Last week we had a demonstration of the Wiedenmann Super 500 Deep Rough cutter/scarifier/collector and we spent a few hours putting it through its paces. Obviously after all the heavy recent rain conditions were not perfect but it still performed very well.
We concentrated on two areas during the demo, the thick rough between the 1st and 9th fairways and the patch between the 2nd and 7th fairways. The machine performed well cutting the thick rough down to an inch or so.
These rough areas around the course need to be thinned out so that the finer wispy grasses can establish. This will have several benefits. Firstly, a golfer would be able to find their ball therefore speeding up play. The presentation of the golf course would be greatly increased. Imagine the wispy tall rough blowing in the wind, defining the holes.
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| Loading machine to our tractor |
We concentrated on two areas during the demo, the thick rough between the 1st and 9th fairways and the patch between the 2nd and 7th fairways. The machine performed well cutting the thick rough down to an inch or so.
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| Hi tip collector can be dumped into a trailer |
Can cope with any terrain
These rough areas around the course need to be thinned out so that the finer wispy grasses can establish. This will have several benefits. Firstly, a golfer would be able to find their ball therefore speeding up play. The presentation of the golf course would be greatly increased. Imagine the wispy tall rough blowing in the wind, defining the holes.
Area between 1 and 9, a ball magnet
The area between 2 and 7 is a mess and can be a hold up area with people looking for lost balls.
The area between 2 and 7 is a mess and can be a hold up area with people looking for lost balls.
After the demonstration you can see how well the machine cut the scrub down. Only the extreme weather shortly after this prevented us from carrying on.
Next week we shall be demonstrating another machine of this type to compare and contrast.
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