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MACHINERY FEATURE

ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT FOR

GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE

By Caroline Eisner, Content Writer, MaintainX

Appropriate equipment is essential for good golf course maintenance. Without
it, course managers cannot provide the facilities and services expected by club
members and customers. The list below gives the ten most important types of

equipment for golf course maintenance.

Mowers quickly from one place to another, saving them. When workers move through the
Different types of mowers are required to time. A trailer and utility vehicle need to course and see debris or grass cuttings
ensure a well-managed course, as mowing be assigned to each worker. The trailer isn’t in a specific area, they can get it removed
comprises more than half of all golf course just used for transporting mowers but helps instantly if they have a personal blower
maintenance. A wide range of mowing with all types of transportation of tools, assigned to them.
equipment should always be available parts and machines.
including greens mowers, walk-behind Grinders
mowers, triplex mowers, collar mowers, Hydraulic lifter One of the most needed and useful
tee mowers, approach mowers, fairway This is the most essential golf course tools a golf course manager should
mowers and rough mowers. maintenance tool that every course have access to is a grinding machine, a
According to the United States Golf manager should have. It helps to move piece of equipment that helps in several
Association (USGA), at least eight to ten faulty mowers and other machines, and if a places. Three different types of grinders
walking greens mowers are recommended triplex mower stops working, the hydraulic are needed for golf course maintenance,
for 18-hole facilities, and advanced mowers lifter will help remove it from the field. namely a bedknife grinder, reel grinder
are recommended for larger operations. Hydraulic equipment lifters help both on and wheel grinder. All three are required
Which golf green mowers are right for any and off the field, for instance they can be as they are used for different purposes.
particular facility depends on several factors used to raise and lower other equipment –
such as its size, location, type of grass and a must-have for golf course maintenance. Portable soil moisture meter
usage. For instance, to mow at different Monitoring moisture in the soil is essential
heights, triplex mowers are required and if Handheld and backpack blowers to ensure that you don’t end up ruining
the facility is large, multiple triplex mowers These blowers remove leaves, debris and the grass and its texture by watering too
are needed. grass cuttings from the field, keeping much or too little. Grass needs a specific
the golf course tidy. They are the two amount of water, depending on weather
Utility vehicles major types of blowers and workers need conditions in your area and the seasons.
When using walk-behind mowers, a trailer to have both of them to help remove A portable soil moisture meter helps
and utility vehicle will help workers move debris from places that aren’t assigned to to check soil moisture up to certain

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