(A), being produced by Pellenc.

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A pedestrian operated flat-bed transporter ‘hovercraft’ which hovers just off the ground due to powerful downward blowing fan with a front wheel which acted as a pivot to slightly raise the flat-bed off the ground once the fan was operating. The skirt to the ground was 150mm depth and had a width of 1.22m, whilst the weight of material which it could transport was estimated as 114kg. It was manufactured by the Light Hovercraft Company in the early 1970s but did not gain widespread use.

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A tractor mounted powered (adjustable stiffness) brush and conveyor belt which removes SBR infill from 3G artificial surfaces. There are 4 models, each having a working depth of up to 4cm:

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A mobile grow tent which provides for a climate control range of the covered area of 55m2, including control of air quality, CO2, humidity, irrigation, light and temperature. The unit has a length of 10.7m, width of 5.9m and height of 2.5m, providing 504µmol/m2/s. It is supplied by SGL.

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A wet cleaning system for use on artificial athletic tracks, with a front mounted unit with high-pressure wash bar and extractor ventilating fan for the removal of water from cleaned surface. It has a working width of 1.5m and a 600 or 1000 litre water tank capacity tank, depending on size of tractor available. The different models available are the KBR80, KBR100, KBR180, KBR180 S, KBR 200 (the number relates to the maximum pressure from the pumps in 'bar'). The tractor requirement, ranging from 30hp to 75hp, depends on the pump capacity, which ranges from 60 to 102 litres per minute. These are made by Horger Maschinen.