Travels with Terry

Paint/Chemical Shaker

This recycled 1995 Peerless Back Lapping Machine vibrates a wire basket measuring 18 inches by 21 inches by 10 inches that is used to gently shake one gallon paint cans or 2.5 gallon chemical jugs. The basket is placed on top of ¾-inch diameter by 1¼-inch long springs held in place with ¼-inch diameter bolts and nuts mounted on all four corners. The original electric motor pulley remains, where the set screw holding it in place is removed and a ¼-inch diameter bolt with four nuts attached in its place that provide an off-balanced wobble to shake the basket. One-inch diamond-shaped heavy duty metal mesh covers the wobbling pulley for employee safety. All scrap materials were used and it took about two hours to design and build. Scott Hellerman, superintendent, at the Pitman Golf Course, owned and operated by the County of Gloucester, in Mantua Township, N.J., conceived this idea.

Electric Vehicle Charging Station

To keep things quiet around this residential development private 18-hole golf club, The Quarry at LaQuinta in LaQuinta, Calif., uses seventeen 2014 Club Car Carryall 300 Turf Vehicles with 48 volt batteries. The carport roof keeps damaging sunlight and the desert heat off the vehicles. Each charging station has individual 20 amp electric outlets and circuit breakers for each vehicle. Concrete parking bumpers, placed behind each vehicle’s rear tires, keep them from backing up too far into the wall. Underneath the roof are fluorescent lights, controlled with a photo electric cell and manual on/off switch, used to discourage vandalism and for those early morning starts. The carport is made of steel with a ribbed galvanized metal roof. This structure was part of an extensive maintenance building remodeling total package in 2009. Mark Smith, CGCS, is the superintendent.