Pictures from an athletic field contractor

[EddieWalker]

I bet a good rain storm can really mess everything up. Especially when you can finish the job!!

 

[Complete Turf Care]

I bet a good rain storm can really mess everything up. Especially when you can finish the job!!

You are correct, however, I really wanted a good rain on this field. It was so dry and dusty that I was blowing out my air filters twice a day. And I had to wash my AC radiator at least twice a day.

Also, although we removed most of the grass before tilling, there is still lots of bermuda roots in the soil, which makes it hard to move the soil around with the blade.

This rain will help the bermuda to decay quicker and make it easier to put the final grade on it.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

You are correct, however, I really wanted a good rain on this field. It was so dry and dusty that I was blowing out my air filters twice a day. And I had to wash my AC radiator at least twice a day.

Also, although we removed most of the grass before tilling, there is still lots of bermuda roots in the soil, which makes it hard to move the soil around with the blade.

This rain will help the bermuda to decay quicker and make it easier to put the final grade on it.

Seems like just a little grass , trash, weeds or whatever makes finish grading dirt problematic, especially so in what you are trying to accomplish I imagine.

 

[EddieWalker]

Are you in the path of Beryl? We got an inch last night from one of the outer bands, and we're waiting for it to start raining here any minute.

 

[dodge man]

How is this for machine grading? The lath is home plate. In this case the plans had changed before construction began but they used the old computer model. I swear some contractors never crack open the plans. That’s my coworker taking a shot with the gps. The advantage of seniority, he got to put on the rubber boots.

 

[EddieWalker]

Will you dig out all the mud and put in dry dirt? When I worked construction back in the 80's, they would make massive piles of the muddy dirt, then bring in dry dirt and mix it with a front end loader. This could go on all day, or all week!!!

 

[Complete Turf Care]

This about a 1 hour time lapse of the baseball field we are working on. Looks like it drained off very quickly, which is what we want. This is rain from Hurricane Beryl today.

 

[EddieWalker]

No erosion. My fear is always in how big the ruts are going to be from all the water washing the dirt away.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

Went help another contractor laser grade a softball infield to prepare for new fake grass.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Went help another contractor laser grade a softball infield to prepare for new fake grass.
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I imagine he was glad to have you, anytime you can get someone with specialized equipment and skill sets it helps you improve your own skill sets by learning from what they know.