Recently we had our fairway dew drag system fail . Chris gave the go ahead to see what I can come up with . Had to be gender friendly so anyone could go out and dew drag the fairways .
Cut pieces of 1.5 tube stock . I went with 20 Ft. length in total..
Laid out the center section on scissor lift . I wound up cutting the hitch shaft at a 30 degree angle offset to get it higher off the ground .
Welding up brackets and home made hinges to get a trial version made for tomorrow .
There is a nice square tube mid section to run the square stock through on the TX running chains midway out to pull frame for support . The mid bar can stay on the gator . I'm using pins to hold them on the gator end ,on the pull bar the chains are welded on .
Fold up. ....pin in.....throw the rope in the back and drive to the next fairway or across the bridges .Added some end caps incase they drag in a few areas on the course.
Tried it out knocking some clumps down . Worked pretty well . The true test will be tomorrow .Lots of factors to deal with , I'm sure there will be a dew drag rack 1.1 soon . LOL. A good starting point .
Home made hinge
The plate dead centre of picture I added to offset the force on the bar while it's pulling .I will take the pressure off the hinge .
Chain directly welded to pull frame
Just wrapped the rope over the end and zip tied it then capped it with 3" elbows we had from irrigation stock .
Chain from pull bar is pined to mid framing of the TX gator . Convenient hole for the bar to go through .
After the first time out I also added these plate to keep it from rocking back and forth in transit .
Ready for paint .
Another picture of mid frame pin .
Looks pretty good all done .
Officially Day 1 here at The Links at Brunello . The crew are doing a great job staying ahead of play for their morning duties . A bit of a learning curve having had the course to them selves for so long .
Quit a few weeks running it and made a few alterations .Running strong a few dings and bends ,,,but still goes out daily now with no issues .
Also Made Golf Course Industry Magazine .
Sweet !!!!
Check out Travels with Terry in This months Golf Course Industry Magazine .
http://www.golfcourseindustry.com/digital/201509/index.html
http://www.golfcourseindustry.com/article/gci0915-golf-course-equipment-ideas-sept
