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That’s one of the main reasons we love the Foley grinders because


”


you have to go step by step. And I don’t have to sit there and watch to make sure they are grinding the correct way because it’s all


pre-set in the grinders, and that’s why I love them so much


days a week during the summer, so they are always going, and it’s quite dusty and hot conditions.”


“During my time in Ireland, I think I had two maybe three hydraulic leaks, but here it's just a regular thing given the heat and the water. You can imagine spraying dirty water on rubber hoses and contracting and expanding in the heat and the hot hydraulic oil inside. It’s constant pressure on the pipes and seals, and even tanks leak because of the continuous pressures of heat and the conditions.”


The machinery


conversation leads us to a topic that has been much discussed at Emirates over the last year and a half, and that is battery powered mowers. The obvious question is, how does a battery cope with working in such heat. Although not a direct comparison, the club has had a great experience with E-Z-GO golf carts which use lithium-ion batteries that can now be found in Jacobsen’s new Eclipse 360 ELiTE greens mower. However, the best practical example is the INFINICUT greens mower that has been on trial at the club and performing well.


“Batteries are a topic at the moment because


lithium has come into the picture. We’ve had a good talk about it for the last year and a half, especially switching over with golf carts.”


“The only thing we operate using battery power is the golf cart fleet, which is another area that falls under me as well. It doesn't seem to be an issue, and E-Z-GO has done their testing over quite a substantial amount of time now, so we have recently purchased golf carts for Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai Creek and Emirates Golf Club (414 carts) with the lithium battery. We’ve had one at Emirates Golf Club for well over a year now with zero issues, so I’m confident with it. I can’t speak for other companies because they haven't been tested, and I think they are a few years behind E-Z-GO. I recently purchased a lithium battery for my cart, which is an aftermarket battery. I’m quite impressed with it, but longevity is my biggest concern.”


“It really is an


interesting one for us. At the moment, we are replacing our greens mowers as it’s been five years now and we’re looking at all options. What we have in now, and are testing, is the INFINICUT which is a lithium battery. Personally,


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