Machinery

Q: How much maintenance does the course machinery require?

A: The answer to that is, a lot. Apart from routine servicing throughout the year each machine has to undergo a complete winter overhaul. Modern greenkeeping machinery has become very sophisticated with on board computers and monitoring systems that need to be maintained.

All cutters are stripped to their component parts and checked for wear and damage. All cutting edges are reground accurately, all parts painted and worn items replaced with new ones. All fluids are replaced and the machine is then reassembled and the work undertaken is written up in a machinery logbook. This work normally takes David, our mechanic, 3 months solid work.

All ride on vehicles are given a comprehensive service and any worn parts replaced. All this is to minimise breakdowns and ensure that the machine works at its most efficient.

 

Dave pressure washes off each machine as it undergoes it's winter overhaul. This is one of three of the greens mowers that cut the greens every day during the growing season.