Another very busy week for the greenstaff with more and more man hours going into cutting for example the greens are being cut at least 10 times a week at the moment and vibe rolled to improve smoothness.
I wanted to blog about some important jobs carried out regularly that would not get seen by the players (until the end product). One of them is the amount of work that goes into setting machines up.
The machines are checked over daily and put on cut, after they have been used we wash them down and re fuel ready for the next morning.
Every so often the cutting units on the machines need to be re ground with our grinders. The greens mower get the most re grinds and new bottom blades as both of these make a big difference to the playing surfaces. A sharp machine cuts cleaner, gets less disease, lasts longer and putts smoother and quicker (if required).
Above the cylinder gets a re grind on our greens mower.
Once the units have had new bottom blades or old one sharpened plus a re grind of the cylinder we check the heights of cut.
We use an accu gage bar to set the height of cut to the exact same height for each unit digitally. This is referred to as the 'bench setting' and this can be different slightly from the actual height of cut that occurs when mowing.
We then constantly check the heights of cut using a Prism gage (see above). This tool gives us the actual height of cut on the greens and from this we may need to adjust the bench height accordingly to get our optimum level. Another check carried out is the 'quality of cut' using a macroscope. This tool is used to evaluate how cleanly the greensmowers are cutting the turf. So we can adjust them or re grind them for the best possible cut.
Just a little glimpse about the set ups of the machines before they go on the golf course to do there work.
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