Today the crew is working on cleaning up leaves and sticks, removing water from the course, cart path weeds, building organization and whatever else we can manage to do without causing damage on the course.
Friday, May 31, 2013
Rainy Days
Over the past week we have had a number of rainy days. At this point last year we were begging for rain. Remember that?
Today the crew is working on cleaning up leaves and sticks, removing water from the course, cart path weeds, building organization and whatever else we can manage to do without causing damage on the course.
The pic below is of our homemade contraption that we call the "Suck-O-Vac". We started using this machine 6 years ago before our recent drainage improvements. Although the responsibilites of the machine have lessened dramatically over the years, we still have a number of small areas on the course that hold water.
The Suck-O-Vac is an old 200 gallon sprayer tank mounted to a trailer. We then added a wet/dry vacuum to the top. The vacuum sits in the opening for the tank almost perfect and after a little silicone the machine was airtight. The vacuum is plugged into a generator in the back of our cart. After the tank is full a 2" ball valve is opened to drain the tank into an existing drain inlet.
Today the crew is working on cleaning up leaves and sticks, removing water from the course, cart path weeds, building organization and whatever else we can manage to do without causing damage on the course.
