Ventrac’s versatile all-terrain compact tractor and multiple attachments can help the beleaguered turf manager, especially during the winter months. Water management on turf surfaces is incredibly important to ensure healthy and playable sports pitches and golf courses. Sodden facilities equate to lost revenue and disgruntled players, so keeping your venue playable is a major priority.

Inserting drainage bands or laying pipes normally requires a contractor to come in, but for the Ventrac owner, that’s when the Trencher attachment comes into its own. With the ability to dig a 140 mm (5”) wide by 1-metre-deep trench, it’s ideal for helping with drainage issues.

Most mowers and other turf maintenance equipment are too heavy to work in sodden conditions, but with Ventracs’ low ground pressure of just 6 psi, it can work on wet ground without leaving messy tyre marks.

With seven different mowing decks including numerous rotary options, two flails and a triple reel cylinder mower, the Ventrac is ideal for numerous turf maintenance tasks. However, by utilising the patented mount system the experienced operator can switch out to a different attachment in less than a minute and be climbing the slope of a reservoir bank to cut down annual growth.

Peter Pattenden, the Golf Courses and Estate Manager at Carden Park says, “I’ve purchased a Trencher attachment, which we use over the winter months to help us install additional drainage bands and we undertake a lot of woodland management. This involves travelling across fairways to reach particular areas. The light footprint of the Ventrac, which I believe is just 6 psi, allows us to go in with either the Stump Grinder attachment or the Tough Cut deck to maintain these sites, without leaving wheel marks around the courses.”