Friday, March 18, 2016

Fairway dew drag Update


Just an update on the rig I made for The Links at Brunello . 
Actually it worked better than expected .Other than a few bends and some modification for improvements it held up all season . To day I'm bringing the dew drag in for more upgrades . After personally using it a few times some I noticed a few areas for improvement . 


Looks pretty much like the day it was built . 


By using the square stock and spacing it with bolts you can get enough flex to straighten it out . Worked really well . 


The straight one had more of a bend than the one showed . 


 During the season some of the staff had a little problem pinning the arms after use . They were down low and a little cumbersome to use if your not mechanically inclined . 


To solve this issue I'm welding in some angle uprights and using a rod for support at the top . The rod placement will be padded to ride against the tailgate . The old design had ears that pinched the arms in place but I found some damage to the dump bed . This way it can rock back and forth not harming anything . 


Cut the lower sections not needed to replace with upright angle iron . 


Reattaching the arms . Simple ... just a bolt .




I'm adding cross chains to front of bed to help with rocking when transporting . 
Quick attach with clips on the box side . 


Reattaching rope in the same fashion . Worked great with the end caps that deflected arms up without damaging turf . 


Arm latch pins moved to this location  . Makes it easier to attach standing up .  


Just paint left and done . 
Springs just around the course . Course is looking great . 




Monday, March 14, 2016

Painting tines


Recently  I seen a post on Twitter about painting tines . Great idea . Won't be long as spring will be here and we will be going out in full forces . 
Painting our tines as they come in now . The idea is to make them easier to find when they loosen off and fall out. Might save a mower from accidentally hitting one out in the field . 


Started off painting them like this but


using Styrofoam made more sense to me and sped up the process . 
I'll add some pictures later when they get on the machines . 
One more tip the guys had on Twitter was to wrap a few turns of Teflon tape on the mount end to make them easier to remove . 
Everyone's starting to excited for our up coming 2nd season . 


The 864 ready to roll .



Not long now . Springs just around the corner .