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Areator Tracy Viles 09-16-2007
Posted by Tracy Viles on September 16, 2007, 3:55 pm
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 Kansas lawn and zero turn toro. Should I buy a pull behind areator or is
this a waste of money? If one areates enough does it have any smoothing
effect? Lawn is 9/10th's of a acre. Looking at the Home Depot Brinly 40 inch
pull behind.
Thanks, Tracy



Posted by Jim on September 16, 2007, 10:05 pm
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 Tracy Viles wrote:
>
> Kansas lawn and zero turn toro. Should I buy a pull behind areator or is
> this a waste of money? If one areates enough does it have any smoothing
> effect? Lawn is 9/10th's of a acre. Looking at the Home Depot Brinly 40 inch
> pull behind.
> Thanks, Tracy

when you are pulling your pull behind aerator with
your zero turn toro and you do your first zero turn
on your toro while pulling your new Home Depot Brinly
40 inch aerator, please have someone take pictures of
that and post them on the web. I'm sure doing so will
top the current pine (Dacrydium Lambert) stick story.

thank you.

a star tooth style aerator is the one you can gain the
most benefit from. use it anytime you fell like playing
with it with one exception and that being after first
frost. most turf types do not benefit from having their
roots exposed to extremely cold air. while you are at
the Home Depot look for their large retaining wall block.
they weight 52 pounds each and make great dead weight in
the load tray for forcing the star teeth into the ground.
four of them should do the trick.

Posted by on September 17, 2007, 4:58 am
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Jim wrote:
> Tracy Viles wrote:
>> Kansas lawn and zero turn toro. Should I buy a pull behind areator or is
>> this a waste of money? If one areates enough does it have any smoothing
>> effect? Lawn is 9/10th's of a acre. Looking at the Home Depot Brinly 40 inch
>> pull behind.
>> Thanks, Tracy
>
> when you are pulling your pull behind aerator with
> your zero turn toro and you do your first zero turn
> on your toro while pulling your new Home Depot Brinly
> 40 inch aerator, please have someone take pictures of
> that and post them on the web. I'm sure doing so will
> top the current pine (Dacrydium Lambert) stick story.
>
> thank you.
>
> a star tooth style aerator is the one you can gain the
> most benefit from. use it anytime you fell like playing
> with it with one exception and that being after first
> frost. most turf types do not benefit from having their
> roots exposed to extremely cold air. while you are at
> the Home Depot look for their large retaining wall block.
> they weight 52 pounds each and make great dead weight in
> the load tray for forcing the star teeth into the ground.
> four of them should do the trick.


I beg to differ. The star really accomplishes nothing. Get a core
aerator and go 3" deep with it to get the most benefit. Also plan on
making at least 2 passes in different directions.
Instead of buying one of those box store cheapies, you might consider
renting a Ryan or Bluebird.
http://www.bluebirdintl.com/node1269.asp?url=%2Fnode1519%2Easp%3Fcid%3D481%26frames%3Dfalse

Posted by on September 17, 2007, 7:08 am
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On Sep 17, 4:58 am, do_...@do.com wrote:
> Jim wrote:
> > Tracy Viles wrote:
> >> Kansas lawn and zero turn toro. Should I buy a pull behind areator or is
> >> this a waste of money? If one areates enough does it have any smoothing
> >> effect? Lawn is 9/10th's of a acre. Looking at the Home Depot Brinly 40 inch
> >> pull behind.
> >> Thanks, Tracy
>
> > when you are pulling your pull behind aerator with
> > your zero turn toro and you do your first zero turn
> > on your toro while pulling your new Home Depot Brinly
> > 40 inch aerator, please have someone take pictures of
> > that and post them on the web. I'm sure doing so will
> > top the current pine stick story.
>
> > thank you.
>
> > a star tooth style aerator is the one you can gain the
> > most benefit from. use it anytime you fell like playing
> > with it with one exception and that being after first
> > frost. most turf types do not benefit from having their
> > roots exposed to extremely cold air. while you are at
> > the Home Depot look for their large retaining wall block.
> > they weight 52 pounds each and make great dead weight in
> > the load tray for forcing the star teeth into the ground.
> > four of them should do the trick.
>
> I beg to differ. The star really accomplishes nothing. Get a core
> aerator and go 3" deep with it to get the most benefit. Also plan on
> making at least 2 passes in different directions.
> Instead of buying one of those box store cheapies, you might consider
> renting a Ryan or
Bluebird.http://www.bluebirdintl.com/node1269.asp?url=%2Fnode1519%2Easp%3Fcid%...-
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>


I agree that a core aerator is the best. It actually removes plugs of
soil, thereby directly reducing compaction, making significant holes
through any thatch, etc. The tine type probably have some effect on
opening up the soil a bit, but since they only push apart what is
there, instead of remove some of it, they aren't nearly as effective.



Posted by Tracy Viles on September 17, 2007, 8:15 am
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Yes I know that turning sharply would get me in a bind, I posted that to see
if someone would say something like I would tear up the hydrostats on a zero
turn merely by pulling anything of weight. Whoever posted the link with the
better core types thanks but I can't afford that. Yes I agee with you but
just can't. So has anyone seen lawn improvement after areration? Thanks,
Tracy Spring Hill, KS




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