Travels with Terry

Bunker liner accessibility

This easily accessible Johns Manville Spunbond Bunker Liner roll (400 feet by 15 ½ feet = 6,200 square feet) is approximately 7 feet off the ground, mounted to a recycled metal container that is used for storing rakes and shovels. This great idea eliminates clutter of the liner sitting on the ground. It is quick and easy to cut off the exact liner length needed. The 17-foot long, 1½-inch diameter galvanized pipe slides through the roll’s 15½-foot long cardboard tubing and onto the metal brackets, which have two different 1¾-inch semicircle settings depending on how large of a diameter each roll is. Each bracket is made of 3-inch by ¼-inch thick angle iron that is 16 inches vertically and 20 inches horizontally, with a 1¼-inch by ¼-inch thick angled metal support strap that is all welded together and then bolted to the storage container. Bungee cords are used to keep the bunker liner from unrolling. It was designed and built in-house and took about one work day (on and off) to cut and assemble all of the scrap parts that were already (except for the pipe) in inventory. Mark Smith is the certified golf course superintendent at The Quarry at La Quinta in La Quinta, Calif.

Nighttime Spraying

The staff at the Noyac Golf Club in Sag Harbor, Long Island, N.Y., likes to continue late afternoon spraying into darkness to avoid golfers during busy morning hours or during the heat of the day. Fully waterproof Hi-Aux LED Light Fixtures, with 8-inch long cords, purchased from Napa (Part #33060C) for $25/each, were installed alongside each spray nozzle. Each light was attached to a TeeJet 1 ¼-inch square stock bracket at $6/each. A 25/32-inchhole is drilled into each bracket for the light fixture with a ¼-inch hole used at the other end to mount it to the spray boom. Sixteen gauge doubt wire (approximately 40 feet total) and shrink tubing connects all of the wires to the one on/off toggle switch. All three spray rigs have been using the LED lights for the past five years without any breakage or replacement lights required. The lights clearly illuminate all of the sprayer’s nozzles so the operator can see if they are operating properly. 25/32-inch ($30) and ¼-inch ($10) drill bits were purchased locally. Brian Goleski, superintendent, and JR. Wilson, equipment manager, devised this great idea.