Maintenance

The California drought continues and continues

April 9, 2015 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

Mike Huck is a self-employed turfgrass consultant. While well versed in all aspects of turfgrass management, Mike focuses on turfgrass water quality and water management. Mike can be reached at mhuck@cox.net for more information. Q: Describe the drought California is ...

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Toro renews equipment relationship with U.S. Army

April 9, 2015 By Joelle Harms

The Toro Company has been selected by the U.S. Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) to provide golf course maintenance equipment to help maintain nearly 50 golf facilities at installations worldwide. The contract award renews a relationship with the U.S. Army ...

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Club Car offers solar charging panels for select vehicles

March 24, 2015 By Joelle Harms

Club Car‘s 48-volt electric Precedent golf cars, Carryall utility vehicles and Villager LSVs can now capture, store and use solar power with the addition of its new 100-watt solar drive-charging panel assembly. “…Club Car is offering this new accessory to ...

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To core or not to core? Washington course stops pulling cores

March 18, 2015 By Stacie Zinn Roberts

Core aerification is a vital practice at many courses. But for some cool-season grass courses, it’s a thing of the past. The sewer ditch was 5 feet deep, 30 feet wide and a mile long. It cut a path of ...

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Show them how mulch you care

March 18, 2015 By Hannah Schrum

A renewed application of the right type of mulch can produce benefits both visually and financially appealing to a course. It’s that time of year again — if not already, then soon — when landscape beds on and around the ...

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Jacobsen to begin Truckster XD production this spring

March 11, 2015 By Joelle Harms

Jacobsen, a Textron company, will begin production of its new Truckster XD heavy-duty utility vehicle later this spring. Jacobsen’s new heavy-duty utility vehicle boasts a 3,550-pound standard payload capacity supported by a tough bed. Its steel is up to 75 percent thicker ...

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