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"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 |
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"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. |
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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 |
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"JoeT" noway@today wrote in message ... "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 |
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"Heidi the Horrible" wrote in message ... "JoeT" noway@today wrote in message ... "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 Thanks Heidi, I've been thinking of getting one but seeing people write about them tearing up turf made me a bit shy about it. I don't have a 4 wheeler just a 15.5 horse lawn tractor but I can live with goin slow, it's a small area and maybe with a little less than four cinder blocks so I don't end up simply spinning the tires. lol My lawn is almost devoid of anything resembling an actually level area. I'd rent one as I used to but now have a lower back problem that prevents me from even using a self propelled push mower so a rental aerator is out of the question. Joe |
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"JoeT" noway@today wrote in message ... "Heidi the Horrible" wrote in message ... "JoeT" noway@today wrote in message ... "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 Thanks Heidi, I've been thinking of getting one but seeing people write about them tearing up turf made me a bit shy about it. I don't have a 4 wheeler just a 15.5 horse lawn tractor but I can live with goin slow, it's a small area and maybe with a little less than four cinder blocks so I don't end up simply spinning the tires. lol My lawn is almost devoid of anything resembling an actually level area. I'd rent one as I used to but now have a lower back problem that prevents me from even using a self propelled push mower so a rental aerator is out of the question. Joe Mine doesn't tear up the turf other than the expected holes and loose plugs. I usually punch and fertilize before a good rain is coming and the yard looks completely normal a couple of days later. It can be tough on the lower back though because I load on the cement blocks and bungee them down and I get stuck once in a while when I get too greedy on a turn. All this takes lifting and pushing and an occasional call for help from a big, hairy man who should be doing this in the first place. HtH |
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