Spike Aerator

Looks like you got a job ahead of you, now...early/early spring--aerate and over seed..

Does that one have a hole w/ a plug for 'fill port'?

glenn

glenn27 said:

Looks like you got a job ahead of you, now...early/early spring--aerate and over seed..

Does that one have a hole w/ a plug for 'fill port'?

glenn

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Hole with plug in the drum. Holds 48 gals of water. Heavy without 400 lbs of added water!

Nice unit. 1st aerator I have seen with a seeder on top. Great idea! No more walking around with a hand crank seeder.

Have any under ground sprinklers? Mark the heads before you start out so you don't run over them.
(Rather not say how I know that.)

JP Savage said:

Nice unit. 1st aerator I have seen with a seeder on top. Great idea! No more walking around with a hand crank seeder.

Have any under ground sprinklers? Mark the heads before you start out so you don't run over them.
(Rather not say how I know that.)

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No underground sprinklers. Ground 'round here is hard! The area I live in is named "Rockhill", it is. :tango_face_surprise

I do often use a heavy duty dethatcher.

With a Wheelhorse pulling it! You didn't say all that--I have -ummm, several W/H here-abouts....
Before you put water in that machine and use never -seize on the threads--every time (don't ask how I know this..

glenn

TankmanArt said:

Have a spring tooth dethatcher, use that often.

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I also have a spring tooth dethatcher. After I spread and compact loam, I set the dethatcher to maximum depth and use it to score the loam before seeding.

I also use it at max depth to rip up dead crab grass clumps before reseeding. It works well for both.

But as noted, I first put out marker flags at my sprinkler heads.

Cal

Looks midevil...I have a Brinkley aerator/seeder that gets towed around just to air the soil out. A board in the hopper lets me throw in a few cement blocks for weight. After the yard is chewed up, I then use weed N feed on it. This ensures the grass and everything else dies or gets killed. Sucks, but oh well.