Show Previews – Saltex & Glee
IOG Saltex Allows You To Shape Your Space
With over 300 exhibitors, a host of special feature areas and a not- to-be–missed Education programme, this year’s IOG SALTEX (Windsor Racecourse, September 6-8) will be THE turf care and open space management show of the year.
On display will be thousands of products, many of them being launched or shown in public for the first time (a host of them being demonstrated in a ‘live’ environment). For example, as Europe's largest wheelbarrow manufacturer, the ALTRAD-Belle Group will exhibit products from its FORT, Limex and Belle ranges, Husqvarna will display new products including brushcutters, chainsaws and mowers, and Lombardini will show how Kohler has redefined ‘standard equipment’ for commercial engines by significantly improving the air cleaning system functionality. Addressing the needs of the complete spectrum of the open space industry – from fine turf and sports surfaces through to turf maintenance, children’s outdoor play and safety surfacing, landscaping, contracting, commercial vehicles, outdoor leisure and facilities management, as well as software and security equipment – this year’s show will also feature a number of special attractions. For example: The Education Zone, The 4 x 4 off-road course and The World of Arb Area.
The Education Zone, a new feature at this year’s show, will offer visitors an unrivalled resource of back-to-basics turf skills, a showcase of industry-specific colleges and a series of unrivalled demonstrations of best-practice machine servicing and checking. The Zone will also embrace the ever-popular Sports Turf Skills Village – a daily programme of demonstrations of basic natural turf maintenance skills.
Then there’s the exciting off-road 4x4 course, specially- constructed, tested and marshalled by Polaris staff, where visitors will not only be able to test their driving skills but also experience at first hand a number of Polaris 4x4s. This year’s programme of activities for arboriculturalists embraces an exciting, informative and comprehensive series of climbing/access and rescue demonstrations, workshops and seminars. The World of Arb area will also feature the ‘Climb a Mile’ tree-climbing relay race in aid of the Help for Heroes charity. Staged by the BTS Group, the challenge will involve a team of professional arborists climbing a tree in relay to achieve a total height equal to or greater than a road mile, A series of free Education Seminars boasts a programme that will appeal to a wide range of interests, including sessions on sustainability, contracting, the Big Society, grass seed, pesticides, funding and apprenticeships. Another first for IOG SALTEX, this year the show will host professional football’s Playing Surfaces Committee’s bi-annual Conference, a day-long programme of informative and interesting seminars and debates on a range of topical issues of concern to groundsmen from the 92 professional clubs in the Premier League, and the Football League’s Championship and Leagues 1 and 2. It all adds up to a three-day extravaganza of unrivalled expertise, skill sets and products that will ensure volunteers and professionals alike can keep pace with the demands of the ever- changing, evolving and challenging open space management landscape.
Kubota GR2120 Ride-on Mower sets new benchmark in performance, quality and
dependability Kubota (UK) Ltd has added the new GR2120 to its comprehensive lawn tractor range. Packed with advanced features, the 21hp diesel powered mower features a tough but easy to operate all-wheel-drive hydrostatic transmission. A key feature of the GR2120 is the unique Kubota Glide Steer system.
Redeveloped for this new model, Glide Steer delivers an unmatched combination of manoeuvrability and turf protection. This is achieved by the system disconnecting drive to the inside rear wheel as the front axle approaches its full lock of 70 degrees.
At work, Glide Steer enables the operator to drive around an obstacle, such as
a tree, for a single-cut pass - and the manoeuvre can be carried out without the worry of the wheels scuffing the turf. This is of particular benefit on well- maintained lawns. At full lock, the uncut circle left by the GR2120 is just 100cm. "The GR2120 has been purpose developed to meet the demands of home and estate owners who have a large area of both well maintained and less regularly mown grass to cut," says David Blackwood, Sales and Marketing Manager of Kubota Tractor and Groundcare. "We have taken key features from our professional mower models and applied them to the new GR2120. Safe, economical and easy to operate, the GR2120 will deliver an
exceptionally high quality of cut".
The Kubota GR2120 is sold exclusively through dealers dedicated to offering the best in customer care. The new mower is a direct replacement for the highly regarded GR2100- II and is available now.
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