Toro NO. 12 User Manual
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Issue No. 12, June 2006 Information From Toro to Help YOU and YOUR Course
New Reelmaster® Fairway Mowers
A Better Cut, From Start To Finish
(See page 2)
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
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New Reelmaster® Fairway Mowers
Better Quality Of Cut Is Just The Start
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Sand Pro® Bunker Rakes
From Good…To Better…To Best
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Operator Training
Sand Pro Quick Attach System
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DL2000 Subsurface Irrigation
Saves Time, Solves Problems
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Options & Attachments
New Multi Pro® Sprayer Attachments
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Technician Tips
835S/855S Flexible Features
New Reelmaster Fairway Mowers
Better Quality Of Cut Is Just The Start
t the Toro Company, we’re
grateful to have a reputation
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continually striving to improve our products and create new ones.
In this spirit, Toro recently
introduced four new mowers in our
popular Reelmaster line, each built for
exceptional performance and improved
after-cut appearance on fairways.
Drawing a great deal of attention at
the 2006 Golf Industry Show, the four
new Reelmaster mowers—models 5210,
5410, 5510 and 5610—feature Toro’s
innovative Dual “Precision” Adjustment
for being innovative and for
(DPA) cutting units, an all-wheel drive
system and numerous other advanced
capabilities.
Customer-Inspired Design
and feedback we received from golf
course superintendents, operators and
technicians,” says Tony Ferguson,
marketing manager for Toro’s Reelmaster
mowers. “They wanted a better fairway
mower that provided improved quality of
cut and after-cut appearance along with
reduced maintenance, easier adjustments
and improvements in operator comfort.
“The adjustments on the reels
themselves were really easy.
With this, it’s just 1-2-3.”
— Craig Currier, Golf Course Superintendent
Bethpage State Park, Long Island, New York
“The new units are based on research
Based on the feedback we’ve
received from many customer
visits, the new Reelmasters
have succeeded in all of
those areas.”
Ferguson and his crew tested
the new machines at about 100
courses around the country.
Superintendents at these test
sites were impressed.
“Simply put, it did a great
job,” says Jeff Eldridge, golf
course superintendent at the Nicklaus
Golf Club, a newer, high-end, private
facility in Overland Park, Kansas.
Located in a warm-season/cool-season
grass transition zone, the Nicklaus Club
has zoysiagrass fairways, which have
always been a challenge for mowing and
grooming.
“Zoysiagrass is ornery,” Eldridge
explains. “But Toro’s new units are a vast
improvement on zoysiagrass. Right off
the truck it did a great job of mowing.”
DPA Earns Praise
Many superintendents were most
impressed with the mowers’ new
DPA cutting units—an exclusive
Toro innovation that makes reel blade
adjusting much faster and easier.
“The DPA—that’s huge because it’s
so much simpler than other machines in
terms of adjusting it,” says Craig Currier,
golf course superintendent at Bethpage
State Park in Long Island, New York, site
of the 2002 and 2009 U.S. Opens. “The
adjustments on the reels themselves were
really easy. With this, it’s just 1-2-3.”
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Eldridge agrees, viewing the new
DPA cutting units as the product’s most
important feature.
“The biggest thing is the new
cutting unit, the DPA” he says. “That’s
something we’ve been requesting for
years, and I think that’s going to really
help us to do our jobs better.”
“With the DPA, I think you get a
better reel-to-bedknife adjustment,”
Eldridge explains. “Out in the field, we’re
able to do a better job of adjusting one
side instead of having to adjust the entire
bedknife.”
Better Quality Of Cut
The DPA cutting units are brandnew and leverage many innovative and
proprietary features that together elevate
the overall quality of the Reelmaster
mowers. With special suspension and
weight balance, the cutting units’
innovative design optimizes groundfollowing and mowing performance to
deliver unbelievable quality of cut on a
variety of terrains.
The cutting units are also made with a
proprietary reel blade material—another
innovation exclusive to Toro.
“By using a harder base metal and
an advanced tempering process, the
blades hold an edge much longer,”
says Ferguson. “The result is reduced
adjustments and less frequent
backlapping and grinding. That helps
to ensure a consistently higher quality
of cut because the sharper edge shears
the grass blade off cleanly, so grasses stay
green and healthy. We even scalloped the
reel blades for a built-in relief, which also
helps keep the blade sharp.”
A related improvement on the cutting
units is a heavy-duty bedknife called
EdgeMax™—used exclusively by Toro,
which incorporates a harder, leadingedge tool steel to retain its sharp edge
up to three times longer than standard
bedknives. You can choose from among
three cutting units: a 5-inch diameter 8
blade; a 7-inch diameter 8 blade; and a
7-inch diameter 11 blade.
More reliable mowing is further
enhanced by the Reelmasters’ specially
designed all-wheel drive system—another
innovation that’s new to the industry.
The CrossTrax™ drive system is based on
Toro’s patented Series/Parallel traction
system. This drive system provides
superior traction on wet slopes by
transferring power from the front tires to
the opposite rear tires. That way, if the
upslope tire starts to lose traction, the
opposing rear tire absorbs more weight
to help propel the unit forward and up
the hill.
“I think the quality of the cut is great,
and it was really quick,” Currier says.
With five courses and nearly 300,000
rounds played every year at Bethpage, a
high level of productivity is essential for
him and his crew. “With all the play we
have here at our facility, we need to get
in and out as quick as we can without
sacrificing quality.”
Lighter Frame, Less
Compaction
With the new Reelmaster machines,
Toro also offers another important
benefit: a product that’s not only better,
but lighter. The mowers weigh up to
280 pounds less than Toro’s older units,
and that’s even with the more powerful
engines.
“We trimmed unnecessary weight
so the mower would have a lighter
footprint, but without sacrificing any
durability or functionality,” Ferguson
says. “That means the new Reelmasters
provide the finest fairway cutting with
less compaction or turf abrasion.”
Eldridge and Currier viewed this
feature as an important benefit.
“Lighter frames are a benefit because
any time you get a lighter footprint
on the turfgrass surface, you’re doing
yourself a big favor,” Eldridge says.
“The lighter the mower is, the less
compaction,” Currier says. “For what
we’re looking for, the weight is good.”
Many Other Advantages
To provide better after-cut appearance,
the Reelmasters accommodate a series
of built-in features and optional
attachments, including platform
groomers, powered rear roller brushes,
collection baskets, cutting-unit combs
and more. The mowers can even be
configured with Toro’s TurfDefender
Leak Detector, a device that identifies
hydraulic leaks and then shuts down the
cutting system to prevent turf damage.
The new mowers also offer increased
operator comfort, providing a deluxe seat
suspension, a control panel within closer
reach, easier step-entry and exit, tilt
steering wheel and reduced noise.
“Comfort-wise, it was great, too,”
Currier says. “It’s such a comfortable and
smooth machine. When you’re riding
around on a golf course all day it’s pretty
rough, so the operators are definitely
going to enjoy not bouncing up and
down all over the place.”
Currier adds: “There’s plenty of room
on the machine and it’s easy to use,” said
Currier. “It’s also big enough to make
sure you have plenty of power.”
“They did a nice job,” concludes
Eldridge. “I think Toro has made great
strides with these machines.”
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New, Improved Sand Pro® Bunker Rakes
From Good…To Better…To Best
t one point in the not-sodistant past, the Toro Sand
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game, may have spent a little more time
resting in the shop than working on the
course. But all this has changed. The
Sand Pro 3020 and 5020 models recently
underwent some major modifications
and upgrades. Now with improved
hydraulic capabilities, more ground clearance, steerable front-end attachments
and under-a-minute attachment changes,
the new and improved Sand Pro 3040
and 5040 are ready to hit the market.
Pro®, while at the top of its
From Good To Better
To make changes to these reliable
bunker-management machines, Toro
went straight to its customers. With
hands-on test sites set up across the
nation, golf course superintendents,
assistants, technicians and operators had
the opportunity to spend a few hours
examining—and trying out—the new
features and changes.
“Since we are replacing a product
that is number one in its field for
quality, we wanted to make sure
that we understood what our
clients did and did not like,”
explains Greg Janey,
marketing manager
for the Toro Sand Pro. “First, we decided
that this product could improve overall
with a Quick Attach System that allows
anyone to change attachments in under
a minute without any tools. This is
compared to over an hour with the
older models.”
“Also, we decided that the chain design
on the 3020 for the steering wasn’t as
reliable as we would like, especially in
these harsh sand and dirt environments.
So we completely got rid of it. The new
3040 has a gear design that is completely
sealed from the environment and its
harmful elements. Even better, the
5040 has new hydraulic power
steering.”
Taking into consideration
customers’ varied needs, comments
and concerns, Toro took the
under-utilized Sand Pro and made
it more functional and easier to
use. This way, customers can be
more productive—
accomplishing more
with less.
Scott Cochran,
golf course
superintendent at
Ballantyne Country
Club, a 130-acre
Rees Jones-
designed
course in Charlotte, North Carolina,
is already making plans for a more
productive day with the new Sand Pro
models.
“We constantly strive to exceed the
expectations of our members and have
spent probably 40 percent of our time
on bunkers this year,” Cochran describes.
“We currently use the older Sand Pro
models, and we operate them 5 to 6
times a week from 2 to 5 hours a day on
our daily maintenance.”
The golf course is characterized by
rolling hills, beautiful lakes, magnificent
“Toro really listened to what
we asked for and delivered the
improvements. I feel lucky that
they asked for my input.”
– Scott Cochran, Golf Course Superintendent,
Ballantyne Country Club, Charlotte,
North Carolina
views—and 95 well-manicured bunkers;
however, the hilly terrain occasionally
causes bunkers to wash out during
heavy rainstorms.
“Our bunkers tend to catch some
run-off during big rain events, but with
our Sand Pros we’re able to put them
together again fairly quickly,” Cochran
says. “It will be even easier with the new
Sand Pro.”
Cochran adds: “I feel like the best
machine on the market was the 5020,
and I didn’t think Toro could improve
on it. But they have.”
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