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poncho62 Post Addict
Posts : 471 Join date : 2009-03-13 Age : 71 Location : Hanover, Ont, Canada
| Subject: Spike aerator...... Sat 07 Aug 2010, 3:44 pm | |
| Bought a 40" spike aerator at a garage sale this morning ($40)......I know that the plug aerators are supposed to be better, but does anyone think that these spike types are any good at all....opinions welcome..... | |
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poncho62 Post Addict
Posts : 471 Join date : 2009-03-13 Age : 71 Location : Hanover, Ont, Canada
| Subject: Re: Spike aerator...... Sat 07 Aug 2010, 10:57 pm | |
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| Subject: Re: Spike aerator...... Mon 09 Aug 2010, 10:17 am | |
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Gtractor Regular Poster
Posts : 239 Join date : 2010-01-16 Age : 54 Location : Chillicothe, MO USA
| Subject: Re: Spike aerator...... Mon 09 Aug 2010, 11:27 am | |
| It depends on what your goal is. In reality, that is compacting the soil because it just pushes down as it rolls. if your goal is to relieve compaction, you are not going to do any good. If you fertilize your yard with a granular fertilizer, it would be beneficial to run the spike aerator over the area first to make small divits for the fertilizer to get down into the soil where it can do some good. Also on slopes, the small divits will hold rain [or irrigated] water better and there will not be as much runoff. Even with the concrete blocks, I doubt a small lightweight unit like that will ever penetrate much more than an inch. I worked several years for a company that did custom aerating in IN, IL, WI, MN, IA, MO, SD, ND, NE, and KS. They had aerators that would penetrate 18 inches with solid tines or 12 inches with hollow tines [core] and it was designed so the tines kicked as they were pushed down into the soil. This eleminated the compaction at the bottom of the hole. You could watch the truf raise behind the machine and it felt softer to walk on afterwards, much like walking on thick carpet. The problem was it only went 1/2 of one mile per hour to allow time for the tines to penetrate that far into the soil and back without tearing the turf. The Kansas City Chiefs have thier own machine [like I used] and they won't allow players to practice or play on thier field until it has been softened up with one of those aerators. They said it reduced player injuries significantly. I even hauled thier machine to thier training camp the first couple of years they held camp in River Falls, WI. | |
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| Subject: Re: Spike aerator...... Mon 09 Aug 2010, 6:34 pm | |
| - Gtractor wrote:
- It depends on what your goal is. In reality, that is compacting the soil because it just pushes down as it rolls. if your goal is to relieve compaction, you are not going to do any good. If you fertilize your yard with a granular fertilizer, it would be beneficial to run the spike aerator over the area first to make small divits for the fertilizer to get down into the soil where it can do some good. Also on slopes, the small divits will hold rain [or irrigated] water better and there will not be as much runoff. Even with the concrete blocks, I doubt a small lightweight unit like that will ever penetrate much more than an inch.
I worked several years for a company that did custom aerating in IN, IL, WI, MN, IA, MO, SD, ND, NE, and KS. They had aerators that would penetrate 18 inches with solid tines or 12 inches with hollow tines [core] and it was designed so the tines kicked as they were pushed down into the soil. This eleminated the compaction at the bottom of the hole. You could watch the truf raise behind the machine and it felt softer to walk on afterwards, much like walking on thick carpet. The problem was it only went 1/2 of one mile per hour to allow time for the tines to penetrate that far into the soil and back without tearing the turf. The Kansas City Chiefs have thier own machine [like I used] and they won't allow players to practice or play on thier field until it has been softened up with one of those aerators. They said it reduced player injuries significantly. I even hauled thier machine to thier training camp the first couple of years they held camp in River Falls, WI.
DANG DUDE! TAKE A BREATH! |
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poncho62 Post Addict
Posts : 471 Join date : 2009-03-13 Age : 71 Location : Hanover, Ont, Canada
| Subject: Re: Spike aerator...... Mon 09 Aug 2010, 6:46 pm | |
| Thanks "G"........that is pretty much what I have heard elsewhere......I will drag it behind my mower for a bit tomorrow, it rained today......I may put a bit more weight on it and see how far I can sink it......I guess it cant hurt....lol | |
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johnboggs21 Moderator
Posts : 1123 Join date : 2009-02-24 Age : 31 Location : michigan
| Subject: Re: Spike aerator...... Mon 09 Aug 2010, 9:37 pm | |
| - poncho62 wrote:
- Thanks "G"........that is pretty much what I have heard elsewhere......I will drag it behind my mower for a bit tomorrow, it rained today......I may put a bit more weight on it and see how far I can sink it......I guess it cant hurt....lol
it will if you run over your toe LOL | |
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Gtractor Regular Poster
Posts : 239 Join date : 2010-01-16 Age : 54 Location : Chillicothe, MO USA
| Subject: Re: Spike aerator...... Mon 09 Aug 2010, 10:50 pm | |
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Jared Olson for SO IL Admin
Posts : 1013 Join date : 2009-05-26 Age : 30
| Subject: Re: Spike aerator...... Tue 10 Aug 2010, 1:04 pm | |
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Jared Olson for SO IL Admin
Posts : 1013 Join date : 2009-05-26 Age : 30
| Subject: Re: Spike aerator...... Tue 10 Aug 2010, 3:34 pm | |
| - JD wrote:
- STOP PICKIN ON ME!
Im sorry JD ,but if your gonna dish it out you gotta take it too lol | |
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Gtractor Regular Poster
Posts : 239 Join date : 2010-01-16 Age : 54 Location : Chillicothe, MO USA
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| Subject: Re: Spike aerator...... Tue 10 Aug 2010, 11:12 pm | |
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Jared Olson for SO IL Admin
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| Subject: Re: Spike aerator...... Wed 11 Aug 2010, 12:10 pm | |
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