Panmure Golf Club in Carnoustie, Angus, has added a Wiedenmann Super 500 sweeper collector to its fleet, principally for rough management duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur last machine had over 30 years\u2019 service; but as conditions needed to be dry for it to collect, it limited us to cutting rough in September. Changing the dynamics of the golf course at that stage of the season, didn\u2019t suit, so we knew it was time for a replacement,\u201d explained Head Greenkeeper, Gary Nicoll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the arrival of the Wiedenmann Super 500 in mid-January, Gary says it has brought renewed vigour to their programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur programme was in a good place, but a few areas had become tricky and unmanageable. I always knew the new machine would turbo-charge efforts. We can work in different conditions, even when it is damp or if there\u2019s frost. It just powers through. When you start it up, it just sounds efficient and full of energy, literally, it is tearing through everything, cutting and collecting in one pass. We cut against the way the grass is lined up, so it\u2019s a more aggressive cut. We are also reaching into areas previously off limits. We run it with our Wiedenmann Terra Rake. We\u2019re about to spray sulphate iron as we have a bit too much moss. Our rake will take out rank grasses and we\u2019ll go in again with the flail and give it another tidy up. We\u2019re just mastering how to judge the hopper capacity, but I couldn\u2019t be more pleased with our choice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As well as a Wiedenmann Terra Rake and Super 500, the club has a Whisper Twister Blower and a Terra Spike GXi 8 HD deep aerator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Installation and induction training was by Wiedenmann UK\u2019s lead demonstrator, Andy Kerr and Mike Lindsay, Area Sales Manager, from local dealer. Fairways GM, at Kinross. The Carnoustie site has 14 acres of managed grassland. The historic course combines the best elements of links and heathland, with tight fairways, challenging carries, undulating greens and sandhills forged by nature.
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