As contractors Southern Groundcare are charged with maintaining different sports surfaces from football pitches to bowling greens and it is for that reason they need machines to match their own versatility.
In the Dakota 410 Turf Tender, Keith Petely, in charge of day-to-day management and company operations for Southern Groundcare, thinks they have got exactly that.
Keith wants to meet the specific needs of each of his customers based in the south of England, ranging from the Southern Electric Premier, Thames Valley, Hampshire Cricket Leagues and Sydenhams Wessex Football League, and has cited the extent of variables on the Dakota 410 as his reason for purchasing the machine.
“We have an Imants ShockWave 155 already and it’s proved very useful. After having a demo of the Dakota 410 I saw another machine that could do a lot of good for us and how important it would be to the work we do,” he said.
“I wanted our new top dresser to be able to spread more efficiently than the old machine on the varying surfaces we work on.”
The design of the Dakota means that the belt speed, speed of the spinning disks and the thickness of the dressing can all be altered from inside the cab, allowing for a far more concentrated performance.
Keith also pointed out the size of machine as an advantage allowing it to be used on smaller areas in tandem with the other adjustable functions to deliver a refined performance.
He said: “We currently work on everything from cricket squares to bowling greens so the fact you can adjust the machine in so many ways and make it adapt to what you need was the main reason we purchased the machine”.
