Pictures from an athletic field contractor

[LittleBittyBigJohn]

Do you sprig other places with the lip removal scrap you haul off?

 

[Complete Turf Care]

Do you sprig other places with the lip removal scrap you haul off?

I have never done that. But, it could be done. The material we remove from the lips is often mostly soil and not so much grass.

However, the machine we use for lip removal can be used to harvest sprigs to be planted. I've just never used it that way.

 

[Fixastuff]

You're absolutely right on that - time is money and the coaches are watching the time as well as the students! They don't want to do "anymore" than is necessary - just as the rest of the classified staff pays attention to time and requirements! It's all set. Do what is needed and that's it!

Curious how much free labor you give the company you work for? Working without compensation it is not smart. (Unless you expect some kind of promotion but that day may never come)

I never ask my employees to do anything unless they are being paid.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

Today we did some verticutting on golf course greens. We ran the machines in two directions.

This is what it looks like after it's cleaned up. Tomorrow they will topdress (add sand) these greens

 

[EddieWalker]

Do you work on a lot of golf courses? I always thought they had a fortune in equipment to do everything possible to keep their grass just like they want it.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

Do you work on a lot of golf courses? I always thought they had a fortune in equipment to do everything possible to keep their grass just like they want it.

I don't do a lot of work on golf courses. They do have tons of equipment.

The reason they wanted me there today, is so that we could get most, if not all, of the course done in one day today. The course is closed on Monday's, so we could work without bothering, or being bothered by golfers.

The verticutter you see on the Kubota is one I sold them last year. And I have one on my John Deere. This was at one of Baton Rouge Recreation (aka BREC) four golf courses. I have 2 more to do in the next weeks.

 

[tradosaurus]

I have said many times to anyone who would listen, "If your main concern is the safety and well-being of the players, you will never use fake grass"

However, more and more schools are going to fake grass, and I think the main reason is that the coaches don't want to do the maintenance on them anymore. And the fake grass looks really nice.

That and few rainouts. The small school my daughter just graduated from still has grass football field.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

More lip removal today. We've done lots of work at this field over the last few years.

 

[EddieWalker]

Does the lip just build up because of how they mow the grass?

 

[Complete Turf Care]

Does the lip just build up because of how they mow the grass?

It's a combination of things that cause the lip. One of the biggest reasons is because they drag the infield before almost every time they use it. Since they drag in a circular pattern, this will sling some of the infield soil into the grass. Another reason is that the grass just grows and thatch builds up. The grass doesn't grow in the skinned area. And you have players kicking the dirt out as they play, and wind will blow it out into the grass.