Larger lawns require bigger kit. See how we tackle those bigger jobs.
Our clients’ lawns come in all sizes and shapes, which means we must be equipped to deal with every eventuality. Lawntech takes immense pride in having the best available machinery in every class, to enable us to deliver the highest possible standards of lawn care to every one of our clients. The equipment we buy has to be capable, robust, and reliable among many other attributes, so we are very discerning in our choice of the right kit for the job at hand. In our next article we’ll take a look at the equipment we use on our small to medium lawns, but this time we bring out the big guns as we turn our attention to those larger lawns and sports grounds…
Large Lawn SCARIFIERS
No lawn too large – Lawntech’s fleet of scarifiers can handle them all!
If you have ever tried to scarify your lawn you will know that it is hard work and it produces lots of thatch. It is not possible to scarify large lawns effectively with pedestrian equipment, unless you have an awful lot of time on your hands and the fitness of an athlete. We invest heavily in specialist ride-on scarifiers that have a 1.5-metre-wide floating head fitted with 72 blades. This head feeds the unwanted thatch into an auger system, which compacts the material into a high tip hopper for disposal onto a compost heap, skip or large trailer. Thatch can be extremely stubborn, and even with this equipment it often takes multiple passes across the lawn in different directions to ensure the thatch is adequately removed.
Large Lawn AERATORS
A choice of aerators to suit every scenario.
Aeration can take various forms; spiked, slit or hollow-tined, but let us keep things simple here and just say that the more holes you can create and the deeper they are, the better it will be for your lawn! Not all aerators are the same, so we only use the best equipment to give maximum impact. Our fleet of Groundsman aerators, made by hand in Ireland, are the best aerators on the market and perfect for large lawns and sports grounds. We are able to choose between fitting spikes or hollow tines, depending on the application. These aerators provide more than twice the number of holes at twice the depth of most other aerators on the UK market, which is why they are always our first choice for lawn renovations.
Large Lawn DIRECT DRILL OVER-SEEDERS
Direct Drill Over-seeding, Lawntech’s preferred solution for larger lawn areas.
Over-seeding can be done by broadcasting the seed on to a recently renovated lawn, ensuring there is adequate soil contact, or alternatively it can be direct drilled which guarantees soil contact. If we have a large lawn that is in poor condition and requires over-seeding following scarification and aeration, our first choice is to use a compact tractor-mounted direct drill over-seeder. The over-seeder has two off-set spiked drums, which force the seed down into the soil at a calibrated rate.
Large Lawn TOP DRESSING APPLICATION
Applying Top Dressing with a mechanical applicator.
If you have carried out the process of Top Dressing a lawn yourself, you will know that a large amount of dressing is usually required, approximately 1 tonne per 100 square metres. We usually carry this out as part of our SOS lawn makeover. The dressing is applied using either a compact tractor mounted or heavy-duty pedestrian applicator. Once the dressing is applied, it is then rubbed in to the surface of the sward to smooth out surface imperfections and to assist seed germination and recovery.
Large Lawn TREATMENT SPRAYERS
Lawntech’s Treatment Sprayers enable us to spray a 3 metre span in a single pass.
Applying nutrient, herbicide or moss control products to a large lawn or sports ground can be difficult with a knapsack sprayer as it is often not possible to apply the amount of product required. Each of our service vehicles is equipped with a 3-metre-wide boom sprayer, hydrostatically powered by an efficient Honda engine. The flow and output can be easily controlled by the technician and it is extremely accurate due to the bout markets on the end of the boom which leaves little foam blobs so we can see where we have been.
Lawntech is always investing in the very best large lawn equipment so we can provide our clients with the highest standard of lawn care in the UK. For more information or a quotation for your lawn care contact us at customerservices@lawn-tech.co.uk
In our next post we will be following up this article with an overview of the equipment we use to service smaller lawns.
