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| Nutt Irrigation's Vermeer RTX750 |
In order to provide the most efficient installation and minimize damage to the golf course, lateral irrigation lines are being installed using a vibratory plow. The unit pictured is the Vermeer RTX750 which belongs to Nutt Irrigation who is performing the system installation.
This unit weighs an excess of 9,500 pounds and it's plow exerts a force of 24,000 pounds at a maximum depth of 36 inches.
Once the pipe is pulled, the pull lines will be tamped and rolled to smooth the surface. Areas where irrigation heads are to be installed will be dug by hand and pipe connections made. All disrupted areas in the fairway and primary rough will recieve additional fertility applications and topdressing with sand as needed to speed recovery and return the course to top condition.
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| Pull line before tamping & rolling |
Larger pipe sizes including the main line will be installed with the more conventional trenching. The majority of the areas that will be trenched will be on the perimter of the course and more out-of-play. Here too, additional fertilizer applications and topdressing will be used as needed but given the width of these trenches everyone should expect these scares to last longer than those in the fairways. Some may even not be fully recovered this season.
