I have a Plugr. I have had it for about two weeks. The reason I went with
this type is several.

1. easier to transport
2. less parts then the conventional one.
3. easier to manuver then conventional.
4. I went with the eight tine so only have eight tines instead of what the
conventional have.

To answer your question about tearing up the turf compared to the pull
behind. I cann't say as I have not used or seen the the pull behind used.
My customers are satisfied with the results.

"notspike" wrote in message
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anyone have any experience with this turf aerator www.plugr.com . I was
wondering if the tines tore the turf as it moved along like the plug
areators that are round and you pull behind riding mower? This one
doesn't look like it would tear up the ground as the tines appear to come
'pretty much' straight up and down. Also any other input on this machine
welcome.
thanks
bob

Jay & Mary Julson wrote:

I have a Plugr. I have had it for about two weeks. The reason I went with
this type is several.

1. easier to transport
2. less parts then the conventional one.
3. easier to manuver then conventional.
4. I went with the eight tine so only have eight tines instead of what the
conventional have.

To answer your question about tearing up the turf compared to the pull
behind. I cann't say as I have not used or seen the the pull behind used.
My customers are satisfied with the results.

Thanks for the reply
would you recommend it?
are the holes "clean"? ie. does tines go pretty much straight up and
down and just leave a hole in the ground? The reason I ask is I would
like to use it on a putting green and holes ore ok as long as the ground
around the hole is not damaged as that takes longer to grow back in and
'heal' than a simple hole does.
does it appear well made and long lasting?
Thanks again
Bob

"notspike" wrote in message
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Jay & Mary Julson wrote:

I have a Plugr. I have had it for about two weeks. The reason I went with
this type is several.

1. easier to transport
2. less parts then the conventional one.
3. easier to manuver then conventional.
4. I went with the eight tine so only have eight tines instead of what
the conventional have.

To answer your question about tearing up the turf compared to the pull
behind. I cann't say as I have not used or seen the the pull behind
used. My customers are satisfied with the results.

Thanks for the reply
would you recommend it?
are the holes "clean"? ie. does tines go pretty much straight up and down
and just leave a hole in the ground? The reason I ask is I would like to
use it on a putting green and holes ore ok as long as the ground around
the hole is not damaged as that takes longer to grow back in and 'heal'
than a simple hole does.
does it appear well made and long lasting?
Thanks again
Bob

Yes the machines is well made. The one I got weighs 275 lbs. The damage
around the holes is minimal. It depend mostly on how wet the ground is when
you aerate. The wetter the soiler the better chance of the ground sticking
to the tines like any aerator. As you know the tines run on a cam so the
tines do go straight down and the self propelled comes from the motion of
the tines. If you hit hard soil so you do not get deep penetration the
machine can almost run away from you if you are not ready (like any
aerator).

If you like I can take some pictures and email them to you. It may be a
while as it is raining here in North Dakota and has been for two days. I
can take some pictures of lawns that we did two weeks ago if you like and
you can see for your self. Our soil has a lot of clay so I do not know the
surronding soil damage potential with more sandy type soil.

If you contact Source One by telephone they can give you a dealer that may
be close by and the dealer may give you some customers near you that have
one so that you can see the results first hand.

I think you would be satisfied with a Plugr. I apologize if I am tell you
things you already know.

Jay

"Jay & Mary Julson" wrote:
"notspike" wrote in message
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Jay & Mary Julson wrote:

I have a Plugr. I have had it for about two weeks. The reason I went
with this type is several.

1. easier to transport
2. less parts then the conventional one.
3. easier to manuver then conventional.
4. I went with the eight tine so only have eight tines instead of
what the conventional have.

To answer your question about tearing up the turf compared to the pull
behind. I cann't say as I have not used or seen the the pull behind
used. My customers are satisfied with the results.

Thanks for the reply
would you recommend it?
are the holes "clean"? ie. does tines go pretty much straight up and
down and just leave a hole in the ground? The reason I ask is I would
like to use it on a putting green and holes ore ok as long as the
ground around the hole is not damaged as that takes longer to grow back
in and 'heal' than a simple hole does.
does it appear well made and long lasting?
Thanks again
Bob

Yes the machines is well made. The one I got weighs 275 lbs. The damage
around the holes is minimal. It depend mostly on how wet the ground is
when you aerate. The wetter the soiler the better chance of the ground
sticking to the tines like any aerator. As you know the tines run on a
cam so the tines do go straight down and the self propelled comes from
the motion of the tines. If you hit hard soil so you do not get deep
penetration the machine can almost run away from you if you are not ready
(like any aerator).

If you like I can take some pictures and email them to you.

Hi J&M.

If you don't mind, please post a few to this free host. No sign-up is
required.

http://www.imageshack.us/

Thanks.

Jay & Mary Julson wrote:



If you like I can take some pictures and email them to you. It may be a
while as it is raining here in North Dakota and has been for two days. I
can take some pictures of lawns that we did two weeks ago if you like and
you can see for your self. Our soil has a lot of clay so I do not know the
surronding soil damage potential with more sandy type soil.

thanks. if you can post them to the site steveo mentioned that would be
greatly appreciated.

Here are some pictures of holes left by the Plugr.

http://img188.imageshack.us/img_view...erator67fv.jpg

I hope this helps.

J
"notspike" wrote in message
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Jay & Mary Julson wrote:



If you like I can take some pictures and email them to you. It may be a
while as it is raining here in North Dakota and has been for two days.
I can take some pictures of lawns that we did two weeks ago if you like
and you can see for your self. Our soil has a lot of clay so I do not
know the surronding soil damage potential with more sandy type soil.

thanks. if you can post them to the site steveo mentioned that would be
greatly appreciated.

How much do they cost ? This isn't clear from the discussions above.

Thanks

HtH

Heidi the Horrible wrote:

How much do they cost ? This isn't clear from the discussions above.

Thanks

HtH


I answered you last week on this question. thread this discussion in
you newreader and look back for the answer.

"notspike" wrote in message
.. .
Heidi the Horrible wrote:

How much do they cost ? This isn't clear from the discussions above.

Thanks

HtH


I answered you last week on this question. thread this discussion in you
newreader and look back for the answer.

Yes, but Steveo said "Huh?" and I didn't know what that meant. I was trying
to get Jay and Mary to pipe in on a price.

Thanks.

"Heidi the Horrible" wrote:
"notspike" wrote in message
.. .
Heidi the Horrible wrote:

How much do they cost ? This isn't clear from the discussions above.

Thanks

HtH


I answered you last week on this question. thread this discussion in
you newreader and look back for the answer.

Yes, but Steveo said "Huh?"

Won't be the last time either.

"Heidi the Horrible" wrote:
How much do they cost ? This isn't clear from the discussions above.

Thanks

HtH

Hi Heidi.

How big an area are you going to aerate?

"Steveo" wrote in message
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"Heidi the Horrible" wrote:
How much do they cost ? This isn't clear from the discussions above.

Thanks

HtH

Hi Heidi.

How big an area are you going to aerate?

Well, I have ten acres or so or low maintainence lawn and I drag a cheap
roller aerator from Lowes and it works fine. However, I have about half an
acre of nice lawn around the house that is impossible to get the 'drag
behind' into. These areas are high traffic and suffer from compaction and
I'd love to punch them a couple times a year. I'm weighing owning vs
renting. Owning is expensive and comes with maintainence issues but renting
is a pain for me for a couple of reasons.

HtH

"Heidi the Horrible" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
...
"Heidi the Horrible" wrote:
How much do they cost ? This isn't clear from the discussions above.

Thanks

HtH

Hi Heidi.

How big an area are you going to aerate?

Well, I have ten acres or so or low maintainence lawn and I drag a cheap
roller aerator from Lowes and it works fine. However, I have about half
an acre of nice lawn around the house that is impossible to get the 'drag
behind' into. These areas are high traffic and suffer from compaction
and I'd love to punch them a couple times a year. I'm weighing owning vs
renting. Owning is expensive and comes with maintainence issues but
renting is a pain for me for a couple of reasons.

HtH

Do you have a rental place near-by? You can rent one for relatively
cheap for those tight areas.

"Heidi the Horrible" wrote in message
...

"Steveo" wrote in message
...
"Heidi the Horrible" wrote:
How much do they cost ? This isn't clear from the discussions above.

Thanks

HtH

Hi Heidi.

How big an area are you going to aerate?

Well, I have ten acres or so or low maintainence lawn and I drag a cheap
roller aerator from Lowes and it works fine. However, I have about half
an acre of nice lawn around the house that is impossible to get the 'drag
behind' into. These areas are high traffic and suffer from compaction and
I'd love to punch them a couple times a year. I'm weighing owning vs
renting. Owning is expensive and comes with maintainence issues but
renting is a pain for me for a couple of reasons.

HtH



Just curious how much weight you strap onto that drag behind to get it to do
a decent job? And is it a core or spike type?

Thanks in advance.

Joe

"JoeT" noway@today wrote in message
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"Heidi the Horrible" wrote in message
...

"Steveo" wrote in message
...
"Heidi the Horrible" wrote:
How much do they cost ? This isn't clear from the discussions above.

Thanks

HtH

Hi Heidi.

How big an area are you going to aerate?

Well, I have ten acres or so or low maintainence lawn and I drag a cheap
roller aerator from Lowes and it works fine. However, I have about half
an acre of nice lawn around the house that is impossible to get the 'drag
behind' into. These areas are high traffic and suffer from compaction
and I'd love to punch them a couple times a year. I'm weighing owning vs
renting. Owning is expensive and comes with maintainence issues but
renting is a pain for me for a couple of reasons.

HtH



Just curious how much weight you strap onto that drag behind to get it to
do a decent job? And is it a core or spike type?

Thanks in advance.

Joe


I have a core aerator I bought from Lowes. I strap four cement blocks on
there and pull it behind the 4-wheeler (faster than the mower). I punch
when the grass is dry but the soil is moist. If the ground is dry, then it
doesn't dig deep enough and if the ground is too wet it is a muddy mess and
if the grass is wet, then I can't get good traction with all the weight.

I totally trashed the thing after about five seasons of rough use but they
are fairly cheap and I'll just get another.

HtH