News
01/01/2003
"THOSE BLADES ARE INCREDIBLE!"
The durability of tungsten-tipped Rotorake blades is becoming a talking-point with SISIS customers.
Following 18 months success with the SISIS Rotorake 600 in the UK, the powerful scarifier/linear aerator was launched in the USA last year.
Don Tolson, Course Supt at The Stock Farm Club in Montana saw the ROTORAKE 600 at GCSAA, Atlanta and purchased 2 machines shortly afterwards. He was so pleased with their performance that he sent SISIS the following, unsolicited, testimonial:
"The Rotorakes worked great. We have done 21 greens to a depth of 3/4 inch and some approaches - and used them to cut up the plugs we had removed on compacted walkways to the greens. The blades are just starting to "round" on the cutting edge. I plan to de-thatch the tees with the same blades next week. The speed, ease of operation of the RR/600, and the durability of the blades make them my best purchase of the season."
Meanwhile, over at The Walker Course, Clemson, SC, Supt. Don Garrett was also using the tungsten tipped blades on the ROTORAKE 600.
Firstly the RR/600 was fitted with 1/8in tipped blades, spaced at 11/4ins and set to a depth of 1 in for the 9th green. The blades were then set to 3/4in depth and a further 5 greens were de-thatched - each one taking less than 15 minutes to complete. This was followed by coring with 5/8in dia tines at 2ins spacing. The work on the greens was carried out on Sun/Mon/Tue, and all the greens were back in play by Wednesday.
Said Don Garrett,
"I looked at the lack of wear on the blades and thought it was good for 4 greens - then I discovered that they had actually done 6 greens. Those blades are incredible."
Assistant Adam Charles, was also impressed and said "The ROTORAKE 600 is so easy to use, so operator friendly and gets the job done quickly with excellent results."
More good news from SISIS is that tungsten tipped blades are soon to be available for the popular SISIS Auto-Rotorake and the SISIS Hydraulic Veemo scarifiers.
Following 18 months success with the SISIS Rotorake 600 in the UK, the powerful scarifier/linear aerator was launched in the USA last year.
Don Tolson, Course Supt at The Stock Farm Club in Montana saw the ROTORAKE 600 at GCSAA, Atlanta and purchased 2 machines shortly afterwards. He was so pleased with their performance that he sent SISIS the following, unsolicited, testimonial:
"The Rotorakes worked great. We have done 21 greens to a depth of 3/4 inch and some approaches - and used them to cut up the plugs we had removed on compacted walkways to the greens. The blades are just starting to "round" on the cutting edge. I plan to de-thatch the tees with the same blades next week. The speed, ease of operation of the RR/600, and the durability of the blades make them my best purchase of the season."
Meanwhile, over at The Walker Course, Clemson, SC, Supt. Don Garrett was also using the tungsten tipped blades on the ROTORAKE 600.
Firstly the RR/600 was fitted with 1/8in tipped blades, spaced at 11/4ins and set to a depth of 1 in for the 9th green. The blades were then set to 3/4in depth and a further 5 greens were de-thatched - each one taking less than 15 minutes to complete. This was followed by coring with 5/8in dia tines at 2ins spacing. The work on the greens was carried out on Sun/Mon/Tue, and all the greens were back in play by Wednesday.
Said Don Garrett,
"I looked at the lack of wear on the blades and thought it was good for 4 greens - then I discovered that they had actually done 6 greens. Those blades are incredible."
Assistant Adam Charles, was also impressed and said "The ROTORAKE 600 is so easy to use, so operator friendly and gets the job done quickly with excellent results."
More good news from SISIS is that tungsten tipped blades are soon to be available for the popular SISIS Auto-Rotorake and the SISIS Hydraulic Veemo scarifiers.
