Winter Work: Post #1

I often get the question, "What do you do during the winter?"  So, I thought this would be a good series of posts on the blog.  So, here is one of our winter jobs.

Every winter each piece of equipment is thoroughly gone through to prepare it for the following summer.  Preventative maintenance is the focus and we need to depend on the equipment during the summer.  This very important process is headed up by our Equipment Manager Paul Kniola.  Rob Lemon (in the pic to the right) and Nick Nate are there along with him inspecting each machine and replacing parts where needed.

Below Paul (pointing his finger) and Nick are working on grinding one of the many reels that we use to maintain the course.  This particular reel is from one of our walking greens mowers.

The grinder they are standing in front of is fully automated.  While the grinding of the reel is taking place the doors are closed, so the noise and grinding dust are limited.  After the reel is sharpened, the grinder automatically turns off.  This machine limits the exposure to not only the noise, but more importantly, the harmful dust that comes with the process.