"Vox Humana" wrote in message
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"Rick and Dana Siekmann" wrote in message
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"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....

I think the key there is that they have crews of experts who take care of
the fields. Most of us don't have the time or money to compensate for the
abuse that the turf gets on a sports field and still make it look good for
TV. I have seen people inadvertently stripe their lawns with a turf
builder
and a drop spreader!


True on all counts...still, I'm feeling an almost irrisistable urge to
stripe it the right way!