A Buckinghamshire head greenkeeper has inspired a user\nchallenge among fellow owners of Wiedenmann Terra Spikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After taking delivery of a new GXi8 HD in December, Gerrards\nCross GC\u2019s Adam McColl reckoned the machine was smooth enough to balance a full\ncup of coffee without spilling while it spiked its way across a tee or green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Within hours his observation was relayed to others prompting greenkeepers\nand groundsmen across the country to get involved, posting on twitter when they\nsucceed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adam, who heads the team of seven at the south\nBuckinghamshire Club, said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe coffee challenge\njust seemed possible. Aerators have moved on, modern practices mean the machine\nstays calm even when going deep. With\nthe multi ribbed belt drive system and the way the crankshaft is balanced, the\nGXi 8 always remains stable. If you hit something there is no shock transfer to\nthe tractor or the driver. It elongates the life of both the machine and the\ntractor. It\u2019s all about smooth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gerrards Cross Golf Club a parkland course with extensive\nwoodland and views across the Misbourne Valley, had some fairly specific criteria\nfor choosing a Wiedenmann aerator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe need to stay ahead of golf and not stop play,\u201d continued\nAdam McColl. \u201cPreviously that wasn\u2019t\nhappening. At 1.8 m this is 60 cm wider\nthan before so a combination of extra width and greater speed will mean an end\nto interruptions and lead to more frequent repetitions. This machine has a specific feature \u2013 Advance\nTine Control – that ensures we get very clean tine entry and exit even where\nthere\u2019s compaction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another major reason for Adam McColl choosing a Terra Spike, was\nthe improvement it would bring to getting sand into the profile to ultimately\nbenefit drainage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt demo we gave the 18th<\/sup> green one pass using 20\nmm tines. In the weeks before our own machine\narrived we could see a tangible difference just from that one occasion. The green still puddled but the water residue\nshifted a lot quicker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe bigger picture however is to get between 180-200 tonnes\nof sand on the greens across the year. \nAssuming it remains dry enough we\u2019ll continue with the 20 mm tines and go\nfor 40 tonnes between now and the end of March plus an additional 40 tonnes at\nspring renovations when we will probably hollow core. During summer we switch to lighter 8 mm tines\nand hope to achieve between 20 – 40 tonnes. Then come autumn it will be back to\nthe 20 mm tines and around 60-80 tonnes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLast year we didn\u2019t even get to our target of 140 tonnes but\nwe\u2019re focussed on getting this additional sand to help create drainage channels.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eddie Jack, Field Sales Manager at Ernest Doe in North\nWalsham said: \u201cAdam called it correctly with the smoothness of the machine. He\nreally started something. Looks like I\u2019ll be buying the coffees for the\nforeseeable future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Buckinghamshire head greenkeeper has inspired a user challenge among fellow owners of Wiedenmann Terra Spikes. After taking delivery of a new GXi8 HD in December, Gerrards Cross GC\u2019s Adam McColl reckoned the machine was smooth enough to balance a full cup of coffee without spilling while it spiked its way across a tee or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions\/136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}