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1. Larry Allan

   

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   8/29/2013 11:08 AM

   Hector, you have helped me out immensely. As an incompetent mechanic posing as a super, I can now load a grease gun (I've always been able to load the tube, just never able to have anything come out of the zirk connection) and even fix a recoil. Shop Techs are the single most important item in the operation of a golf club. I can cut grass. I can do my assistants job, if he's absent. But I can not for the life of me do anything mechanical without losing skin and blood. You guys are worth your weight in Gold.
   That being said, I am full of ideas but unable to put the screw to the metal and that's why I have a guy like Gordie running our shop.
   I watched a video of True Surface Vibrating Rollers and how nicely they could work sand into the canopy after topdressing. I couldn't afford a set so we made a set. My only greens rollers are the Toro GM3000 triplex type. I had Gord take out the big center roller and put on two regular smooth 1.5 " I figured smaller diameter rollers would exert more PSI than the single 8 inch. Then I searched the net for DC powered Vibrators. I found a company called Vibco and they had a DC 60 model that fit the bill.
   $900.00 later we now have rollers that rival the True Surface. At 250 lbs each they do an amazing job at rolling
   Thanks to all the wrench turners out there. You guys make all of us look great!
   
   Here are a couple of photos. Click on the image for a more proportional view
   
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2. Melvin Waldron

   

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   8/29/2013 3:08 PM

   Red that is so cool,
   
   Do you think you could flip those units on their back so we can see behind the rollers? Is there anything back there where the cutting units would normally be? Am I missing something and do I need to go to the eye doctor?
   
   Thanks!
   
   Mel

   
   Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO
   
   
3. Jennings Dustin T

   
   8/30/2013 8:08 AM

   my rollers are the exact model...and and this looks like a great idea. Where exactly did you find those DC vibrators? and can you flip a switch to turn it on/off?

   
   
   
   
4. Larry Allan

   

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   8/30/2013 9:08 AM

   Dustin T Jennings said: my rollers are the exact model...and and this looks like a great idea. Where exactly did you find those DC vibrators? and can you flip a switch to turn it on/off?

   
   Gordie wired them to an on off switch and we also bought one of these http://www.canakit.com/30a-motor-speed-controller-pwm.html to control the vibration speed.
   The vibrators come from http://www.vibco.com/products/electric-vibrators/dc-vibrators/product?productkey=DC-60-200%20-%20DC%20Vibrator
   They have larger ones as well, but these seem to be adequate when you slow them down to about 1/2 to 3/4. it really depends on the application

   
   
   
   
5. Larry Allan

   

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   8/30/2013 9:08 AM

   I just realized we left the center main roller in but it doesn't touch the ground. The weight is all on the front and back roller
   
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6. Hector Velazquez

   

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   9/1/2013 9:09 AM

   Larry Allan"]Hector, you have helped me out immensely. As an incompetent mechanic posing as a super, I can now load a grease gun (I've always been able to load the tube, just never able to have anything come out of the zirk connection) and even fix a recoil. Shop Techs are the single most important item in the operation of a golf club. I can cut grass. I can do my assistants job, if he's absent. But I can not for the life of me do anything mechanical without losing skin and blood. You guys are worth your weight in Gold.
   That being said, I am full of ideas but unable to put the screw to the metal and that's why I have a guy like Gordie running our shop.
   I watched a video of True Surface Vibrating Rollers and how nicely they could work sand into the canopy after topdressing. I couldn't afford a set so we made a set. My only greens rollers are the Toro GM3000 triplex type. I had Gord take out the big center roller and put on two regular smooth 1.5 " I figured smaller diameter rollers would exert more PSI than the single 8 inch. Then I searched the net for DC powered Vibrators. I found a company called Vibco and they had a DC 60 model that fit the bill.
   $900.00 later we now have rollers that rival the True Surface. At 250 lbs each they do an amazing job at rolling
   Thanks to all the wrench turners out there. You guys make all of us look great!
   
   
   Larry,
   
   WOW! that is awesome! That is thinking outside the box. Love the ingunuity. Cant help to wonder of those motors would also work attatched to the side of topdressing hoppers to keep the sand working its way down. HMMM...
   Gordie great work my man!!
   
   
   Thank You so much for your kind words. Very humbling to hear things like this.
   
   
   Thank You once again, and dude awesome work on that!
   
   Hector

   
   
   
   
7. Larry Allan

   

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   9/1/2013 9:09 AM

   Hector, Thanks. The original application for those dc vibrators were for the sides of the bin on sand/salt spreaders that salt parking lots etc in the colder snowy climates. I'm sure they would be perfect on topdresser hoppers.
   
   PS thanks again for allowing me to get grease out of the gun and not just faking it for all the years that I did. Gordie thanks you as well

   
   
   
   
8. Robert Crockett

   

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   9/4/2013 7:09 PM

   Brilliant!!!! I see a patent and retirement

   
   
   
   
9. Christopher Lewis

   

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   11/6/2013 12:11 PM

   I am in the process of ordering the parts to do this to our rollers, are there any changes you would make to the rollers since you have been using them?

   
   
   
   
10. Larry Allan

    

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    11/7/2013 7:11 AM

    Christopher Lewis said: I am in the process of ordering the parts to do this to our rollers, are there any changes you would make to the rollers since you have been using them?

    
    I guess the only thing I might consider is bumping up the vibrators size. I find it more than adequate however a little extra kick could come in handy. It's funny. If you hold the vibrator in your hand and power it up, you can barely hold on to it but by the time it goes through 200 lbs of solid steel it is dramatically reduced.