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PSD Groundscare showcasing electrifying performance

October 19, 2023/in News, Press Release/by Grace Grieve

PSD Groundscare showcasing electrifying performance: PSD Groundscare are all geared up for this year’s forthcoming Saltex, which will see a wider range than ever of battery electric machinery that is suitable for the commercial user. As the industry continues to see a substantial growth in the use of electric machines, professional users can now benefit […]

Stover Golf Club love their Ventrac

October 18, 2023/in News, Press Release/by Peter Driver

Stover Golf Club love their Ventrac: Purchased as an ex-demonstrator in January 2022 from Ventrac’s local dealer, Devon Garden Machinery (DGM), Stover Golf Club’s 4500 compact tractor with Contour deck attachment is a hit with course manager Jason Brooks and his team. “They just love it,” he said, “it’s simple to operate and suits our […]

PSD Groundscare showcasing electrifying performance

October 19, 2023/in News, Press Release/by Grace Grieve

Stover Golf Club love their Ventrac

October 18, 2023/in News, Press Release/by Peter Driver

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PSD Groundscare showcasing electrifying performance

October 19, 2023/in News, Press Release/by Grace Grieve

PSD Groundscare showcasing electrifying performance: PSD Groundscare are all geared up for this year’s forthcoming Saltex, which will see a wider range than ever of battery electric machinery that is suitable for the commercial user.

As the industry continues to see a substantial growth in the use of electric machines, professional users can now benefit from the developments of machine and battery technology which are the future of the landscaping industry, offering them high performing e-power solutions without compromising on performance.

PSD Groundscare showcasing electrifying performance

All the e-powered machinery offers the same high-performance solutions whilst being much better for the environment and for working in noise sensitive areas such as schools and hospitals.

Key benefits of battery powered equipment include:

• Zero emissions
• Reduced hand vibrations
• No noise pollutions
• Savings on fuel, oil, filters and more

Visitors will be able to see first-hand an expanded range of e-power equipment from ELIET, GRIN & Koppl with an impressive range of:

• Commercial walk-behind mowing and landscaping solutions
• GRIN – No Grass – No Waste pedestrian mowers
• Scarifyers
• Green waste shredders
• Lawn edgers
• Blowers

In addition to the ever expanding range of e-power equipment there will also be an opportunity to view high-performing long grass and steep slope ride-on brushcutter mowing solutions from Japanese manufacturer Canycom along with ride on flail mowers and tracked remote control mowers from Stella offering solutions for demanding, difficult to access terrain.
PSD are also excited to be supported at the show by suppliers and to be able to offer customers the opportunity to come and meet the suppliers in person and gain product insight directly from the experts.

Stuart Mercer Sales Director of PSD Groundscare said:

“We are exceptionally excited to have the opportunity to showcase again to customers our growing range of e-power equipment.

The expansion of the range of e-power battery powered equipment with extended run times will provide our customers and dealers with high performance, professional low noise machines that produce zero emissions and lower hand arm vibration. Meaning they’re a win-win for customers, operators and the environment. We believe that the new additions to our range will ensure we continue to be able to offer machinery that revolutionise groundscare and maintenance”.

PSD Groundscare will be exhibiting on stand E081

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Stover Golf Club love their Ventrac

October 18, 2023/in News, Press Release/by Peter Driver

Stover Golf Club love their Ventrac: Purchased as an ex-demonstrator in January 2022 from Ventrac’s local dealer, Devon Garden Machinery (DGM), Stover Golf Club’s 4500 compact tractor with Contour deck attachment is a hit with course manager Jason Brooks and his team.

“They just love it,” he said, “it’s simple to operate and suits our course as it makes light work of undulations and the bunker and tee banks that are a feature here. It’s certified to operate on 30-degree slopes, so from a health and safety point of view, it ticks all the boxes. We have numerous slopes that we used to strim, but we now use the Ventrac and save multiple work hours, they get cut more regularly and the definition is much better.

Stover Golf Club love their Ventrac

“We are situated mainly on clay, in fact there’s a Kaolin (china clay) and Silica (fine sand) quarry less than a mile away, so the light footprint of the machine is ideal. We also have a stream, Liverton Brook, running through the course and even in wet weather we can still mow the banks.”

Stover Golf Club is located on the outskirts of Newton Abbot and opened in two phases in 1931. It was designed by James Braid and constructed by his favoured course builder, J.R. Stutt. In 1942 during WW2 half the course was compulsory purchased to accommodate an American military hospital and after purchasing two nearby fields, returned to its 18-hole format in 1949. Today, four of Braid’s original holes remain.

Commenting on the latest developments to the course, Jason Brooks said,

“Devon County Council are widening the nearby A382 and in doing so they needed some of our land, not a lot but enough to mean that a redesign of the front 9 was necessary as it impacted holes 1, 2, 3 and 9 as well as the practice putting green. The council purchased an additional 30 acres of neighbouring land and architect Simon Gidman along with Profusion have constructed phase 1 which consists of 4 brand new holes. These open this June then phase 2 construction begins to renovate 4 existing holes to complete the changes.

“The grow in started last July and towards the end of the summer the fairways and roughs were seeded, we had a good start to the grow in but then as I’m sure a lot of greenkeepers experienced, we had an incredibly wet winter. The Ventrac was at times the only machine we could get out on the new part due to the low ground pressure of it.”

“On the existing course we did a lot of tree removal during the winter and had a lot of stumps to grind; normally we would get a contractor in to do this at quite an expense, instead, we hired the stump grinder attachment from DGM and were very impressed. We managed to remove 150 stumps in just a week! With DGM only 8 miles away, it’s good to know they have a range of Ventrac attachments for hire.

Brooks began his career as a seasonal at Dartmouth Golf Club in 1995, before starting his HND in turf management and on completion worked in Germany for a couple of years. On his return to the UK, he spent three years at Torquay Golf Club, before returning once again to Germany.

A return to Torquay as deputy head greenkeeper for 9 years was next before taking a 6 month position at TPC Scottsdale in Phoenix, Arizona. In 2012, whilst there he helped prepare the course for the 2013 Phoenix Open, won by Phil Mickelson, as well as spending time in Texas working at both the Houston and Texas Opens. He then came back to England and was appointed course manager at Torquay, before taking up his current role at Stover in 2021.

“I’ve inherited a great team here at Stover and they’ve worked hard to produce superb facilities for the members,” he added. “The management have been really supportive, especially during the construction of the new holes and, with the addition of new machinery such as the Ventrac, we are confident that we can keep club moving forward during the next phase of its evolution.”

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PSD Groundscare showcasing electrifying performance

Stover Golf Club love their Ventrac

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Stover Golf Club love their Ventrac

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PSD Groundscare showcasing electrifying performance

PSD Groundscare showcasing electrifying performance: PSD Groundscare are all geared up for this year’s forthcoming Saltex, which will see a wider range than ever of battery electric machinery that is suitable for the commercial user.

Stover Golf Club love their Ventrac

Stover Golf Club love their Ventrac: Purchased as an ex-demonstrator in January 2022 from Ventrac’s local dealer, Devon Garden Machinery (DGM), Stover Golf Club’s 4500 compact tractor with Contour deck attachment is a hit with course manager Jason Brooks and his team.

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