11/15/2011 5:11 PM
After researching and hearing many positive comments from guys on here about this unit last year, I bought one myself and gave it a shot. Our previous method was to core, run a core harvester over it, then topdress. What was left was a bunch of ruts that took forever to smooth out. By the time the ruts were gone, we were aerifying again. Hated it.
I bought this unit and talked to several guys as well as watched the video on their website. We attached it to our Model 54 Soil Reliever. Our method now is to topdress first and then core. We also built brushes for our Salsco rollers so we could brush/roll the sand in without putting a cart on the green. The results have been nothing but awesome since we started this and now the greens remain smooth as can be after we aerify. In two weeks you can't even tell we were on them. I can not begin to tell you how much time, labor and sand this one unit has saved us and it has paid for itself already multiple times. We have run it on three courses at least twice each and the unit is still ready to go next year. I highly recommend it.
I have to admit though that the directions it came with weren't that great and we ended up figuring it out our self. But, I did call Turf Pride for help and the owner answered the phone and helped me threw the setup perfectly.
I have never used it on anything longer than greens, but I would imagine it would work on grass up to about half an inch.