You are maintaining a putting green? Because I think that is its only application.

 

You are maintaining a putting green? Because I think that is its only application.

Why wouldn't it work on a home lawn? They use to say the same thing about greens mowers years ago

 

You are maintaining a putting green? Because I think that is its only application.

Why wouldn't it work on a home lawn? They use to say the same thing about greens mowers years ago

Depends on how confident you are with what's under your lawn. If you are sure there are no obstructions, then it should work fine. Things can get expensive quickly if you start tearing up the machine or buried equipment. Pulling a 2x3" pattern (vs a 5"x5") means your much more likely to find the internet fiber your ISP buried 2" underground :? instead of 6-8".

 

That pretty much goes for any aeration in the lawn. Obviously a novice shouldn't be buying or using a golf course aerator without knowing what's under their lawn.

 

That pretty much goes for any aeration in the lawn. Obviously a novice shouldn't be buying or using a golf course aerator without knowing what's under their lawn.

Some folks like to start with the dial cranked to 11. :lol:

Of course, I would highly recommend a fair bit of experience on the lawn with a rolling type aerator before moving to a reciprocating unit.

The ProCore 648's I used to use on the course were awesome and could take a little bit of abuse. We had one fairway in particular that was notoriously shallow over shale. (Walking fairways with a trio of 648's is good opportunity to re-build your Spotify library..... :thumbup: ) But those units would rapidly raise at the flick of a switch and that's not the case for every other unit. Plus, as awesome as the ProCore's are, they seldom show up on the used market and when they do, they are nowhere near affordable for the average lawn nut.

 

whats everybodys thoughts about the Ryan GA30

 

whats everybodys thoughts about the Ryan GA30

Looks nice but I don't think they make that model anymore so I wonder how it would be to get parts for it.

 

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I went and took a look at it today. Machine was in great shape for its age.

Definitely more than I need right now but was tempting . The super did say it would work just fine on a home lawn but would would recommend switching tines to hollow plugs to pull cores out.

Hard sell for a machine that would be used once a year especially with limited space to store.

 

Here is a pic of it if anyone was interested in what it looks like.

 

If you have the space and can get a good deal it would be hard to pass up. I'm sure there might be other TLF'ers in the area that would love to rent it for a day or two