[Stro3579]

My yard when I was using a rotary riding mower



Did my first leveing job and converted to a reel mower. Mclain 20inch





after the bermuda snapped back, my first cut

 

[Stro3579]

I then got hooked. I purchased a Tru Cut 27 and sold the Mclain. I then decided I was gonna take it to the next level and get a Toro GM1600. My yard was still not as leveled as I wanted it. on 7/21 I scalped the yard and started from scratch. It was the hottest weekend of the summer thus far. I scalped with the tru cut at .475" and then areated.



oh yeah, I decided not to do this manually again. Lmao. I was in so much pain the first leveling job.


Areator


Dingo


Top Dresser


25 tons of Sand

 

[Stro3579]

Now Time for some serious work.








Had to raise the water meter box 2" also





The hardest part was getting the plugs up from aerating. Wasn't really necessary, but just did it anyway.

 

[Stro3579]

Sand is down and now time to level with sweeper.

 

[Stro3579]

3 days later the grass started breaking through the sand.


Overall I am pretty happy with the outcome. Still haven't filled completely in, but we haven't had any rain since. I will have to probably level once more next season. I am cutting at .475" every other day to try to get it to spread. I am also thinking of rolling the yard after a heavy rain.

 

[Ware]

This is epic - good job! How did you get your hands on a topdresser?

 

[Stro3579]

This is epic - good job! How did you get your hands on a topdresser?

My local rental shop had one. It was really messed up though. It wouldn't pull the weight of the sand. I couldn't load it up completely.

 

[Colonel K0rn]

Man, that lawn looks great! Are you going to have to relegate the zero turn to towing around the yard duties?

 

[Stro3579]

Man, that lawn looks great! Are you going to have to relegate the zero turn to towing around the yard duties?

Basically yes. I only use the zero turn for the backyard now.

 

[Stro3579]

First cut today with the toro, I love this thing. It will take a minute to get used too. I am still using the Tru Cut mower to do my clean up pass with the rest with toro. Yard is filling in pretty good though.



Still have some sandy areas. But filling in pretty good.




love this thing.

 

[ajmikola]

First cut today with the toro, I love this thing. It will take a minute to get used too. I am still using the Tru Cut mower to do my clean up pass with the rest with toro. Yard is filling in pretty good though.



Still have some sandy areas. But filling in pretty good.




love this thing.

Do you mind telling us what the price was for eveything?
Dingo, attatchments, sand, etc?

By the way, killer job, looks awesome!

 

[Stro3579]

First cut today with the toro, I love this thing. It will take a minute to get used too. I am still using the Tru Cut mower to do my clean up pass with the rest with toro. Yard is filling in pretty good though.



Still have some sandy areas. But filling in pretty good.




love this thing.

Do you mind telling us what the price was for eveything?
Dingo, attatchments, sand, etc?

By the way, killer job, looks awesome!

Prices may vary. All equipment for the weekend was like $400
Sand would be around $600 but I own a dump truck and was able to get it myself.

 

[FATC1TY]

Makes me want to start to bring beers and lunch to the grounds crew on the golf course. Tell them to leave the top dresser and core aerators at the fence for me to use for a few hours..

 

[Stro3579]

Makes me want to start to bring beers and lunch to the grounds crew on the golf course. Tell them to leave the top dresser and core aerators at the fence for me to use for a few hours..

:lol: Lmao!! I just couldn't see doing it manually again after the first 2 times I leveled. I had to take the next day off of work because I was in a lot of pain from shoveling and wheeling the wheel barrow.

 

[Stro3579]

First cut today with the toro, I love this thing. It will take a minute to get used too. I am still using the Tru Cut mower to do my clean up pass with the rest with toro. Yard is filling in pretty good though.



Still have some sandy areas. But filling in pretty good.




love this thing.

Do you mind telling us what the price was for eveything?
Dingo, attatchments, sand, etc?

By the way, killer job, looks awesome!

I sent you a PM

 

[SGrabs33]

I've priced out dingo/verticutter/aerator before in the Raleigh area and its 500ish a day.

 

[Stro3579]

I've priced out dingo/verticutter/aerator before in the Raleigh area and its 500ish a day.

That's expensive. That's without the top dresser and trailer.

I rented a trailer, ride on areator, top dresser, and dingo. $469 for weekend. I got the areator for a day rate I believe. I got the areator 3pm on that Friday and returned by noon Saturday. The rest I kept all weekend.

 

[Stro3579]

Picture from this morning. Grass is fillng in really well. Finally got some rain.

 

[chapman]

What was the process of raising your meter boxes?

 

[Stro3579]

What was the process of raising your meter boxes?

I wet the soil with water hose, Dug around meter box with shovel. I then used a large pry bar to raise it enough to get some 2inch bricks under the boxes on every corner. Then filled with the dirt I dug up and sand.