{"id":161,"date":"2018-11-15T16:24:22","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T16:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/?p=161"},"modified":"2019-02-27T16:30:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T16:30:25","slug":"out-front-wiedenmann-whisper-twister-perfect-set-up-for-coxmoor-gcs-leaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/out-front-wiedenmann-whisper-twister-perfect-set-up-for-coxmoor-gcs-leaves\/","title":{"rendered":"Out front Wiedenmann Whisper Twister  perfect set up for Coxmoor GC\u2019s leaves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Coxmoor Golf Club, an accredited England\nGolf Championship venue, is in its fourth year of a major ten year\nredevelopment, working closely with architects, <em>Creative Golf Design<\/em>.\nThe progressive Nottinghamshire club has an innovative programme of bunker and\ntee improvements to future proof the course which are already elevating its\nstature.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Running alongside is a ten year woodlands\nplan in partnership with The Sherwood Forest Trust and the Forestry\nCommission.&nbsp; The goal is to restore the\nSutton-in-Ashfield club to its natural heathland habitat with a better\nunderstanding of woodland management.&nbsp; Over\n1500 trees have been thinned out making way for the best indigenous species,\nthe focus on selecting trees across a spectrum of life cycle stages. By\nnecessity, Course Manager, Ben Cumberland and his greenkeeping team of seven,\nadopt very effective solutions for removing leaf debris. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Central to\ntheir operation is a previously under-used John Deere 3730 tractor, which now\nsupports a Wiedenmann Whisper Twister blower on the front and a variety of\nequipment on the back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen I joined\nCoxmoor, the 3730 tractor was a couple of years old with its three point front\nlinkage kit untouched and no obvious plans to put it to use. With front linkage\nin place it made sense to attach a blower which could stay on for two to three\nmonths at a time,\u201d explained Ben Cumberland. &nbsp;\u201cJames Robson from dealer Henton and Chatell got on the case and brought the Whisper\nTwister for demo and we kept it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s fortunate\nthe John Deere has low ground pressure and Galaxy flotation tyres so it can be\nover the greens for most of the year, leaving no imprint whatsoever. The\nWhisper Twister balances on a low pressure wheel so together they are perfect\nfor fine turf. When it\u2019s dry, the blower goes round the greens that need it in\nthe morning to tidy them. We drive right up to a bunker, point the nozzle,\nrotate if required and the leaves are taken out easily. Because the driver\u2019s\nview is to the front, you see everything; no awkward neck twisting trying to\nlook behind,\u201d continued Ben Cumberland.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOnly in the depths\nof winter will we go over the greens and blow leaves by hand. But for other\nparts of the course when it is damp and the leaves are dormant and bedded into\nthe grass, we will pair the blower with the Wiedenmann Terra Rake.&nbsp; The scarifying tines on the rake go through\nthe longer grass, teasing the leaves out from the bottom; the leaves are blown\nout and then we rake them up.\n\n\u201cHaving the blower to the front is so versatile;\nthe set up gives scope to do more and more. We will put another machine on the\nback and tidy as we go, especially with aeration work on the greens, or with\nthe slitter, the sorrel roller, the brush\u2026 even down to blowing tees before we spray them with the\nsprayer attached. We often do two jobs in one. Kill two birds with\nthe one stone if you like.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coxmoor Golf Club, an accredited England Golf Championship venue, is in its fourth year of a major ten year redevelopment, working closely with architects, Creative Golf Design. The progressive Nottinghamshire club has an innovative programme of bunker and tee improvements to future proof the course which are already elevating its stature.&nbsp; Running alongside is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161"}],"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=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions\/163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}