 New PowerGard protection for turf equipmentJohn Deere's PowerGard Maintenance
and PowerGard Protection programmes are now available for the company's full
range of professional turf equipment, including golf and commercial mowers, as
well a ... [Full story]
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 ALLETT BUFFALO MOWER JOINS TOP GEAR’S “TRADE MISSION” TO INDIAAn Allett pedestrian cylinder mower has featured in the
BBC's Top Gear motoring show as one of a number of uniquely-British products selected
to accompany the three presenters on an unofficial trade ... [Full story]
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 John Deere’s cutting edge offerIn
recognition of the company's 175th anniversary in 2012, John Deere
is offering an extra set of either Quick Adjust QA5 cutting units or standard
verticut units for just £175 (or its euro e ... [Full story]
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 OLD COURSE, NEW BENTSSt Andrews Links has successfully
transformed a damaged practice green affected by high traffic with Barenbrug's
BAR All Bent grass seed mixture. Gordon McKie, course manager of the
Old Course ... [Full story]
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 BARENBRUG BENTS BEST FOR IMPROVED WINTER PERFORMANCEHere’s a terrific illustration of
the benefits of overseeing golf greens with bent grasses for improved winter
performance. This photo of Cheltenham-based
Lilley Brook Golf Club’s frozen green ... [Full story]
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 Bernhard and Company, manufacturers of Express Dual and Anglemaster, have appointed Steven Nixon as Sales Manager – Europe. Steven will be heading up the Bernhard European sales team, with responsibility for market development in the UK and the wider European market in conjunction with our distribution partners. An as ... [Full story]
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 TRIFLEX WOWS AT TORO ON TOUR ROADSHOWThe Toro on Tour roadshow reached
its final pit-stop of 2011 at The Belfry golf resort in the West Midlands
recently, bringing the turf maintenance machinery manufacturer's tour of the
country to a ... [Full story]
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 GREENKEEPING GREAT LEAVES LEGACY IN NEW BOOK Greenkeeping legend Walter Woods
has penned his autobiography. Packed with wisdom and anecdotes
from the former St Andrews Links course manager's impressive career, 'Walter
Woods: memoirs of a ... [Full story]
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 LELY-TORO OPERATING LEASE PROVES POPULAR WITH GOLF CLUB COMMITTEE AND GREENKEEPERS ALIKE A Merseyside golf club's decision
to switch from outright ownership of its Toro turf machinery fleet to an
Operating Lease has proved a hit with the club's committee and greenkeepers
alike. &n ... [Full story]
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 John Deere supports world class golf experienceNow less than a year away from its official opening in July
2012, Trump International Golf Links Scotland has employed a
comprehensive fleet of John Deere course maintenance equipment since the ... [Full story]
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 John Deere ends irrigation salesJohn Deere has
announced that the company is withdrawing from the
turf irrigation business, which has been developed over the past six years in
partnership with US manufacturer Signature Control Sy ... [Full story]
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 John Deere Dealer Changes John Deere dealers of tomorrowA number of changes have been made to the John Deere turf dealer network as part of the company’s Dealer of Tomorrow initiative. In the south-east of England, Godfreys i ... [Full story]
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 Productivity is the key at Royal CromerProductivity is the key for the greenkeeping staff at
Royal Cromer Golf Club in Norfolk, and a new fleet of John Deere equipment
worth £330,000, supplied by dealer Ben Burgess of Norwich, is n ... [Full story]
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 John Deere’s Harrogate highlightsMachines from John Deere's newly expanded 2012 product
range for golf courses and amenity turf will be featured at BTME &
Clubhouse 2012 in Harrogate (mainstand no. M52). These include the ... [Full story]
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 GARON PARK JOINS TORO'S CLUB GDCGaron Park Golf Complex in Essex
has become the latest club to benefit from an all-new Toro Golf Decoder
Controller (GDC) irrigation system, installed by specialist sports turf
contractor MJ Abbott ... [Full story]
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 THE BUNKER CONQUERORChesterfield purchases two Toro Reelmaster
Sidewinder mowersas part of major bunker renovation programme When Chesterfield Golf Club
undertook a three-year bunker renovation programme, they kne ... [Full story]
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 Double A takes over in AberdeenshireJohn Deere turf dealer The Double A Trading Company
of Cupar, Fife, has been appointed to take over the Aberdeenshire
area from the previous dealership, Alpha Plus Groundcare. At
the same time ... [Full story]
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 MATT PERKS WINS TORO STUDENT GREENKEEPER OF THE YEAR AWARDMatt Perks, first assistant
greenkeeper and mechanic at Ham Manor Golf Club in West Sussex, has followed in
his mentor's footsteps by winning the title of Toro Student Greenkeeper of the
Year 2011. ... [Full story]
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 NEED MORE ‘OOMPH!’ FROM A MID-DUTY UTILITY VEHICLE?Toro’s first diesel model – the Workman
MDX-D – has the power and endurance to go the distance! New from
Toro is the Workman MDX-D, the turf machinery manufacturers first mid-duty
utility ... [Full story]
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 Saltex Success For Kawasaki Global manufacturer Kawasaki experienced high levels of interest throughout the
recent Saltex exhibition despite the inclement weather conditions that plagued
the first day. Of particular in ... [Full story]
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 John Deere up for the CupThe European team captained
by Alison Nicholas took time out from their preparations for this weekend's Solheim
Cup match with the US to have their photograph taken with two John Deere mowers
in fr ... [Full story]
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 New John Deere machines with 0% financeJohn Deere Financial has announced a newinterest
free finance programme for this autumn, aimed at all golf
and bowls clubs in the UK.
Under the terms of this latest credit scheme,
customers may or ... [Full story]
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 Unique Part Exchange at Tyneside Golf ClubHistoric Mower in Part
exchange for the very latest greens mowing technology Ransomes Overgreen mower circa 1945 helps fund Jacobsen Eclipse 322 In
one of the strangest part-exchange ... [Full story]
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 New Plugger PL855 Pro HD launchedShowing
for the first time in the UK at IOG SALTEX on the DJ Turfcare stand (D24) was the PLUGGER PL855Pro HD
which has an optional stand-on, ride-behind platform called the Step Saver. This t ... [Full story]
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 New turf appointments at John Deere LimitedFollowing
the establishment of Deere & Company's worldwide Agriculture & Turf
Division as a single business unit in May 2009, the company has been
restructuring its sales &
marketing o ... [Full story]
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 Sanli Launches Keenly-Priced Ride-On And Pedestrian MowersAmong a raft of new product introductions from Sanli at this year's show are a high quality 17in pedestrian roller drive mower and super-manoeuvrable petrol zero-turn rider mower, both machines making ... [Full story]
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 Familiar Faces from the Sports Construction Industry Fuse to form New CompanyProfusion Environmental Limited may be a new company
established to offer a wide range of services to the sports turf, domestic and
landscape industries, but its founders are by no means new comers ... [Full story]
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 New 32hp hydrostatic tractor boosts Massey Ferguson’s 1500 Series range Massey Ferguson has
strengthened its position in the sub-50hp compact tractor sector with the
introduction of the MF 1532 H, a completely new hydrostatic transmission model
powered by a 32hp three- ... [Full story]
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 Sanli Delivers Good VibrationsExceptional results have been achieved by Sanli hand-held equipment
in independent Hand- Arm Vibration (HAV) tests carried out under actual working
conditions by the Fivesquared brand of industrial ... [Full story]
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 Solution from Tees to GreensSolution
from tees to greens A combination of machinery finance, hybrid mowers and a
full five-year service agreement has provided a Lancashire golf club with a
hassle-free, environmentally fr ... [Full story]
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 First Course Manager in UK to Inherit Toro GDC Irrigation System Gives VerdictThe Berkshire Golf Club’s Ian Morrison has become the first UK course manager to inherit a Toro Golf Decoder Controller (GDC) irrigation system. Accurate, efficient and cost-effective, GDC has proved ... [Full story]
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 John Deere heads for Royal TroonRoyal Troon Golf Club in Ayrshire has been
installing its first John Deere irrigation sprinkler heads, supplied by dealer
Nairn Brown (Glasgow) Ltd. Greens, tees and pathways on The Old Course ... [Full story]
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 Interest free fairway financeJohn Deere Credit has announced a newinterest free finance programme for the John Deere 8700 PrecisionCut fairway mower. Anyone ordering a new 8700 mower from John Deere
dealers in the UK and I ... [Full story]
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 Open season for DeereJohn Deere and its dealers Godfreys, Alpha Plus Groundcare and
Dublin Grass Machinery are the exclusive suppliers of golf course maintenance
equipment in 2011 to The Open Championship at Royal St Ge ... [Full story]
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 New greens mowers from John DeereJohn Deere's new SL Series PrecisionCut walk-behind
greens mowers for 2011 have been designed to save greenkeepers and grounds
staff time and money, and provide a top quality finish on golf
courses ... [Full story]
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 New low-cost security system to tackle machinery theftA West Midlands businessman has
introduced a new low-cost solution to the ongoing problem of machinery theft.
The Block Stem agricultural and plant security system is suitable for tractors,
constru ... [Full story]
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 Lingfield Park raises standardsLingfieldPark raises standards A unique package is now on offer at Lingfield Park
Racecourse in Surrey – a round of golf on what is soon to be a PGA championship
course, an afternoon or evening ... [Full story]
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 Masons Kings opens new John Deere turf dealershipJohn
Deere dealership Masons Kings has been appointed to take on the sale, service
and support of John Deere's full line of professional turf and homeowner
equipment ranges in Cornwall, previously ... [Full story]
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 CORE BLIMEY! HOW TORO’S TITAN TINES CAN HELP MAKE YOUR AERATION REGIME A HOLE LOT BETTER Tired of stop-starting your aerator
to change broken and bent tines, or unclog cores? Losing precious man-hours and
money buying and applying new ones? What about time wasted collecting
core-debris ... [Full story]
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 Shelton Supertrencher 560 machine radically redesigned for 2011The popular Shelton Supertrencher 560 machine for sportsturf drainage has been
radically redesigned for 2011. A number of the features embodied in the larger
Supertrencher + machines now appea ... [Full story]
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 John Deere tractor now in two-wheel drive John Deere has added a new two-wheel drive model to the 5E range of utility tractors. The 55hp open station 5055E is the only model in the range offered with 2WD, but otherwise features the same speci ... [Full story]
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 Great service is par for the courseThe machinery fleet
at Rochford Hundred Golf Club in Essex is now almost all John Deere, with new
arrivals for 2011 including a 4520 compact tractor with cab and 400CX front
loader, and an Aercore ... [Full story]
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 RXV GOLF CARS FOR CAESAREA GOLF & COUNTRY CLUBCaesarea Golf and Country
Club, founded by Baron James de
Rothschild
and situated on the Israeli coast midway between Tel Aviv and Haifa, has purchased
a fleet of E-Z-GO electric RXV golf cars fro ... [Full story]
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 BLEC 'optimistic' as 2011 starts well with show sales and exports GARY MUMBY, managing director of BLEC,
reports optimism for the year ahead with sales of four machines at BTME,
Harrogate, and an increase in exports. "Harrogate was a good show for us with sales
... [Full story]
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 John Deere sponsors EGU Environment RoadshowsJohn Deere has teamed up once again with the English Golf Union as sponsor of the EGU's spring Golf Environment Roadshows, which are taking place around the country during early March 2011. The full l ... [Full story]
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 Rent or buy; that is the question?Northern Ireland has had its fair share of rainfall in
recent weeks but this hasn't detracted from the demands of the 1000 members of
the Bangor Golf club who insist upon maximum course availability ... [Full story]
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 Farol takes on John Deere turf franchiseJohn Deere is pleased to announce that the Farol branches at Milton Common in Oxfordshire and Hinckley in Leicestershire have been signed as new turf & utility equipment dealers, complementing the ... [Full story]
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 John Deere Special Winter OffersWith snow and ice continuing to cause problems all
over the UK and Ireland, a new
special offer from John Deere is designed to help a range of customers cope,
from contractors, local authorities an ... [Full story]
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 Supertrencher 760SGC Group Ltd have taken delivery of the very 1st of Shelton’s new Supertrencher 760. Having used Shelton machinery on many occasions, SGC have had a new Supertrencher at the top of their wish list fo ... [Full story]
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 Wide area mower improved for 2011 John Deere's new version of the Series II 1600
Turbo WAM out-front rotary mower features as standard a
Stage IIIB (Interim Tier 4) engine to meet the latest emission
standards, a fully adjusta ... [Full story]
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 New 25hp Compact Tractor From Massey Ferguson Replacing the 22hp MF 1523H in Massey Ferguson’s 1500 Series compact tractor line-up is the MF 1525H which features a number of important enhancements over its predecessor. These include upgrades to ... [Full story]
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 Ransomes Jacobsen introduces electric version of Eclipse 322 Greens MowerRansomes Jacobsen Introduces Electric Version of Eclipse 322 Greens Mower Operating costs reduced by up to 86%The new all-electric Jacobsen Eclipse 322 Ransomes Jacobsen, has introduced the latest edi ... [Full story]
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 Last Jacobsen G-PLEX iii Greens MowerIt was the end of an era recently when the last G-Plex III ride-on greens mower rolled off the Ransomes Jacobsen production line at their Ipswich manufacturing facility.This was the 3,536th G-Plex bui ... [Full story]
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 Electric Gators are tried and trustedOne of the National Trusts flagship properties, Cliveden House in Buckinghamshire once the family home of the Astors and later more infamously associated with the Profumo affair has a newly expanded f ... [Full story]
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 Deere at the zooIf you could talk to the animals at Chester Zoo, they’d probably say how good the lawns and paddocks look after their John Deere machines have been at work.The zoo currently runs a Z425 zero-turn mowe ... [Full story]
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 Positive First Year For Sanli In The UK It’s an unqualified thumbs-up from SANLI as the company looks back on its first full year of trading within the United Kingdom and Ireland. Starting off 2010 as a brand-new entrant to the outdo ... [Full story]
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 Greens Sweeper Proves Ideal for Cleaning Synthetic TeesAn important new application has been found for Turfmech’s SQRL walk-behind green sweeper.Extending the SQRL’s primary function of collecting and removing hollow cores, scarified material and other de ... [Full story]
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 Toro® Z Master® G3 Propane-Powered MowersAs part of its continuing commitment to investigate technologies that are both customer-valued and environmentally responsible, Toro offers propane-powered Z Master® G3 zero-turn mowers with clean ... [Full story]
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 Jacobsen's Eclipse 322 Honored in National Design AwardsThe Jacobsen Eclipse 322 has been honored in the IDSA's Industrial Design Excellence AwardsThe Jacobsen Eclipse 322 riding greens mower has been honored in the Industrial Designers Society of America ... [Full story]
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 New GP400 Ride-On Greens Mower from Ransomes JacobsenJacobsen GP400Ransomes Jacobsen, a Textron Inc company and one of the leading manufacturers of golf course maintenance equipment worldwide, has announced the launch of the Jacobsen GP400 ride-on tripl ... [Full story]
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 John Deere Gator gets a major makeover Power steering, improved braking and suspension and increased load capacity are among 13 new features on John Deere’s latest XUV Gator utility vehicle, which is now the fastest and most powerful dies ... [Full story]
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