Travels with Terry

Employee beverage cooler

The Club Car Caddy Master Beverage Cooler measuring approximately 10 by 7 by 10 inches ($82) is mounted behind the operator’s seat on the 2010 Toro Greensmaster 3000 Series Triplex greens mower for easy access. It has an excellent capacity for keeping employees bottles/cans and ice cold throughout the work day. The plastic cooler sleeve is bolted to the homemade metal bracket with sheet metal screws. The metal bracket is then bolted to the seat frame after the backrest cushion is removed. The plastic mounting sleeve allows the cooler to slide on and off for easy cleaning and refilling and for transferring it to other maintenance equipment. It took about two hours to build and the materials were in inventory. Erik Knudsen is the golf course superintendent at the Mizner Country Club in Delray Beach, Fla.

Modified backhoe bucket

This 1980s Ford 500 Loader/16 Foot Backhoe Bucket was modified so that undesirable vegetation growing along the edges of the lakes and creeks could be removed easily. The frame is made of 2-inch metal angle iron that is about 3 feet wide and 3½ feet at its highest point. The stainless steel grates were recycled drainage grates that will not rust in the brackish water conditions and they were welded to the metal angle iron frame. The grates do a great job on the bucket of letting the lake and creek water drain through while holding the undesirable vegetation, which is then placed into a dump truck or turf truckster. It costs about $100 for materials and about five labor hours to build. Anthony R. Persaud, golf course superintendent, at the North Sound Club in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.