Pictures should tell most of the story.
This is the 2nd time I have used it (~2acres total, today I just did the back yard), first time was last fall -- it works well and appears to be a pretty sturdy attachment for the price. There are grease zerks on each pair of tines for periodic lubrication.
The concrete weights are available in the Home Depot/Lowes masonry aisle for about $5 each -- they are pre-cast deck supports and weigh about 45 pounds each. They haven't jumped out yet, although I may fashion some sort of hold down.
As with any TPH-mounted plug aerator you can only make VERY shallow sweeping turns, otherwise you'll tear the turf up and/or damage the tines. This unit is probably the most forgiving as each pair of tines rotates independently of the adjacent ones; still, proceed carefully here. The only problem that I have had to date is occasionally a stone/pebble gets stuck in the tine end, and I have to use a hammer and a screwdriver to pop it back out.
For the winter I had it standing in/on the cardboard supports that it was shipped with, but they started to sag badly and when the tines were about to hit the garage floor I decided to put some scrap wood to good use. You can see the cardboard supports in one of the pics below. I may add a set of casters to the stand as well.
Regards,
wrooster
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This is the 2nd time I have used it (~2acres total, today I just did the back yard), first time was last fall -- it works well and appears to be a pretty sturdy attachment for the price. There are grease zerks on each pair of tines for periodic lubrication.
The concrete weights are available in the Home Depot/Lowes masonry aisle for about $5 each -- they are pre-cast deck supports and weigh about 45 pounds each. They haven't jumped out yet, although I may fashion some sort of hold down.
As with any TPH-mounted plug aerator you can only make VERY shallow sweeping turns, otherwise you'll tear the turf up and/or damage the tines. This unit is probably the most forgiving as each pair of tines rotates independently of the adjacent ones; still, proceed carefully here. The only problem that I have had to date is occasionally a stone/pebble gets stuck in the tine end, and I have to use a hammer and a screwdriver to pop it back out.
For the winter I had it standing in/on the cardboard supports that it was shipped with, but they started to sag badly and when the tines were about to hit the garage floor I decided to put some scrap wood to good use. You can see the cardboard supports in one of the pics below. I may add a set of casters to the stand as well.
Regards,
wrooster
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