The Little That Couldn't Any more

Everyday the goal of golf maintenance is to produce a manicured course for the members to play and be out of the area before play gets there. That usually takes and army of men and a big fleet of equipment.

In the picture blow is one of our two blowers. It's a very simple machine, but very important. In the front there is a 20 HP engine that drives a turbine that is very similar to a jet fan system. Just like a jet engine, the more throttle you give the engine, the more thrust comes out of the fan on the back side. In our application though, the nozzle rotates so the operator can control the air flow to maximize debris cleanup. The blowers are one of our most important pieces of equipment because blowing the leaf litter and grass clippings is the last step we do before the golfers play the hole. Under normal circumstances using two blowers we are able to just barely stay ahead if play. Last week, one of our two debris blowers had a catastrophic engine failure. Now that we are one blower short, we are unfortunately going to fall behind.

So if the course is a little bit messier than normal, please know its not because I do not want to clean it up. I also know that the membership doesn't want to listen to the one good blower I have left zipping in and out of play around the golf course blowing debris while you play. We will do what we can to manage the situation while the engine on the broken machine gets repaired.