"Vox Humana" wrote in message
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"Rick and Dana Siekmann" wrote in message
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Has anyone tried it, and if so how did it work--ease of installation,
use,
etc.? Does anyone know of any similar products that might work as well
(or
better)? Obviously I know you can get rollers for riding
mowers/tractors,
but I'm a pusher, and this is the first thing like it I've seen. And
having
just picked up a copy of David Mellor's "Lawn Bible, " it looks
intriguing.

Thanks in advance.

http://www.lawnstriper.com/

I think that using weighted rollers on your lawn is a bad idea. It
compacts
the soil and does the opposite of what you try to accomplish with core
aeration. I suppose that on sports fields where the turf is replaced
frequently it doesn't matter.


Hmmm, I hadn't thought of that...but that does raise an interesting
question: how much is too much? Weight, I mean. Does dragging a 30lb
roller around your yard really have that much more of a compacting effect
than just walking on it? I weigh a lot more than thirty pounds, for
example, and all my weight is concentrated on two spindley little legs. So
the places I step must really be compacted. (And I step on my yard a lot!)
Relatively speaking, I'm not sure the the dirt below would even notice those
thirty extra pounds.

Still, I appreciate the advice, and you might very well be right. On the
other hand, the guys that take care of those big league fields do seem to do
a pretty good job....