Pitchcare Classifieds SPORTS TURF CONTRACTORS
Sports Ground Contractors Ltd
The cost of machinery only used periodically could be put to better use by cash strapped clubs
“Managers can be reticent to upset members, and this is where contractors are commonly called upon to be more objective”
the same job less effectively when considering ideal spray windows.
Using a contractor can provide you with access to machinery that might fall outside your budget. Verti-drains can cost between £30,000 and £45,000, and that’s before the
maintenance costs. It still costs £2,500 to have all the fairways of a golf club aerated, regardless of whether the machine breaks down. Being a contractor’s machine, the club gets the benefits without the problems. A fairway mower, costing the equivalent of a verti- drain, is likely to be used almost every day, providing better return on investment than on a machine that might get used only once or twice a year.
Course managers are often critical of golf club members who refuse to see that the most qualified person to manage their course is their full-time employee; however, course managers are equally reluctant to hand responsibility over to
contractors who specialise in their field. It takes courage and confidence to develop
partnerships. A good contractor is proud of the work they undertake and will stand by it.
It’s easy to see how useful that relationship can be for the course manager. One contractor told me of situations where he and his colleagues regularly arrive, discuss the scheduled work and that is the last they see of the manager until shortly before they depart. There have been other situations where they start work before the greenstaff, which means they are able to keep ahead of the club members, again only seeing the course manager on departure.
Time and again, managers specify the technician that came last time because they did a great job, and why shouldn’t they? Practice makes perfect, and somebody who spends lots of time in different situations on a machine is bound to be able to get the best out of it.
D W Clark DRAINAGE LTD
SPECIALIST SPORTSTURF CONSTRUCTION & DRAINAGE CONTRACTORS • Gravel Banding • Sand Slitting
• Top Dressing • Renovation • Irrigation Unit 7, Brailes Industrial Estate, Winderton Lane, Lower Brailes Banbury, Oxfordshire OX15 5JW
Tel: 01608 685800 Fax: 01608 685801 email:
jim@dwclarkdrainageltd.co.uk Web:
www.dwclarkdrainageltd.co.uk
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FEBRUARY/MARCH 2013 PC 139
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