Sparkynutz
Bronze Member
Hard to find much info online with the majority of aerators not even listed which type they are.
Just the physics of a spinning drum plug aerator makes absolutely no sense to me. Twisting and turning on tines can't be good on them and oblong holes might not matter much but not exactly what is intended when aerating. A cam unit that moves up and down punching holes straight down just makes more sense. So far I've only come across a few walk behind very very expensive piston aerators. Is there such a thing as gear or even pto driven plug aerator? Seems cost could be greatly reduced if the need for seperate motor was eliminated and driven with a gear between one of the drive wheels and piston cam turning as fast as its driven. My other idea is just a spinning pto could easily drive a piston plug aerator up and down.
Does something like this already exist?
If not, I could really see the market for this or atleast fabricate my own to use.
Just the physics of a spinning drum plug aerator makes absolutely no sense to me. Twisting and turning on tines can't be good on them and oblong holes might not matter much but not exactly what is intended when aerating. A cam unit that moves up and down punching holes straight down just makes more sense. So far I've only come across a few walk behind very very expensive piston aerators. Is there such a thing as gear or even pto driven plug aerator? Seems cost could be greatly reduced if the need for seperate motor was eliminated and driven with a gear between one of the drive wheels and piston cam turning as fast as its driven. My other idea is just a spinning pto could easily drive a piston plug aerator up and down.
Does something like this already exist?
If not, I could really see the market for this or atleast fabricate my own to use.
