Fairway Slicing

The recent rains have softened the soil surface enough to utilize our tractor mounted Toro 686 3-point slicer/aerifier on the fairways.  The planned solid tine aerification with the Weideman has been postponed to a later date due to a mechanical breakdown.  Fortunately, we can and will press forward with the schedule of slicing two fairways a day until all of them have been addressed.  We are presently able to achieve our goal of a penetration depth of 3"-5".  I'm curious to see how long the knives hold up working our soils.   For playability purposes and to offset turf tufting on the dormant bermuda we are utilizing the pair of rollers from a 3-point mounted flail mower (with blades raised) to smooth surface behind the slicer.

Manny slicing #18 fairway on a cool February morning.

Slicing practice in action.

Flail unit utilized for rolling purposes only.