Pitchcare Classifieds SPORTS SURFACE CONTRACTORS
SPORTS TURF D CRANE
Construction Golf Courses, Natural/
Artificial Pitches, MUGAs
GOLF COURSE & SPORTSGROUND CONSTRUCTION
RENOVATION & MAINTENANCE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS LAND DRAINAGE SCHEMES WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Tel.01722 716361
www.mjabbott.co.uk
Renovation Koro Field Top Maker, Fibre Sand Installation, Laser Grading, Seeding
Drainage
Piped Drainage, Sandmaster, Whiz Wheel, Gravel Banding
Tel:01254 878047
Email:
info@dcranesportsturf.com Website:
www.dcranesportsturf.com
Spraying
GPS technology gets spray
accuracy spot on
Ely City Golf Club is pioneering a step change in spray
SCONSTRUCTION DRAINAGE
Sand Slitting, Gravel Banding V RENOVATION
erti Draining, Hollow Coring, Scarifying, Koro Field Topmaker, Topdressing, Overseeding, Sand Spreading
ports Fields and Golf Courses
application accuracy on golf courses, with a new system that uses GPS satellite guidance to automatically switch on and off the spray nozzles to deliver more consistent coverage
Tel: 01772 780545
danvicturfcare@btconnect.com
Mobile: 07768 122577
Vertidraining, Hollow Coring, Overseeding, Draining, Gravel Banding, Field Top Maker, Deep Scarifying
Mobile: 07860 259692
Tel: 01284 735105 Email:
peter@buryturfcare.com www.buryturfcare.com
www.pitchcare.com 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 146 PC FEBRUARY/MARCH 2014
Philip Dixon Contractors Ltd Established 1978
Sportsturf Drainage Specialist Drainage Construction Renovation
ELY City Golf Club’s course manager, Andy Baker, reports that the technology is already delivering better results for turf quality, more efficient use of inputs and cost savings.
Slitting Banding Maintenance
Tel 01772 877289 (Preston, Lancs) Email:
info@dixondrainage.co.uk www.dixondrainage.co.uk
Although the Müeller Track- Guide is designed primarily as a tractor-steerage guidance platform in agriculture, it is the linkage of to his Team Sprayer’s controls that has been the breakthrough for Andy. Now he has accurately mapped the perimeters, all the course’s greens, fairways and tees, so that the sprayer automatically switches on and off to only treat the designated areas.
Furthermore, as the required area is sprayed, it is tracked on the display screen map and, if the boom passes over an area that has already been treated, the respective nozzles are automatically switched off - avoiding wasteful over-spraying. The screen display also shows any area that may have been inadvertently missed, enabling the operator to automatically fill in any gaps and assure complete coverage.
Andy highlighted that, before the course was accurately mapped in setting up the system for the first time, they had worked on the application area of a 1.2 hectares for greens and
Andy Baker
10 hectares of fairway, which was fairly typical for most courses. In fact, they discovered the actual area was 1 hectare of greens and 9 hectares of fairways.
“In the past, we may have been over-dosing some areas by 10% or more and overspraying surrounds that didn’t need treatment, which was wasteful. It has already brought us cost savings by being more accurate. And under-dosing or missing patches during application would have meant reduced efficacy or increased risk of disease,” he advised. “Either way, knowing exactly what we have treated ensures we use the optimum inputs in the most efficacious way.”
Having pre-programmed the computer for the required application rate per hectare, the sprayer’s forward speed is constantly tracked and the physical nozzle output constantly adjusted to maintain the correct application. The system automatically alerts the operator if any issue arises that might affect accuracy.
The technology has also eliminated the issue of over or under applying when starting off and completing spray runs, which can frequently lead to stripes or patches with fertiliser
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