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MACHINERY FEATURE

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depths, and a few moisture meters are trees are well trimmed. It is essential that easier if they are in your inventory all the
required for maintenance of the facility. workers be trained to follow all safety time, and you can access the right one
When used smartly, you can save water standards when using chainsaws. when you need it instead of borrowing
without damaging the grass. Portable soil or buying a new one in the middle of an
moisture meters improve the efficiency of Hole cutters emergency.
the irrigation system, so the maintenance These are helpful pieces of equipment
team should have a few of these. for golf course maintenance, and often, Keeping track
multiple hole cutters are required. Once you know what you need, keep
Hozes and nozzles Different types are available, including track of maintaining the equipment and
These make up a considerable part of DIY options that allow you to cut holes instructing your team how to do it. It’s
golf course maintenance equipment. The yourself. Heavy duty hole cutters are more crucial to have a system in place to assign
golf course manager needs to deal with advanced and enable holes of different work orders in an organised manner. From
water, irrigation and hoses on a daily lengths and diameters to be cut. Having preventative maintenance on equipment
basis and should ideally have a few of a few different types of hole cutters will to preventative maintenance on the
them to ensure that the grass and soil are help considerably with maintenance. course itself, there is too much to be
moist. Even if there is a proper irrigation done without a work order management
and sprinkler system installed on the Small tools system being in place to efficiently keep
course, hoses and nozzles are important Small tools required include rakes, track of the tasks required. For instance, if
to ensure correct distribution of water. prybars, brooms, shovels, picks, steam work needs to be done and the worker is
cleaners, edgers, trimers, metal detectors, there but the mower is not, a lot of time
Chainsaws wire tracers, air compressors, welders will be wasted.
Golf course mowers and turfgrass and torches. Whilst these may not be Issues like these can’t be solved even if
equipment aren’t enough when it comes needed on a daily basis, it’s important to you have the best equipment. Rather they
to golf course maintenance. Trees need understand where each tool plays its part are solved by adhering to maintenance
to be cut and pruned, and this is where and ensure that they are in good working schedules, managing work orders and
chainsaws are needed, to ensure that condition. Course maintenance will be informing workers what they need to do. n

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