TORO
Advantage
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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Cochran admits that he and his
staff are usually a bit skeptical when
companies decide to make changes to
existing products and machinery, but
they were more than pleased with the
new Sand Pro 5040, especially with its
17 attachments that can be switched out
easily in less a minute.
“I think the new Sand Pro is going to
be a very useful tool from our standpoint
Sand Pro 5040
because it’s going to give
us the ability to do more than just one
particular job,” Cochran explains. “We
have limited floor space in our shop,
and if we can purchase attachments to
make a machine more versatile, then it’s
definitely something we’ll consider. Toro
really listened to what we asked for and
delivered the improvements. They have
been extremely helpful. I feel lucky that
they asked for my input.”
From Better To Best
To better meet the needs of customers,
the improved Sand Pro 3040, which
will eventually replace the 3020 model,
is equipped with a fuel-efficient, 16horsepower Vanguard® engine. It features
improved gear-drive assisted steering and
a Quick Attach System on the back as
well as the standard hydraulic lift,
3-wheel drive traction.
The 18-horsepower Sand Pro 5040
will take the place of the 5020. In
addition to the standard series features,
this premium model offers new hydraulic
power steering, a front and back
Quick Attach System and the comfort,
efficiency and dependability that Toro
customers have come to expect for
keeping bunkers conditioned and ready
for play.
The new improvements and innovative
features of the 3040 and 5040 make
these bunker rakes unsurpassed for
grooming, construction activities and
specialty maintenance across your
entire course. But one of the favorite
additions to the upgraded designs is
the Hydraulic Flex Blade, which
is an ideal attachment for golf
courses that get more than their
fair share of inclement
weather. The Sand
Pro has always had
a blade, but it was
operated manually.
Until now, this
manual blade was a
cause for lost time and
spent energy. With the new models,
however, the hydraulic capabilities make
reconstructing bunker faces much less
problematic.
With about 170 bunkers on 400 acres
at Carmel Country Club in Charlotte,
North Carolina, Bill Anderson, greens
and grounds director, appreciates this
new improvement. Anderson, who has
more than 32 years of experience, says,
“Overall, the Sand Pro
is a good machine that
they made even better.
I’d give it an A+.”
– Bill Anderson, Greens and Grounds
Director, Carmel Country Club,
Charlotte, North Carolina
Toro's new Sand Pro models offer superior productivity and result in beautifully groomed bunkers.
“we average 50-plus inches of rain a
year, so pushing the sand back after a
heavy rain is a big part of our bunker
maintenance. The Sand Pro’s new
Hydraulic Flex Blade will make that an
easier and faster job. The thing that I like
the most is not so much the flex but the
fact that you don’t have to manually lift
the blade up or down. Overall, the Sand
Pro is a good machine that they made
even better. I’d give it an A+.”
With increased versatility, capability,
and ease of use, the new and improved
3040 and 5040 models are more
competitive, performance-driven,
operator- and technicianfriendly. Undoubtedly,
the Toro Sand Pro will be
spending less time in the
shop. From now on, it looks
like the Sand Pro will be
spending a lot more time in
the bunkers and out on the
course.
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Operator
Training
Toro Sand Pro 3040/5040 Bunker Rakes
Quick Attach System Provides Ultimate Versatility In Three Easy Steps
Step 1A Step 2A Step 1B
his Changes
Everything is the
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ated with Toro’s new Sand
Pro 3040 and 5040 bunker
rakes—and it couldn’t be a
more appropriate statement.
Thanks to superintendent
and operator feedback, Toro
designers created completely
revamped machines
featuring power steering
and/or gear-drive manual
steering, Reduced Simplified
Maintenance (RSM),
improved ground clearance
and 3WD series/parallel
traction.
But the Sand Pro’s most
significant innovation—the
revolutionary Quick Attach
System (QAS)—is the feature
that will drastically change
how you do your job.
The Quick Attach System
allows you to switch out the
machine’s 17 attachments in
less than a minute, no tools
required! This capability,
which makes the Sand Pro the
most versatile power groomer
on the market today, is designed to
maximize your time and skyrocket your
productivity.
With no tools required, this hands-on
tagline associ-
The new Sand Pro models
can be outfitted with 17
attachments, including:
n Hydraulic Flex Blade
n Steerable Front Attachments
n Spring-Loaded Manual Blade
n Rear Segmented Grooming Broom
n Coco Drag Mat Carrier System
n Mid-Mount Cultivator
n Mid-Mount Leveling Blade
n Utility Box
n Blower
n Spiker
n Box Blade
n And many more
system allows a single operator to quickly
change out the machine’s attachments.
Even more good news is the Quick
Attach System is as easy to learn as it is
to use.
In three easy steps, here’s
how it works:
Step 1A: Position the attachment onto
the QAS latching A-frame,
making sure it is properly
aligned. All attachments connect in the same way.
Step 2A: Once the attachment is in
place, pull the QAS lever
firmly into the ‘up’ position.
This locks the system, ensuring that the attachment stays
in place during use.
Step 1B: To remove the attachment,
release the QAS lever into the
‘down’ position and lower the
lift. This unlocks the QAS,
allowing you to take attachments off and/or put attachments on in a minute or less.
Toro’s QAS is the easiest, quickest
attachment-changing system in the
industry. With the old system, it could
take up to an hour to switch among
attachments. But now, this new Sand
Pro innovation ensures that you spend
less time changing attachments and more
time doing the tasks your job requires.
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Capacitación
de Operadores
Rastrillos de búnker Toro Sand Pro 3040/5040
El sistema de acoplamiento rápido ofrece una versatilidad total en tres sencillos pasos
sto lo cambia todo es el eslogan asociado con los nuevos
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Pro 3040 y 5040 de Toro, y sería difícil
encontrar una definición mejor. Gracias a
los comentarios que recibimos de supervisores y operadores, los diseñadores de
Toro han creado máquinas totalmente
renovadas, con dirección asistida y/o
dirección manual con transmisión por
engranajes, Mantenimiento Rutinario
Simplificado (MRS), mayor altura sobre
el suelo y tracción a 3 ruedas Series/
Parallel.
Pero la innovación más significativa
del Sand Pro—el revolucionario
Sistema de Acoplamiento Rápido (SAR)
— cambiará para siempre la forma
en que usted trabaja. El Sistema de
Acoplamiento Rápido le permite cambiar
cualquiera de los 17 accesorios de la
máquina en menos de un minuto - ¡sin
herramientas! Este sistema, que hace del
Sand Pro el acondicionador motorizado
más versátil que se encuentra hoy en el
mercado, está diseñado para ayudarle a
aprovechar mejor su tiempo y maximizar
su productividad.
rastrillos de búnker Sand
Sin necesidad de herramientas, este
práctico sistema permite que un único
operador cambie rápidamente los
accesorios de la máquina. Y mejor aún, el
Sistema de Acoplamiento Rápido es tan
fácil de aprender como de usar.
Funciona así, en tres
sencillos pasos:
Paso 1A: Coloque el accesorio en la
pletina triangular del SAR,
asegurándose de que
quede correctamente
alineado. Todos los
accesorios se conectan
de la misma manera.
Paso 2A: Una vez posicionado el
accesorio, jale firmemente de la palanca
SAR hasta la posición
“elevado”. Esto bloquea
el sistema, garantizando
que el accesorio quede
acoplado durante el
uso.
Paso 1B: Para retirar el accesorio,
ponga la palanca SAR
en posición “bajado” y
baje el accesorio. Esto
desbloquea el SAR y
permite acoplar o desmontar accesorios en
un minuto o menos.
El SAR de Toro es el sistema de
cambio de accesorios más sencillo
y rápido del sector. Con el sistema
antiguo, el cambio de accesorios podría
necesitar hasta una hora. Pero ahora, esta
innovación del Sand Pro asegura que
usted dedique menos tiempo a cambiar
de accesorio y más tiempo haciendo las
tareas que su trabajo exige.
Los nuevos modelos de
Sand Pro pueden llevar 17
accesorios, tales como:
n Pala flexible hidráulica
n Accesorios delanteros dirigibles
n Pala manual tensada con muelles
n Cepillo acondicionador segmentado
trasero
n Sistema portador de estera de coco
n Cultivadora de montaje intermedio
n Grada de montaje intermedio
n Caja de transporte
n Soplador
n Perforador
n Traílla
n Y muchos más
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Introducing DL2000 System Golf Kit
New Subsurface Irrigation Saves Time, Solves Problems
very now and then somebody comes up with a different and better way to use popular technology to
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Toro Irrigation.
For years, Toro has offered subsurface “drip” irrigation
systems for specialized applications in landscape and agriculture.
Drip irrigation — named for its slow, consistent delivery of
small amounts of moisture — provides water-savings and other
benefits through its efficient distribution process, and when
installed below ground, it’s invisible.
Recently, Toro engineers were inspired to try subsurface
drip systems on golf courses. Although the industry already
had a tremendous range of versatile, adjustable sprinklers and
DL2000 System Golf Kit
in bunkers. It’s also not a good use of time. So we’re hoping
when they see this, the light bulb will go on.”
solve an old problem. That’s just what happened at
controllers, superintendents still had
hard-to-water areas, such as tee
boxes and bunker surrounds.
“There really isn’t a golf
course out there that hasn’t
struggled with that at some
time,” says Michele Baird,
Product Marketing
Manager for Toro, one
of the people behind the
idea. “They’re usually
hand-watering those areas,
and that may cause problems
Early Successes
Two years ago, Toro began installing its existing DL2000®
Series Subsurface Irrigation System on selected golf courses.
Those applications have proven so successful, the company is
now introducing DL2000 to the golf industry.
“For us, it’s been a home run,” says Dan Hawkins, golf
course superintendent at The Club at Flying Horse in Colorado
Springs, Colorado. Hawkins installed DL2000 drip systems on
three fairway bunkers at the upscale course in 2004.
“One of our biggest labor costs was hand-watering bunker
fingers,” he explains. “They tend to dry out during the day, so
you either spend labor dollars or put in supplemental irrigation.
DL2000 has really cut down our costs. I’d rather do the drip
because I know it works.”
How Subsurface Irrigation Works
The DL2000 uses underground polyethylene tubing with
regularly spaced inline emitters. The subsurface network hooks
into your existing control system and operates with its own
separate control valve.
DL2000 provides many valuable advantages. Agronomically,
subsurface drip irrigation enables you to apply precise amounts
of water directly to the root zones of your turfgrass and
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maintain optimum soil moisture all the
time. It also reduces water lost to wind
and evaporation, and avoids problems
of erosion or collapse around bunkers.
Bunker sand stays dry as well.
But better yet, underground DL2000
drip systems on a golf course eliminate
the problem of interfering with golfers’
play, and as Hawkins says, they greatly
reduce the time and expense of handwatering.
“With the drip, you can schedule your
irrigation to apply water at the rate you
need to meet your turf demands and
The new DL2000 system provides ideal watering
for bunker surrounds.
soil conditions,” says Bill Carroll, Drip
Irrigation District Manager for Toro.
“You can even irrigate while people are
teeing off, and they don’t know what’s
going on because the water is applied
subsurface.”
“It’s worked out fantastically. If I had
the opportunity, I’d put it around all of
my bunkers,” says David Emmons, golf
course superintendent at the private, 27hole Longboat Key Club in Longboat
Key, Florida. “With the ability to supply
water to stressed turf at any time of the
day, the convenience is outstanding.”
Located on a barrier island in the
Gulf of Mexico, Longboat Key faces
environmental stresses such as salt air
and water-quality issues. Certain areas of
the course that are harder to irrigate can
visibly react to the stress.
“There was a particular bunker that
always looked weak around the edges,”
says Emmons. “We just couldn’t get
enough water on it without handwatering, and we don’t have the
manpower for that.”
After agreeing to try the DL2000,
that bunker was one of the first places
Emmons installed it.
“Within weeks it was greener than it
had ever been,” he says. “That really gave
it the help it needed.”
Pre-packaged Solution Makes
Installation Simple
Subsurface drip irrigation may
seem like a radical step for some. To
minimize concerns about such a different
approach, Toro made the choice easier
by creating a complete, ready-to-go
installation kit. All the parts needed
to implement DL2000 literally come
in one box, and are labeled for easy
identification.
“We knew that people might
be unfamiliar with these parts and
fittings, so we had the idea to put all
the components in a kit with easyto-follow instructions,” says Carroll.
“The components needed to install
most systems are included, and it’s
dramatically simplified with one hose
diameter, emitter spacing and flowrate.
You don’t need to worry about acquiring
fittings or anything. It all goes together
quite easily.”
There are four separate DL2000
System kits for different uses.
n A Low-Flow/Single Bunker System
with flow range from .1 to 8 gpm,
and system capacity up to 1000 lin-
ear feet.
n A High-Flow/Multi-Bunker System
Kit with flow range from of 2 to 20
gpm, and system capacity up to 2500
linear feet.
n A Tee Box System Kit that includes
Airjection® with flow range of 2 to
20 gpm and system capacity up to
2500 linear feet.
n An Additional Zone Kit containing a
500’ roll of DL2000 with fittings is
available for applications where extra
dripline is required.
The Tee Box Kit also includes
Toro’s unique, built-in Airjection®
system, which provides underground
aeration during the irrigation process.
This exclusive feature aerates the soil
by injecting micro-bubbles into the
water using existing system pressure.
The Airjection System reduces soil
compaction and improves turf quality.
Adding a DL2000 System—at depths
ranging from 1 to 6 inches—is quick
and easy.
“You just peel back the existing turf,
do the installation, put the turf back
over, then water it down and you’re good
to go,” explains Baird. “Usually you can
do it in about a day.”
“They basically just opened the turf
and tucked it in,” says Emmons about
his DL2000 installation. “Soon you
couldn’t even tell they’d been there.”
Protection Against Roots
Years of experience with subsurface
irrigation in landscapes has taught Toro
a lot about improving it. For example,
a common problem for years was root
intrusion, as aggressive roots would grow
toward the water and clog the emitters.
Toro solved this problem with its
exclusive, patented ROOTGUARD®
technology that impregnates the DL2000
emitters with Treflan® herbicide. It forms
a non-toxic chemical barrier which keeps
the system root-free, but won’t harm
turfgrass.
In addition to bunkers and tees, the
flexible and adaptable DL2000 System
kits can be used around lakes, hardscapes
and any areas that are hard to target with
conventional above-ground irrigation.
“DL2000 is a great solution that’s
remarkably simple,” Carroll concludes.
“It’s a win-win,” says Hawkins. “I
told a guy yesterday that if we were to
do another golf course, I’d do all the
bunkers with drip.”
Treflan® is a registered trademark of
Dow AgroSciences.
Airjection® is a registered trademark of
Mazzei Injector Corporation.
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Options
Attachments
New Multi Pro® Sprayer Attachments
Effective, Driver-Friendly Options Offer More Choices
&
prayers ensure that pesticides and fertilizers are
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golf course landscapes green, healthy
and beautiful. To make this process even
simpler, Toro offers several new spray
options and attachments, including a
redesigned spray boom and a sprayer
attachment that transforms a Workman®
utility vehicle into a 200-gallon sprayer.
applied evenly, helping keep
Newly Designed Spray Boom
Combining strength and durability,
Toro’s revamped spray boom is a more
robust model designed for use with
Multi Pro® spray vehicles and Heavy
Duty Workman 200 Gallon Sprayers.
The boom offers new, improved
features that make it more driverfriendly and resistant to damage.
Featuring a triangle-shaped truss
structure, the system’s wings offer a
strong yet lightweight design. The
system allows the operator to easily
switch the boom from spray mode to
transport mode and back again without
leaving the driver’s seat.
The system also features an innovative
“Whip-Spring” cradle that holds
the boom in place during machine
transport. In case of accidental contact
with low overhead objects, the cradle
mechanism allows the booms to break
free and avoid damage. Likewise, the
double-lobed hinge cams allow the
boom, while it is spraying, to break
away 90 degrees to the front and rear
in case of contact with trees or other
objects. The boom tips are even rounded
to be more tree-friendly!
In addition, the unit’s spray nozzles are
strategically mounted inside the boom
enclosure, helping protect them from
being damaged and/or rotated, which can
adversely affect the vehicle’s spray pattern.
The system also comes with a heavy-duty
boom actuator.
“This is a big advancement that
absorbs a bit of the shock load, thereby
increasing boom life,” says Toro Engineer
Tim Sosnowski.
Workman 200 Spray
System Attachment
Making Toro’s premium utility vehicle
even more versatile, the Workman 200
Spray System Attachment transforms the
Heavy Duty Workman 3000/4000 series
into a spray vehicle as effective as Toro’s
popular Multi Pro units.
The attachment comes with the
newly redesigned spray boom (discussed
above), a 200-gallon tank and electric
boom and rate control valves. The
required PTO kit allows the Workman
to power the sprayer. Best of all, the
system is easy to attach, converting
the Workman into a sprayer in less
than 30 minutes after initial
installation.
The new Multi Pro Spray Boom is more operator
friendly and damage resistant.
This attachment enables the
Workman to function like a Multi Pro
sprayer in a number of ways. One key
feature is the attachment’s Spray Pro®
proportional drive control system, which
ensures that the Workman will provide
consistent spray application regardless of
the vehicle’s speed.
“In a similar manner to the Multi Pro
1200/1250 sprayers, the pump output
is mechanically linked to the ground
speed,” says Toro Marketing Manager
Greg Janey. “This means the faster
the Workman’s wheels turn, the faster
the sprayer pump turns, keeping your
application rate consistent even while
your vehicle speed changes.”
Equipped with the Workman
200 Spray System Attachment, the
traditional Workman utility vehicle is
transformed into a new product—
the Heavy Duty Workman 200
Gallon Sprayer.
“The attachment elevates the multipurpose nature of the Workman utility
vehicle even further,” Janey explains.
“If customers do not have a need for
a dedicated sprayer, they can convert
their Workman into a part-time sprayer
using the Workman 200 Spray System
Attachment, and it will cover their spray
application needs. This attachment is
simply designed to make the Workman
more versatile, offering customers more
options.”
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Technician
Customer Care Available at toro.com/golf and toronsn.com
835S/855S Sprinklers
Offering Flexible Features
oro’s 800 Series sprinklers provide many features designed
T
dents and technicians.
to benefit both superinten-
True TruJectory
This feature allows the sprinklers to
be adjusted easily to direct water exactly
where you want it to go. The result is a lot
less water wasted.
n Experiment with all 24 settings simply
by adjusting the main nozzle trajectory
from the top of the sprinkler
n Fine-tune the radius and spray height
from 7 to 30 degrees
n Use this feature to get under trees or
up bunker faces
n Try adjusting the trajectory to com-
pensate for windy conditions
Part-Circle/Full-Circle
Coverage
With the same head, these sprinklers
also have the unique ability to spray either
part-circle patterns or true full circles.
n Make adjustments to the head without
changing out the rotor drives
n Try using the part-circle feature in
drought-sensitive areas when you need
to temporarily cut back on watering
roughs
n Experiment with full-circle coverage
during grow-in when adjacent native
vegetation needs consistent moisture
to get established
Nozzles
Part #
89-4785 650 25' 1.7 25' 1.9
102-2135 860S/880S 25' 4.1 26' 4.5
102-2136 860S/880S 24' 3.8 25' 4.1
89-3942 760/780 23' 2.4 24' 2.5
89-4652 760/780 30' 3.1 30' 3.5
89-3942 650 36' 3.4 36' 3.7
89-4738 650 29' 3.5 31' 3.8
89-4651 760/780 34' 2.6 36' 2.9
89-3942 760/780 36' 3.4 36' 3.7
89-4652 760/780 34' 3.8 34' 4.4
89-3729 760/780 33' 4.0 34' 4.5
89-4653 760/780 32' 4.1 32' 4.8
89-1879 760/780 35' 4.8 36' 5.0
89-4654 760/780 32' 4.7 32' 5.1
89-1878 780 36' 4.7 36' 5.2
102-2925 835S/855S 40' 2.9 40' 3.1
102-2926 835S/855S 43' 4.2 43' 4.4
102-2927 835S/855S 46' 4.6 47' 4.9
102-2928 835S/855S 50' 5.7 52' 6.3
102-2929 835S/855S 48' 7.2 53' 8.1
n Try this when your irrigation needs
require a different throw range or
water output
n Use a back nozzle in windy con-
ditions to help gain better trajectory behind the head and to get
better overall coverage
Model
65 PSI
Radius
tips
Popular Toro Nozzles
GPM
80 PSI
Radius
GPM
Back Nozzle Capabilities
A little-known but powerful capability,
Toro’s 800 Series sprinklers can be fitted
with 50 different back nozzles—providing
irrigation flexibility when a consistent fullcircle pattern won’t do.
n Experiment with this capability when
you need to water native plants and/or
ornamentals near the edge of a golf
course
Toro’s back nozzle selection
is expansive, providing a
solution for every application
need. The chart above
outlines a few of the most
popular nozzles, along with
information about radius and
water output.
835S/855S Sprinklers
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