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A TURF IND<strong>US</strong>TRY MOWING MAGAZINE | PUBLISHED BY TRIMAX | SEPT <strong>2018</strong><br />
The breakthrough roller bearing<br />
innovation from <strong>Trimax</strong><br />
Read more on page 3 <br />
It’s coming! <strong>Trimax</strong> Castor<br />
Wheel Mower - 2019<br />
Are you ready for the labor<br />
shortage?<br />
Sam Neill's 16yr old<br />
<strong>Trimax</strong> Warlord<br />
Your Winter Maintenance<br />
Check List<br />
We're now on Instagram! Follow us @trimaxmowingsystems
Introducing a new breed of <strong>Turf</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> -<br />
dedicated entirely to Sod Mowing<br />
Welcome to the first edition of TheCut, our new yearly turf mowing magazine<br />
designed especially for those producing and more specifically mowing sod in<br />
the <strong>US</strong>A. This journal is for managers, operators and maintenance crew alike<br />
as an introduction to the <strong>Trimax</strong> Mowing Systems community and to give<br />
you clear, sensible and reliable information from writers and experts within<br />
the industry.<br />
We want it to be entertaining and informative, at times contrary, but above all<br />
useful. Inside you’ll find a mixture of <strong>Trimax</strong> news, product and maintenance<br />
information, sod mowing features and regular columns on a range of topics<br />
related to sod mowing.<br />
I hope you enjoy this first issue, let us know what you think on<br />
Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (or you can email me direct).<br />
Tell us what you love, tell us what you hate, and tell us how<br />
we can continue to help make your mowing lives easier!<br />
Here’s to the first edition.<br />
"The challenge we've all got regardless of<br />
brand is that servicing a roller mower with<br />
a stub can be complicated. Stubs need to<br />
be clean, adhesives need to be used, a<br />
given sequence of replacement needs to be<br />
followed, and if not maintained regularly or<br />
correctly we see worn stubs and compromised<br />
retention. Our LocTEK system eliminates all<br />
of that, it's fool-proof!" says Bob Sievwright,<br />
<strong>Trimax</strong> Owner and Founder.<br />
Larissa Hodgson<br />
Marketing Manager<br />
larissa.hodgson@trimaxmowers.com<br />
WELCOME .......................................................................................................... 02<br />
FEATURE STORY LOCTEK.................................................................................. 03<br />
ARE YOU READY FOR THE LABOR SHORTAGE? .............................................. 04<br />
CASE STUDY CAROLINA FRESH FARMS .......................................................... 06<br />
PRODUCT IN FOC<strong>US</strong> QUIKLIFT.......................................................................... 08<br />
MEET THE TEAM.................................................................................................10<br />
OUR TRIMAX MOWER RANGE........................................................................... 11<br />
CASE STUDY STARKE PARK GOLF COURSE...................................................... 12<br />
AFTERSALES CARE............................................................................................ 13<br />
INNOVATION COMMITMENT............................................................................. 15<br />
TRIMAX GENUINE BELT AND BLADE KITS.........................................................16<br />
PRE-SEASON CHECK LIST................................................................................... 17<br />
LOOKING SHARP!.................................................................................................18<br />
NEW TRIMAX PEGAS<strong>US</strong> 722 MOWER............................................................... 20<br />
TRIMAX SNAKE QUICKLY BECOMING THE MOWER OF CHOICE.......................22<br />
PRODUCT IN FOC<strong>US</strong> WARLORD.........................................................................23<br />
THINK PINK!......................................................................................................... 24<br />
<strong>US</strong> NEWS..............................................................................................................25<br />
WORLD NEWS.................................................................................................... 26<br />
A WORD FROM TPI............................................................................................. 28<br />
WELCOMING THE NEWEST ADDITIONS TO THE TRIMAX FAMILY.............. 30<br />
TRIMAX HEARTBEAT......................................................................................... 31
Say goodbye to high maintenance<br />
roller retention systems<br />
At the <strong>Turf</strong>grass Producers International<br />
Conference in Arizona in February, <strong>Trimax</strong><br />
Mowing Systems announced that it’s saying<br />
goodbye to high maintenance stub and roller<br />
retention systems and introduced LocTEK<br />
– a patent pending stubless roller bearing<br />
retention system unique to <strong>Trimax</strong>.<br />
The main benefits of LocTEK over the<br />
traditional stubbed roller system are:<br />
1. Vastly Increased Retention and Strength:<br />
Traditional stubbed roller systems secure roller<br />
stubs directly into bearings using grub screws<br />
or collar locks, but this method has long been<br />
subject to stub and bearing wear from regular<br />
horizontal loading, and as a result - roller<br />
retention issues.<br />
Traditional roller stubs often need to be<br />
re-machined or replaced to correct any wear<br />
issues effecting roller retention and alignment.<br />
LocTEK does away with these issues<br />
completely by using a high tensile threaded<br />
bolt, inserted through a protective zinc coated<br />
sleeve which locks the roller, bearing and side<br />
channels together. This simple yet innovative<br />
bolt system is not only free from wear but also<br />
provides a much stronger retention option and<br />
ensures ongoing and accurate roller alignment.<br />
The new LocTEK system also includes<br />
increased strength tri-bolt bearing housings,<br />
which bolt to the side channels and have been<br />
upgraded from a two-bolt system.<br />
2. Increased Replacement Ease and Lower<br />
Maintenance Costs:<br />
LocTEK vastly reduces replacement time.<br />
Previously, removing an adhesive-fixed stub<br />
from a bearing could be challenging and<br />
time consuming. LocTEK doesn’t require<br />
any specialist tools and can be replaced in<br />
as little as 15 minutes. The bolt can easily be<br />
removed from the roller and bearing system<br />
with an impact gun and the zinc coated sleeve,<br />
assembled with anti-seize, can be easily<br />
removed from the bearing.<br />
Where some traditional systems require<br />
re-machining of the roller stub to correct<br />
misalignment, or if the roller stub is too far<br />
gone - you may need to purchase a full new<br />
roller. LocTEK is comprised of independent<br />
parts that can be purchased separately,<br />
meaning just the desired part can be acquired,<br />
providing significant cost savings.<br />
3. Increased Bearing Life:<br />
One of the most common causes of bearing<br />
failure is stub misalignment. Misalignment<br />
in roller stubs can cause the outer race of<br />
the bearing to oscillate inside the housing,<br />
wearing out bearings and the bearing housing<br />
prematurely and increasing replacement<br />
frequency. Having fully eliminated<br />
misalignment, LocTEK bearings suffer less<br />
stress and last significantly longer. LocTEK<br />
also uses market proven, high quality bearings<br />
which have been subject to years of <strong>Trimax</strong><br />
in-field testing.<br />
To further aide bearing longevity LocTEK<br />
provides new added protection against water<br />
damage through a clever convex ridge on<br />
the end of LocTEK rollers. The roller ridge<br />
prohibits water running down a vertical roller<br />
in transport mode which can result in pooling<br />
around the bearing.<br />
LocTEK is now being produced on all <strong>Trimax</strong><br />
Pegasus, Procut, and X-Wam mowers and can<br />
be purchased as a retrofit system specifically<br />
developed for conversions of stubbed bearing<br />
systems on selected mowers.<br />
To learn more about LocTEK or any other<br />
<strong>Trimax</strong> mowing innovations, visit our website<br />
www.trimaxmowers.com or contact our<br />
Georgia based sales team on 770 412 8402.<br />
FEATURE STORY<br />
Watch the<br />
LocTEK video at<br />
trimaxmowers.com<br />
JULY <strong>2018</strong> » TURFMAX | 3
Are you ready for the<br />
Labor Shortage?<br />
Finding workers in the new millennium<br />
can be a real challenge.<br />
There is an old joke about good help being hard<br />
to find. However, in too many green businesses<br />
the challenge of finding a good worker is no<br />
laughing matter.<br />
The current low unemployment rate means it<br />
is even tougher to find good workers than ever<br />
before. Going into June, the seasonally adjusted<br />
unemployment rate in the <strong>US</strong> was 3.9 percent,<br />
according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.<br />
A rate below 4 percent is unheard of in recent<br />
times. In 2011, it was at 9.1 percent and, as<br />
recently as 20 months ago, was at 5 percent.<br />
“While there are different challenges in different<br />
markets, it’s a hard time to be hiring people,”<br />
says Patrick Finlen, CGCS. He is general manager<br />
at The Olympic Club, San Francisco, CA. “There<br />
are no easy solutions.”<br />
“Getting people actually to work is a problem,”<br />
says Mayfield McCraw, owner of Hope Plantation<br />
<strong>Turf</strong>, Telephone, TX. They have about 30<br />
employees who should be working – but he often<br />
finds his Millennial employees sitting in cool,<br />
shady places on their smartphones. “They ignore<br />
the operation,” he says.<br />
McCraw prefers workers who are conscientious…<br />
ones who give two weeks’ notice before quitting<br />
and who work hard right to the last day. News of<br />
drug tests, mandatory at Hope Plantation <strong>Turf</strong>,<br />
can result in unplanned absences. “It’s happened<br />
20 or 30 times that people just don’t show up<br />
when they can’t pass the test,” McCraw says.<br />
“Drugs are a super bad problem.”<br />
Sometimes, it is tough just to hire workers.<br />
He says the Millennial generation is a special<br />
challenge. He notes that their attitudes to work<br />
are different – when hiring, he has been asked<br />
whether he can give an extra week off beyond the<br />
normal vacation package. It is not uncommon for<br />
a Millennial to simply quit work for three or four<br />
months to travel around.<br />
Many object to anything other than a Monday-<br />
Friday work week. They are not worried about<br />
getting a new job. “Everyone is having a harder<br />
time as the labor market tightens,” Finlen<br />
says. “It’s not good or bad; it’s just a different<br />
generation.”<br />
Established in 1860, The Olympic Club boasts 45<br />
holes of Willie Watson and Robert Trent Jonesdesigned<br />
golf and other amenities including an<br />
18-room hotel. And, while they offer year-round<br />
employment, the Club has had three open slots in<br />
the golf maintenance department and several in<br />
the clubhouse for an extended time.<br />
In San Francisco, Finlen believes the job market is<br />
even tighter than elsewhere. That means people<br />
have no fear of not being hired when they come<br />
back from their trips.<br />
The traffic situation is another challenge.<br />
Without good access to public transportation,<br />
many workers simply are unwilling to sit in rush<br />
hour an hour each way.<br />
In the Midwest, the challenge is a bit different.<br />
There, having access to a car is almost mandatory<br />
as farms and golf courses are scattered outside<br />
population centers. And in the resort areas of the<br />
Southeast, operations in places like Hilton Head<br />
Island provide bus transport to get workers to<br />
jobsites.<br />
One way McCraw has tried to retain workers is<br />
to provide a great work situation. They upgraded<br />
their 20-foot <strong>Trimax</strong> mowers to 34-foot units.<br />
Then, they added three John Deere 6110Rs, fully<br />
air conditioned and with music, to pull them.<br />
“The R-series has really nice cabs,” McCraw says.<br />
Now, there is no excuse for not mowing sod. He<br />
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"While there are different<br />
challenges in different markets, it's<br />
a hard time to be hiring people"<br />
- Patrick Finlen | General Manager<br />
The Olympic Club, San Francisco, CA<br />
bought the units with 100-200 hours on them<br />
and figures they pay for themselves on what<br />
they save on diesel fuel. Better, they are a nice<br />
work environment.<br />
“Whether it is hot, cold, or misting rain, you<br />
can’t use the weather as an excuse not to<br />
mow,” McCraw says.<br />
GOVERNMENT CONCERNS<br />
All of the tough talk out of Washington, on<br />
both sides of the aisle, means the competition<br />
has become fierce among turf farms and<br />
golf courses to get and keep good workers.<br />
Bidding wars for experienced workers are not<br />
uncommon and are apt to accelerate as the<br />
labor market gets tighter.<br />
The push for stronger immigration laws will<br />
continue to make labor tight. And, if it is your<br />
first foray into hiring, be sure you toe the line<br />
on state and federal laws.<br />
Pundits note there is rarely lots of time to do a<br />
job…but there always seems to be time to do<br />
the job over if it is messed up the first time.<br />
That underscores the importance of making<br />
the right hiring decision the first time around.<br />
First and most obvious is the cost to hire a<br />
new worker and to train them. However, if the<br />
individual is not fit for the job (or the job does<br />
not fit the individual), there is an additional<br />
cost to replace that person.<br />
It may not seem like a lot, but that interval<br />
between one worker leaving the job and<br />
another being up to speed on the job has a<br />
cost. It takes time for any worker to learn the<br />
expectations at an operation and to absorb<br />
the culture and mission of the operation.<br />
This can be internalizing pride in the quality<br />
sod product produced at a sod farm or being<br />
on-board with providing a great member<br />
experience at a golf course.<br />
There is strain and distraction on managers,<br />
too, as they try to find a good hire and still<br />
keep the rest of the crew on track as they work<br />
short-handed.<br />
The Harvard Business Review found that 80<br />
percent of employee turnover is due to bad<br />
hiring decisions. There are several avenues<br />
open to finding a good fit. The obvious –<br />
but often ignored – one is to ask current<br />
employees if they know of someone who<br />
would want the job.<br />
Many guest workers – especially those<br />
with Hispanic backgrounds - value the work<br />
atmosphere as much as the dollars. Within<br />
reason, the good treatment and respect<br />
they get at one job can outweigh financial<br />
considerations offered elsewhere where they<br />
do not feel as valued.<br />
Don’t despair of finding local help. Senior<br />
citizens, while not the most physically adept,<br />
are reliable and generally have a good work<br />
ethic. Another place to look for solid workers is<br />
at local school vo-tech programs. The teachers<br />
there typically know the students and can<br />
serve as a first filter for getting the right<br />
worker into the right job.<br />
Certification programs – for jobs like small<br />
engine repair and equipment maintenance –<br />
are good benchmarks for what a prospective<br />
worker can do.<br />
Whether the job is a skilled position or an unskilled<br />
seasonal assignment, it is imperative<br />
to have a supervisor spend the first day with<br />
the new hire. Little things make a difference<br />
to continued success. While a small amount of<br />
joshing will help bring a newbie into the family,<br />
it is important that the new hire not feel<br />
overwhelmed or outcast.<br />
Put new workers with the better members<br />
of the team so they absorb the positive work<br />
ethic and the positive vibe that old hands can<br />
impart.<br />
- Mayfield McCraw | Hope Plantation <strong>Turf</strong>, TX<br />
JULY <strong>2018</strong> » TURFMAX | 5
CASE STUDY<br />
Carolina Fresh Farms & their<br />
7 <strong>Trimax</strong> Pegasus Mowers<br />
Carolina Fresh Farms is a family owned operation. Their story goes<br />
back to the late 1940s when John "Tony" Fogle, a returning WWII veteran,<br />
bought a small farm of less than 100 acres near South Carolina rail road town of Neeses.<br />
Tony started out farming cotton, corn and<br />
soy beans. Always a wily entrepreneur and<br />
business man, he kept his eyes out for viable<br />
opportunities to expand and diversify.<br />
BRANCHING INTO GRASS<br />
Fresh Farms first encounter with cultivating<br />
grass was in the 1960s when the dairy industry<br />
needed hay. Tony acquired land to cultivate<br />
coastal Bermuda and laid the foundation for<br />
what is today one of the biggest sod businesses<br />
in South <strong>US</strong>A.<br />
Now, with three thousand acres under irrigation<br />
at two farms, Neeses in South Carolina and the<br />
smaller Green Creek farm in Rutherfordton,<br />
North Carolina, Carolina Fresh Farms cultivates<br />
and supplies 6 different varieties of sod. They<br />
supply the domestic, commercial and sports<br />
markets all year round.<br />
TRIMAX PEGAS<strong>US</strong> IS PART OF THE EQUATION<br />
With their sod operation covering enough<br />
ground to house 2,718 football fields, Carolina<br />
Fresh Farms places a premium on reliable<br />
equipment. They wouldn’t be without their<br />
seven <strong>Trimax</strong> Pegasus mowers.<br />
As Johnny Fogle, Andy’s son and one of the CFF<br />
owners says “We run ‘em 9 to 10 hours a day...<br />
five to five and a half days a week. There’s no<br />
comparison to the other brands we were using.”<br />
THE TRIMAX SUPERIOR CUT IMPACTS PROFITS<br />
Apart from their legendary reliability, the<br />
Pegasus mowers also give a better cut. Johnny<br />
says “We think that our sod is better now than<br />
it was before because...with the blades like<br />
this and all, it does a better job of mowing the<br />
grass.”<br />
This has a direct impact on the businesses<br />
bottom line because as Johnny explains,<br />
achieving a good finish with the mowers<br />
improves root growth. “You don’t want it to<br />
grow up this way, so the better job you do<br />
mowing it the roots grow better. It enables<br />
you to harvest your sod earlier – and that’s the<br />
name of the game. The quicker you can plant it<br />
and harvest it, it’s gonna have a lot to do with<br />
your profits.”<br />
MINIMAL MAINTENANCE<br />
Running any agricultural equipment between<br />
eight-to-ten hours a day, five days a week,<br />
one would expect maintenance to be an issue.<br />
According to Johnny, this is not the case with<br />
the <strong>Trimax</strong> Pegasus machines.<br />
“Some of our <strong>Trimax</strong> mowers have been running<br />
for 10 years now. Same ones, and no plan on<br />
replacing”.<br />
SAME AGAIN, PLEASE<br />
Since buying their first Pegasus in 2008,<br />
Carolina Fresh Farms have bought another<br />
six. The ruggedness and amazingly low<br />
maintenance requirements make them the<br />
ideal, cost effective, machine for the neverending<br />
mowing requirements of sod production.<br />
Carolina Fresh Farms and Johnny in particular,<br />
swear by their <strong>Trimax</strong> Pegasus machines, “I’ve<br />
seen just about every brand made and I don’t<br />
think there’s any brand close to ‘em.” He adds,<br />
“I recommend it to anybody who wants to<br />
buy... who needs a quality mower, they ought<br />
to buy it.”<br />
<strong>Trimax</strong> Mowing Systems are proud to be held<br />
in such high regard and recommended by turf<br />
farmers like Carolina Fresh Farms and owners<br />
like Johnny and Andy Fogle.<br />
FIND OUT MORE<br />
To learn more about the highly versatile<br />
Pegasus mower and our other <strong>Trimax</strong> turf<br />
mowers available, please visit<br />
trimaxmowers.com/pegasus/<br />
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TRIMAX WHEELED MOWER<br />
The same unmatched <strong>Trimax</strong> cut quality -<br />
now available as a wheeled mower!<br />
Coming 2019<br />
REGISTER YOUR INTEREST TODAY<br />
Email info@trimaxmowers.com or call 770 412 8402<br />
JULY <strong>2018</strong> » TURFMAX | 7
PRODUCT FOC<strong>US</strong><br />
How <strong>Trimax</strong>’s new<br />
Pegasus QuikLift<br />
feature saves both<br />
turf and equipment<br />
Commercial mower manufacturer, <strong>Trimax</strong> Mowing Systems,<br />
have introduced QuikLift - a unique electronic system to lift<br />
mower decks off the ground without the need to disengage the tractor PTO.<br />
QuikLift’s features help increase efficiency and<br />
reduce maintenance. QuikLift helps eliminate<br />
turf damage by removing lateral movement<br />
of the mower rollers on the turf when making<br />
tight turns which increases yield and turf usage<br />
areas.<br />
Because of the reduction in lateral movement of<br />
the roller, bearing life is greatly increased as force<br />
on the bearing is eliminated. There are benefits<br />
for the tractor also. Because the PTO can still be<br />
engaged with the decks in the QuikLift position<br />
the operator doesn’t need to switch the PTO<br />
off and on. This reduces PTO stress and reduces<br />
maintenance for the tractor itself.<br />
The <strong>Trimax</strong> QuikLift is unique because the<br />
system utilizes electrical proximity sensors to<br />
restrict the hydraulic rams from lifting. This is<br />
favorable compared to mechanical steel-on-steel<br />
systems which transfer high forces into the steel<br />
frame causing fatigue over time and mechanical<br />
wear points.<br />
QuikLift is operated by a control box placed<br />
inside the cab of the tractor. Since it’s not<br />
fixed, drivers can place the control wherever<br />
they see fit for rapid operation. Decks can be<br />
lifted and dropped at the touch of a button<br />
and it’s able to be operated from the most<br />
convenient place for the driver.<br />
For added safety, the control monitors power<br />
to the QuikLift system, guarding against any<br />
possible PTO damage that may occur from<br />
unexpected power failure to the sensors. An<br />
LED Light system indicates when QuikLift is<br />
safe to operate.<br />
Operators can fully customize QuikLift’s deck<br />
lift heights, giving them both the best user<br />
experience and operational effectiveness. With<br />
a simple adjustment between the pre-set holes<br />
located near the proximity sensors, operators<br />
can lift the deck anywhere between just off<br />
the ground to 3 feet high. This adjustment,<br />
dictated by the nature and evenness of the<br />
terrain, can speed up turns and further increase<br />
productivity.<br />
"QuikLift is going to help our<br />
customers mow much more<br />
efficiently. It's also covered by our<br />
three-year warranty, which is the<br />
longest warranty on the market -<br />
more than double what others are<br />
offering, because we stand behind<br />
our products!"<br />
- Bob Sievwright, Founder and CEO<br />
of <strong>Trimax</strong> Mowing Systems<br />
For more information on the electronic QuikLift<br />
System, or for a free demonstration please<br />
contact <strong>Trimax</strong> at 770 412 8402 or visit<br />
www.trimaxmowers.com<br />
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NEW<br />
Available on <strong>Trimax</strong> Pegasus<br />
Retrofit Options Available<br />
A temporary lift system that enables the decks to be<br />
lifted off the ground without disengaging the PTO.<br />
Easy to use cab mounted control system<br />
Reduces mower fatigue by cutting the flow to the hydraulic cylinders to hold the decks - greatly reducing<br />
forces on the mower, compared with mechanical restriction solutions<br />
Bypassing the QuikLift feature to raise the decks into transport position requires the user to push the button<br />
on the cab controller. This provides an added level of safety in case the PTO has not been disengaged<br />
QuikLift features an adjustable temporary lift height for optimal experience and efficiency<br />
Uses proven <strong>Trimax</strong> hydraulic valve bank<br />
technology which has completed millions<br />
of cycles over the past 7 years<br />
We’ve completed extensive in-house Highly<br />
Accelerated Life Testing with over 350,000<br />
cycles<br />
Our market leading 3 year<br />
warranty applies!<br />
* QuikLIFT is retrofittable to Pegasus S4<br />
February <strong>2018</strong> and onwards<br />
1145 Uniform Road, Griffin, Georgia 30224<br />
P 770 412 8402 | E info@trimaxmowers.com |<br />
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Meet our Team | <strong>US</strong>A<br />
Bob Sievwright - <strong>Trimax</strong> Owner/ Founder<br />
Bob Sievwright trained in product engineering at General Motors New Zealand and with General Motors University in<br />
Flint Michigan. In the 1970’s Bob innovated the GammaFlail, a flail for mulchers which were an outstanding success,<br />
he then went on to found <strong>Trimax</strong> and expanded into advanced low-profile, multi-spindled rotary mowers. These days<br />
you’ll find Bob either out on the road in the <strong>US</strong> visiting <strong>Trimax</strong> customers or at <strong>Trimax</strong> HQ in New Zealand.<br />
Ray le Prou - Technical Advisor - United States<br />
An employee of <strong>Trimax</strong> since 2001 Ray has been involved in growing <strong>Trimax</strong> <strong>US</strong>A’s <strong>Turf</strong>, Sports, Golf, and Municipal<br />
markets. Ray started out introducing <strong>Trimax</strong> Flail mowers into the <strong>US</strong>A market as an allied attachment for John Deere<br />
out-front tractors before transitioning into the <strong>Turf</strong> Market with the <strong>Trimax</strong> Pegasus Roller Mower. “It has been a<br />
pleasure seeing the <strong>Trimax</strong> <strong>US</strong> market grow from humble beginnings and continue to expand and evolve!” says Ray.<br />
Jamie Kizer - Sales Representative - Texas, Oklahoma & New Mexico<br />
Jamie is a retired third generation golf course Superintendent with over three and half decades of experience in Texas<br />
Golf Course Management and was the first person in the <strong>US</strong> to purchase a <strong>Trimax</strong> Snake. Jamie is a native Ausinite,<br />
a retired 24 year Class A Superintendent with GCSAA, a 25 year member of the Texas <strong>Turf</strong>grass Association and a<br />
licensed State of Texas Department of Agriculture Non-Commercial Pesticide Applicator.<br />
Zachary Johnson - Sod/<strong>Turf</strong> Farm Sales Representative<br />
- Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, The Carolinas<br />
Zach Johnson grew up in Georgia and holds a BAS degree in <strong>Turf</strong>grass and Golf Course Management from Abraham<br />
Baldwin Agricultural College. Before working for <strong>Trimax</strong> Zach was a sports field manager spending time in Georgia,<br />
Florida, and Indiana at the NCAA Div. I and Parks and Recreational levels. With years of industry experience and product<br />
expertise to call upon Zach knows <strong>Turf</strong> Management!<br />
Scott Herron - Golf and Municipality Sales Representative -<br />
Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina<br />
Originally from Tennessee, but residing in Alabama since 1991, Scott Herron has been representing turf industry<br />
equipment for 30 years. Scott’s turf career began at Stonebridge Country Club in Memphis, TN. Scott then went on to<br />
complete a marketing degree from Delta State University in Mississippi and is an SMEI Certified Professional Salesperson<br />
(SCPS). Scott has been a member of the Alabama <strong>Turf</strong>grass Association and Alabama Golf Course Superintendents<br />
Association since 1991 and loves being outside and helping with innovative turf equipment solutions.<br />
Raymond Prefume - Sales Representative - California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada & Arizona<br />
Raymond has been working in the <strong>Turf</strong> industry for 14 years. Originally from Texas, Raymond has worked in turf<br />
health and has educated and trained golf courses across 12 states in reel sharpening and cut quality. Raymond says<br />
with <strong>Trimax</strong> he’s finally found a rotary mower that challenges everything he’s ever thought about their quality of cut.<br />
”These are unique, special machines and I’m excited to be part of this solution”<br />
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Our <strong>Trimax</strong><br />
Mower Range...<br />
View the<br />
product videos<br />
on our website!<br />
trimaxmowers.com<br />
...has been designed with our customers in<br />
mind, which means we're building machines<br />
that produce the best cut possible whilst ensuring<br />
you spend less time and money on maintenance!<br />
Pegasus<br />
After 17 years leading the market, Pegasus has established itself as the<br />
benchmark in wide-area mowing. Available in 16’, 20’ and 24’ widths the<br />
Pegasus S4 is an exceptionally low-maintenance trailed rotary mower.<br />
OUR PRODUCTS<br />
X-Wam<br />
Cut up to 33 acres per hour and increase your productivity using only one<br />
tractor, one operator and one mower. With the ability to perform zero-turns<br />
without having to lift any of the mower decks the <strong>Trimax</strong> X-WAM cuts with<br />
a cylinder-like finish.<br />
Snake<br />
Found on acclaimed PGA Tour courses the <strong>Trimax</strong> Snake provides world<br />
class cut quality and articulation capabilities. Designed specifically for<br />
sports turf the <strong>Trimax</strong> Snake can transform a variety of conditions into an<br />
even carpet of green.<br />
ProCut<br />
The <strong>Trimax</strong> ProCut Series 4 is a highly versatile roller mower, engineered to<br />
withstand everyday use in the toughest commercial environments, and will<br />
deliver a superior cut – every time.<br />
Striker<br />
Quickly becoming the mower of choice amongst groundsmen, the Striker is<br />
designed for compact tractors in the 25-35hp range and applications where<br />
striping and presentation is key.<br />
Warlord<br />
Reliable, safe and robust the Warlord is a powerful working companion in<br />
commercial applications such as weed abatement, tree farms, mulching<br />
turf off cuts, trimming turf ribbons, roadside mowing and horticulture<br />
applications.<br />
Flaildek<br />
A high-performance alternative to the standard out-front factory-fitted<br />
mowing attachments found on John Deere, Kubota, and other tractors.<br />
Delivers an exceptionally clean cut and allows mowing versatility between<br />
short and long grass<br />
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CASE STUDY<br />
Pegasus increases fairway<br />
widths and playability at<br />
Starke Park Golf Course<br />
February 7th 2017 was a big day for the Starke Park Golf Course in<br />
Texas - it marked the maiden voyage of their new <strong>Trimax</strong> Pegasus.<br />
Bruce Allan was in his first year as General<br />
Manager when a new mowing system had to<br />
be purchased. His choices: Go with golf course<br />
tradition and a new reel mower, or investigate<br />
other systems.<br />
WHERE PECAN TREES RULED THE FAIRWAYS<br />
Established in 1938, Starke Park Golf Course<br />
has always been a classic parkland course,<br />
nestled in a sweeping bend of the Guardelupe<br />
River in the city of Seguin, Texas.<br />
Blessed with undulating terrain, the course<br />
is easy on the legs. The official website<br />
says ”Fewer courses offer a shorter or more<br />
enjoyable walk and whether you’re walking or<br />
riding, there’s always a towering Pecan tree<br />
around to offer some refreshing shade.”<br />
A legacy from the grove that once grew there,<br />
the Pecan trees are beautiful, but a grass<br />
mowing nightmare – they shed branches that<br />
haunt the edges of the fairways and the rough.<br />
Reel mowers are no match for Pecan branches.<br />
As Bruce says “… that is really difficult to deal<br />
with, it always knocks the bed knives out of<br />
alignment and so we tried to stay away from<br />
the trees as much as possible and therefore a<br />
lot of the fairways were really tight.”<br />
FINDING THE SOLUTION WITH TRIMAX<br />
Bruce needed a mower that would give a great<br />
cut to the Bermuda fairway grass as well as<br />
handle the tougher aspects of the rough.<br />
In his search he called on <strong>Trimax</strong>’s Jamie Kizer<br />
for a demo.<br />
He was impressed, saying of the Pegasus “It<br />
had a really good cut, comparable to what the<br />
reel mowers were doing...”<br />
Initial cost and subsequent savings offered by<br />
the Pegasus / tractor combination sealed the<br />
deal for Bruce: “It turned out we could buy a<br />
new tractor and the mower for the same price<br />
as a self-propelled fairway unit and it does<br />
the same job in about half the time with one<br />
person so its been a great fit for us.”<br />
THE PEGAS<strong>US</strong> PAYS ITS WAY<br />
Mowing the roughs used to take five days and<br />
several guys.<br />
With the Pegasus the job’s done by Wednesday<br />
– a saving of two days every week.<br />
And those pesky branches? “The Pegasus goes<br />
right through them like its nothing, so we were<br />
able to increase the width of our fairways by<br />
about 20 feet on each side.”<br />
Thanks to the Pegasus, the wider fairways<br />
have changed the nature of the course, making<br />
it more playable.<br />
For Bruce, this is a bonus along with huge<br />
savings in labor, time and maintenance costs,<br />
which already amount to thousands of dollars.<br />
On maintaining the Pegasus he says “All we<br />
do is grease it and that’s all we’ve done. It’s<br />
fabulous.”<br />
“We went through a whole season this year<br />
without changing any blades. Even though<br />
we hit those limbs, we didn’t have to change<br />
anything. Last week I asked my mechanic if we<br />
need to change the blades and he said ‘Why?’<br />
So we went through a whole season with those<br />
blades and it looks like were gonna go through<br />
a second with them too.”<br />
THE C<strong>US</strong>TOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT<br />
Happy customers are usually a good measure<br />
of success.<br />
In Bruce’s case, his golfers; especially the<br />
seniors, need to be satisfied and it seems the<br />
Pegasus is a hit “A lot of people ask me about<br />
the quality of cut. Our seniors really love it...<br />
and really if no one knew what was happening<br />
they would never know the difference (from a<br />
reel mower), its been that good for us.”<br />
FIND OUT MORE<br />
To learn more about the highly versatile<br />
Pegasus mower and our other unique <strong>Trimax</strong><br />
mowers, please visit www.trimaxmowers.com<br />
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At last, a commercial<br />
blade set-up that will<br />
go the distance!<br />
INNOVATION COMMITMENT<br />
LazerBladez are a complete blade<br />
system developed specifically<br />
for <strong>Trimax</strong> multi-spindled<br />
rotary mowers.<br />
SPECIFICATIONS<br />
Blades<br />
‘Tilt-forward’ design<br />
LazerBladez offset mounting hole causes the blade to ‘tilt-forward’<br />
whilst cutting. This ensures that when the going gets really tough the<br />
cutting edge ends up in line with the blade carrier, the position other<br />
blades start from!<br />
Increased Blade Mass<br />
LazerBladez are wider than other similarly sized blades, resulting in<br />
more mass for higher impact in heavy going.<br />
Upturn<br />
The carefully refined upturn on the blade’s trailing edge gives better<br />
grass lift and discharge characteristics. Also available in non-upturn for<br />
specific applications.<br />
Full-Length Cutting Edge<br />
<strong>Trimax</strong> rotary mowers are so efficient they can cut at very high ground<br />
speeds and still produce a better finish than others do when cutting<br />
slowly. At slow speeds the blade tip does most of the work, but at very<br />
high ground speeds when the mower travels further between cuts,<br />
some grass needs to be cut further along the blade.<br />
LazerBladez have a full-length cutting edge that ensures all grass is<br />
struck by the sharpened part of the blade.<br />
Unique Steel Alloy<br />
LazerBladez engineers have chosen a special steel alloy that’s<br />
produced specifically for <strong>Trimax</strong>. This very high grade alloy is hardened<br />
significantly more than standard spring steels for longer life, yet<br />
retains the toughness essential for commercial mowing applications.<br />
Heavy Duty Strength Bolts<br />
A high-energy fling-tip requires a special bolt and the LazerBladez<br />
design is right up to the job! Made to grade 12.9 strength<br />
specifications, this bolt has a large head that won’t wear quickly, thus<br />
preventing blade separation. A 12mm self locking nut completes a<br />
blade bolt design that is significantly stronger than any other in its<br />
class.<br />
Blade Carrier<br />
The blade carriers for LazerBladez are made from heavy spring steel<br />
and designed to minimize flex for a more consistent cutting height.<br />
Plates<br />
Hardened and tempered spring steel plates support the center of the<br />
blade carrier.<br />
PART NUMBER<br />
DESCRIPTION<br />
411-160-842 LazerBladez fling-tip blade – uplift<br />
411-160-840 LazerBladez fling-tip blade – non-uplift<br />
411-322-050 Blade bolt and self locking nut<br />
WARNING: <strong>Trimax</strong> LazerBladez should be fitted and used in accordance with <strong>Trimax</strong><br />
operational instructions.<br />
Contact our Georgia based sales team for more information on<br />
770 412 8402 or email info@trimaxmowers.com<br />
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AFTERSALES CARE<br />
How to:<br />
Correctly lubricate a <strong>Trimax</strong> Drive Shaft<br />
Service Instructions<br />
Lubricate all fittings with a good quality lithium E.P. Grease.<br />
LOCATION STANDARD INTERVAL EXTENDED LUBE INTERVAL LEVER ACTION PUMPS<br />
Cross & Bearings 8hrs* 40hrs 5<br />
Telescoping Members 8hrs 40hrs 8 - 10<br />
CE & Non-Rotating Guard Bushings (1000 rpm max.) 8hrs 40hrs 5<br />
*Constant Angle Applications may require a lube interval of 4hrs<br />
ROTATING GUARD B<strong>US</strong>HINGS SHOULD BE LUBRICATED UPON REPLACEMENT<br />
CAUTION! REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE NOT LUBRICATED<br />
Replacement parts must be lubricated at time of assembly and during use per the lube recommendations<br />
SteadFAST<br />
Sealed Spindles<br />
We're proud to announce that all our<br />
rotary mowers are fitted with<br />
The SteadFAST Spindle is built upon our legendary greased spindle<br />
but removes the tedious task of regular greasing – giving you more<br />
time out cutting and savings of up to $650 per year. Thousands of<br />
hours of abuse in harsh environments have gone into ensuring the<br />
spindle will stand up to whatever task you throw at it. We’re so<br />
confident we’ve given them a 3-year warranty!<br />
“We submerged them, we’ve shaken them, we’ve heated them and<br />
basically tortured them, but they still hold up. We just can’t break<br />
them!” - Jim McEwen, <strong>Trimax</strong> R&D Manager
Did you know our service and<br />
parts staff are available<br />
18 hours a day!<br />
AFTERSALES CARE<br />
Got a parts query or a mechanical issue?<br />
Give one of our friendly team a call on 770 412 8476<br />
MONDAY TO FRIDAY | FROM 8AM<br />
* Based on East Coast daylight savings time<br />
Contact Daniel, Jesse,<br />
Pamela or Zach...<br />
P 770 412 8402 or<br />
E parts@trimaxmowers.com<br />
Receive 30% off parts<br />
when purchasing a Start-Up Kit<br />
with any new mower<br />
Tired of buying individual parts? Want to work more efficiently<br />
and get a better discount? Now you can!<br />
We’re offering Start-Up Kits for 7 of our most popular mowers. Each kit contains 2 x full<br />
sets of blades, nuts/bolts and 1 x set of required belts. Everything you’d need for a quick<br />
routine service!<br />
Model Part Number Cost per Kit<br />
Pegasus S4 493 450-150-233 $597<br />
Pegasus S4 610 450-150-234 $717<br />
ProCut S3 178 450-150-235 $175<br />
ProCut S3 210 450-150-236 $187<br />
ProCut S3 237 450-150-237 $287<br />
ProCut S3 290 450-150-238 $334<br />
Snake 320 450-150-239 $446<br />
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<strong>Trimax</strong> Genuine Belt<br />
and Blade Kits<br />
Helping to ensure maximum up-time!<br />
Model and Kit Part Number Price<br />
Buy a kit and<br />
SAVE<br />
up to 20%<br />
PEGAS<strong>US</strong> 610 COMPLETE BELT KIT (8) 404-000-128 $250.00 - 20% SAVINGS!<br />
PEGAS<strong>US</strong> 493 COMPLETE BELT KIT (6) 404-000-127 $160.00 - 20% SAVINGS!<br />
XWAM COMPLETE BELT KIT (14) 404-000-130 $445.00 - 20% SAVINGS<br />
LAZERBLADEZ BLADE PACK (60) 411-000-100 $205.00 - 5% SAVINGS!<br />
LAZERBLADEZ BLADE BOLT/NUT PACK (60) 411-000-101 $320.00 - 5% SAVINGS!<br />
Contact our parts team for more information on 770 412 8402 or email parts@trimaxmowers.com<br />
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Pre-Season Check List<br />
Pull out and make<br />
We've created a handy check list to get you<br />
ready for the mowing season!<br />
PEGAS<strong>US</strong> 610 20FT WIDE AREA TURF MOWER<br />
DATE<br />
a copy for future<br />
checks!<br />
SERIAL NUMBER<br />
• BLADES<br />
Remember to replace blade nut and/or bolt when fitting new blades. Blade nuts to be torqued to 59 ft lb. Standard Blade part<br />
number 411-160-842.<br />
• CHECK BLADE BOLT<br />
<strong>Trimax</strong> brand name must be still visible. Replace if required. Blade nuts to be torqued to 59 ft lb. Bolt complete with nut part number<br />
411-322-050.<br />
• BELT CONDITION AND TENSION<br />
Lower wings and remove all belt covers. Remove any build-up of grass. Check tension and condition of all four belts. Wing Belt part<br />
number (2 of) 404-040-750 and (1 of) 404-041-150. Rear deck part number (2 of) 404-040-750.<br />
• PTO<br />
Remove PTO, split and remove covers. Inspect for wear and damaged components. Grease universals, slipper bearings and tube.<br />
• GEARBOX<br />
Inspect for leaks. The oil should be level with the inspection plug hole located in the side of the gear box.<br />
• ROLLER BEARINGS<br />
Spin rollers and check bearing condition. Replace if required. Grease roller bearings daily with manual grease gun. Roller bearing kit<br />
part number 401-000-025.<br />
• ROLLERS<br />
Ensure rollers are not bent.<br />
• CHECK HEIGHTS<br />
Are set the same on all adjusters, grease height adjuster blocks.<br />
• END FLOAT ON SPINDLES<br />
Raise decks, ensure safety rope is secure, pull blade beams toward you, check all 11 spindles, if you get ¼ inch of end float rebuild or<br />
replace spindle.<br />
• TRANSPORT WHEELS<br />
Re-pack wheel bearings, grease, jack up transport wheels, remove grease cap, check wheels bearings, grease or replace as necessary.<br />
Check tires for wear and pressure.<br />
• DECK LOCKS<br />
Make sure all deck locks are working correctly, if stuck lubricate with WD-40, any bent locks should be replaced, check deck release<br />
pull cord replace if necessary.<br />
• TOW EYE B<strong>US</strong>H<br />
Check tow eye bush in draw bar and clevis, if worn or missing then replace.<br />
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Looking<br />
Sharp!<br />
The only thing more impressive<br />
than a sharp-dressed man is a<br />
sharp-bladed mower.<br />
“It’s all about maintenance,” says Bob<br />
Laverty, sales manager with Glenn B.<br />
Dorning, a major dealer in Ontario, California.<br />
Family owned since 1936, Glenn B. Dorning<br />
prides themselves on being “the go-to-guys”<br />
for <strong>Trimax</strong>, Kubota, Diamond and several<br />
other brands.<br />
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When it comes to knowing mowers and turf<br />
equipment, Bob Laverty has helped a lot of<br />
operations stay productive.<br />
“The most important maintenance requirement<br />
is lubricating all moving parts and keeping the<br />
blades sharp and clean,” Laverty advises.<br />
A good, smooth cut not only boosts the quality<br />
of the grass but extends the life of the mower.<br />
“You are spending a lot of money on chemicals<br />
to maintain grass and on the healing process<br />
for repairing damaged turf,” says Raymond<br />
Prefume, <strong>Trimax</strong> Mowing Systems <strong>US</strong>A Sales<br />
Representative for the Western States. “Why run<br />
a mower with dull blades that will tear the turf<br />
again?”<br />
On top of its ability to be gentler on the turf,<br />
a sharp blade requires less horsepower to do<br />
its job. Not only does that save fuel but it<br />
also makes mower operation easier on the<br />
equipment, itself, and on the person running the<br />
mower.<br />
“Running a mower should feel like cutting warm<br />
butter,” Prefume says.<br />
Both Laverty and Prefume agree that a good<br />
overall maintenance program is the key to<br />
getting that warm butter feel day in and day out.<br />
Prefume recommends a maintenance sharpening<br />
about once every 40 hours of operation. On a<br />
typical 18-hole golf course, that comes out to a<br />
weekly cycle. He notes that it only takes 15 or 20<br />
minutes to put a nice edge on a blade.<br />
“It takes no time at all. It keeps the blade<br />
sharp. It keeps the turf from getting ripped up,”<br />
Prefume continues.<br />
On a sod farm, a mower typically will travel more<br />
acres than a golf course, even if the hours of<br />
operation stay about the same 40-hour work<br />
week. Of course, the sod farm is not mowing<br />
roughs or even fairways…so the grass itself<br />
might be a bit gentler.<br />
In any case, a weekly touch-up with a hand<br />
grinder will pay off in a better product for the sod<br />
farm to sell.<br />
A shop foreman should not be overly concerned<br />
about a touch-up sharpening hurting the life of a<br />
mower blade.<br />
“It takes a while before you see wear on a blade,”<br />
Prefume says. “By the time you see wear from
Bob Laverty, Sales Manager - Glenn B. Dorning Inc.<br />
sharpening it’s probably time to change the<br />
blade, anyway.”<br />
Cost of blades is always a consideration on any<br />
top-drawer turf operation. Competitor blades can<br />
run upwards of $180 a set. The smaller blades<br />
engineered for <strong>Trimax</strong> mowers cost about $95 for<br />
a complete set.<br />
As mower blades age, engineers agree that<br />
keeping blades in balance is a concern. Balancing<br />
a 24-inch or a 36-inch blade on a traditional<br />
mower can be an on-going project. It is far<br />
tougher to balance a long blade than it is the<br />
shorter ones used on <strong>Trimax</strong> mowers.<br />
"Our blades give a good quality<br />
of cut with a smaller blade,"<br />
Prefume says.<br />
Reel mowers are another challenge. While most<br />
reel mowers will give a good result, they require<br />
a lot of hours in the shop to maintain quality of<br />
cut. A reel mower will pick up a lot of sand, for<br />
example. Sand is very hard on a blade’s edge.<br />
Each time the reel mower needs maintenance,<br />
every one of the reel decks has to come off, be<br />
touched up, and then remounted.<br />
“I can sharpen a <strong>Trimax</strong> in 15 minutes,” Prefume<br />
says. Sometimes, a manager needs to look<br />
beyond the blade to prolong blade life and<br />
maintain turf quality. A recent <strong>Trimax</strong> innovation<br />
called QuikLift gives sod farms access to an<br />
electronic system which will lift a mower deck off<br />
the ground without the need to disengage the<br />
tractor PTO. Along with sharp blades, QuikLift’s<br />
features help increase efficiency and reduce<br />
maintenance on both blades and the mower.<br />
“Mowers, themselves, get torn up a lot,”<br />
Laverty notes. For that reason, he suggests turf<br />
farms, golf courses and sports venues focus on<br />
maintenance of all the little things. Look after<br />
jobs like replacing wheels and other mower parts.<br />
Every time a mower clips the ground, the blade<br />
takes a knock and the turf, itself, gets scalped.<br />
Originally called Dorning Tractors, the company<br />
grew to be known for its dependable parts<br />
department and quick service. And, much as<br />
any dealership appreciates the business, the<br />
company would prefer its parts and equipment<br />
customers get their money’s worth out of all of<br />
the components they use.<br />
This blends nicely with <strong>Trimax</strong>’s corporate<br />
philosophy of offering turf managers equipment<br />
with a low total cost of ownership and a long<br />
commercial life.<br />
"Whatever you do," Laverty pleads,<br />
"don't use an aftermarket blade."<br />
While he acknowledges that secondary market<br />
blades might cost ten bucks less than an<br />
original manufacturer’s blade, he says it is<br />
a poor place to scrimp if your goal is tip-top<br />
quality turf.<br />
Laverty also sees some operations that lose<br />
track of the kinds of blades they need for<br />
their sod farm or golf course. There is a big<br />
difference, he emphasizes, between a standard<br />
blade, a mulching blade, and a high-lift blade<br />
to collect grass. While all sorts of blades have a<br />
function, he says an operation has to be sure to<br />
choose the right blade for the intended use of<br />
that mower.<br />
Like that sharp-dressed man, a sharp-bladed<br />
mower will be successful whether operating on<br />
a sod farm, a golf fairway or an athletic field.<br />
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<strong>Trimax</strong> introduce their<br />
widest Pegasus yet!<br />
With a massive 24 ft cut width!<br />
FROM PROTOTYPE TO LAUNCH<br />
The Prototype Pegasus 24’ Mower<br />
was showcased at the <strong>Turf</strong> Producers<br />
International Conference in Tucson, Arizona<br />
in February <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
For seventeen years the <strong>Trimax</strong> Pegasus has<br />
set the standard in wide-area mowing around<br />
the world and has become the benchmark for<br />
the maintenance of parks, reserves, airports,<br />
racetracks, sports fields and turf farms.<br />
Released in the <strong>US</strong> market June <strong>2018</strong>, the<br />
Pegasus 24’ has the same outstanding<br />
performance and cut qualities the current<br />
Pegasus range is renowned for.<br />
PEGAS<strong>US</strong> 24’ RAISES THE BAR<br />
As the latest addition to the <strong>Trimax</strong> product<br />
line, the Pegasus 24’ is going to reset wide area<br />
mowing standards.<br />
Mow efficiency will increase by 18% over that<br />
of the Pegasus 20’ which has a mow width<br />
of 20 feet. The mower also provides a useful<br />
width alternative, meeting a current need of our<br />
customers, for a mow width between the 20ft of<br />
the Pegasus 610 and the colossal 34ft cut of the<br />
<strong>Trimax</strong> X-WAM.<br />
Owner and founder of <strong>Trimax</strong>, Bob Sievwright<br />
says “The Pegasus 24’ is a great step between<br />
our 20’ and the X-WAM without adding a large<br />
amount of complexity and cost and customers<br />
get the proven benefits of the <strong>Trimax</strong> Pegasus<br />
chassis configuration which is tried, tested and<br />
trusted.”<br />
DESIGNED TO FUNCTION - AND IMPRESS<br />
Having inherited the impressive body structure<br />
and design cues for which <strong>Trimax</strong> is well known,<br />
the Pegasus 24’ Prototype has become a showstopper.<br />
After being unveiled at the TPI Field<br />
Day the mower set off on a demo tour through<br />
southern <strong>US</strong>A and it drew eager attention<br />
from turf farmers and the general public alike.<br />
<strong>Trimax</strong> design is always function-driven and<br />
of the highest standard. The Pegasus 24’<br />
is fully road-transportable and in transport<br />
mode stands 12ft high. Where some mowers<br />
become unstable at this height, the Pegasus<br />
24’ is rock-solid and no design elements<br />
have been left to chance or included as<br />
afterthoughts.<br />
MANUFACTURING EXPERIENCE COUNTS<br />
<strong>Trimax</strong>’s extensive experience in<br />
manufacturing industry-leading products<br />
has taught them many things. For instance,<br />
mower decks longer than 10ft find it hard<br />
to follow ground contours and therefore<br />
cannot maintain a quality cut. The decks on<br />
the Pegasus 24’ have been kept at 9.5ft – a<br />
dimension unique to <strong>Trimax</strong> - which ensures<br />
even with a wider cut the mower retains<br />
contour following ability.<br />
Another problem besetting most wide area<br />
mowers is the consistency of spindle height<br />
and alignment across the decks which can<br />
impact cutting accuracy. <strong>Trimax</strong>’s unique, and<br />
protected spindle height setting technology<br />
ensures spindle height is perfectly aligned across<br />
the length of each deck providing the most<br />
accurate and consistent cut in the market.<br />
POPULAR FEATURES BUILT-IN<br />
The Pegasus 24’ incorporates many of the<br />
current range’s most popular features:<br />
SteadFAST sealed, maintenance-free<br />
spindles,<br />
<strong>Trimax</strong> RapidSET height adjustment<br />
system,<br />
<strong>Trimax</strong> Lazerblade fling tip blades with the<br />
unique “tilt-forward” blade design.<br />
NEW IMPROVEMENTS ADDED<br />
Pegasus 24’ features the new LocTEK Stubless<br />
Roller Bearing Retention System. LocTEK’s<br />
genius rests on the high tensile retention bolt<br />
which eliminates lateral roller movement, vastly<br />
increases bearing retention and strength and<br />
ensures roller replacement and servicing is quick<br />
and easy.<br />
LAUNCH TIME<br />
Pegasus 24’ is now available in the <strong>US</strong> market.<br />
To register your interest call our Georgia based<br />
team on 770 412 8402.<br />
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<strong>Trimax</strong> Snake quickly<br />
becoming the mower<br />
of choice in <strong>US</strong>A Golf<br />
The <strong>Trimax</strong> Snake Mower has<br />
found success on some of Americas<br />
most prestigious golf courses.<br />
A recent video promotion from <strong>Trimax</strong><br />
showcases the Snake mower and testimonials<br />
from users working on influential golf courses in<br />
Houston, South Carolina, Georgia and Texas.<br />
With more than 30 years of innovation and<br />
engineering poured into the Snake; a mower<br />
predominantly designed for high quality sports<br />
turf and golf courses, the accolades from the <strong>US</strong><br />
come as no surprise.<br />
Each user commended the Snake for its quality<br />
of cut, as well as their surprise at getting such<br />
quality from a rotary mower.<br />
However, each user also found different benefits<br />
came from using the world-class mower on their<br />
respective golf course.<br />
Brian Buckner<br />
Golf Club of Houston<br />
Brian Buckner is the Superintendent at the Golf<br />
Club of Houston, a 36-hole course that plays host<br />
to the annual Shell Houston Open.<br />
Buckner looked to <strong>Trimax</strong> when they were finding<br />
issues getting the whole course cut.<br />
“It would take us 6-8 self contained units to mow<br />
out about 27 holes a week, so we were always<br />
missing about nine holes each week,” he says in<br />
the video.<br />
Since investing in two Snake units, Buckner can<br />
get through all 36 holes with one person, saving<br />
him labour costs and offering time to spend finetuning<br />
other areas of the golf course.<br />
Buckner also said the Snake’s quality cut is<br />
versatile; working well on roughs and fairways,<br />
and also it can be done in one pass of the mower.<br />
Finally, and some would say most importantly,<br />
he says the club’s members have noticed the<br />
difference since bringing in the Snake.<br />
“Membership notices that we’re paying a lot<br />
more attention to detail out here, getting to<br />
things that we never dreamed of getting to<br />
before,” says Buckner.<br />
Cory Phillips is the Equipment Manager for the<br />
Golf Course of Georgia and Horseshoe Bend, he<br />
spotted the <strong>Trimax</strong> Snake while at last year’s Golf<br />
Industry Show and booked in a demo straight<br />
away.<br />
Phillips was impressed by the cutting quality, and<br />
found as a rotary mower it performed well over<br />
undulations, floated well and provided an even<br />
cut.<br />
As an equipment manager, Phillips explains in the<br />
video his approach to sourcing new machinery is<br />
to find its weak points, or what is going to be the<br />
cause for maintenance down the track.<br />
He says the Snake mower is strong, and requires<br />
very little maintenance time.<br />
“I’m always looking at a machine thinking what’s<br />
going to break first?<br />
Cory Phillips<br />
Golf Course of Georgia<br />
You don’t want a machine that you can walk up<br />
to and see the weak link.<br />
So I was looking at how strong the machine was<br />
built, the thick metal that it was built out of and<br />
I knew that it was going to spend very, very, very<br />
little time in my shop,” Phillips says.<br />
South Carolina’s Santee National Golf Club<br />
also invested in a <strong>Trimax</strong> Snake after their<br />
Superintendent Mike Holt saw one at a local sod<br />
farm.<br />
Holt says his course has two particular areas on<br />
the course that are difficult to maintain, and<br />
that the Snake took them on with no problems.<br />
He says the durability, quality of engineering<br />
and overall design of the mower are second<br />
to none, and was also impressed with how<br />
easy it was to adjust the cutting height on the<br />
machine.<br />
“I never really have been one to play with height<br />
of cut much, it was always a set it and forget it<br />
kind of thing, but the day after the mower was<br />
delivered, I actually lowered it to three quarters<br />
of an inch, and went out and mowed behind my<br />
rotar cut unit. I could literally change it right<br />
here in the field if I had to and not even go back<br />
to the shop, it’s just simply amazing,” says Holt.<br />
The resounding positives of the <strong>Trimax</strong> Snake<br />
don’t stop at cutting quality; the video, which<br />
can be found on the <strong>Trimax</strong> website, also shows<br />
a collective appreciation for the mower’s even<br />
distribution of clippings, short maintenance<br />
schedule and greasing time, as well as how the<br />
quietness of the machine doesn’t disrupt play<br />
too much.<br />
Mike Holt<br />
Santee National Golf Club<br />
A robust machine built for agility, it’s no wonder<br />
the <strong>Trimax</strong> Snake mower has dazzled course<br />
Superintendents and Technicians across the <strong>US</strong>!<br />
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“The Golf Club of Houston – <strong>Trimax</strong> Snake Owner and home of the Shell Houston Open”
Removal of <strong>Turf</strong> Ribbons<br />
Heavy Duty Flail<br />
Mower/Mulcher<br />
<strong>Turf</strong> Scrap Mulching Removal of <strong>Turf</strong> Ribbons De-thatching<br />
View<br />
WARLORD<br />
PRODUCT VIDEOS AT<br />
trimaxmowers.com<br />
Back convertor flap allows<br />
for easy servicing<br />
The all new Warlord S3 with its hydraulic side shift operation makes for a powerful working companion in<br />
commercial applications such as turf farms, weed abatement, tree farms, roadside mowing and horticulture<br />
applications.<br />
Due to its robust build Warlord has become the choice for hire fleets around the world. With the ability to shred<br />
branches up to 3 inch in diameter and fitted with unique features such as our <strong>Trimax</strong> Heavy Duty Taca Flails,<br />
unique pruning guide and an adjustable rear flap, the Warlord S3 means business!<br />
Talk to us today about the capabilities of Warlord in your environment!<br />
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Think Pink!<br />
Breast Cancer Awareness and <strong>Turf</strong><br />
Mowers find Common Ground<br />
<strong>Trimax</strong> Mowing System’s client Modern <strong>Turf</strong><br />
has made a clear statement in support of Breast<br />
Cancer Awareness. The South Carolina company<br />
confronted breast cancer head-on when one of their<br />
own, Jennifer Haunert, wife of Modern <strong>Turf</strong>’s VP, BJ<br />
Haunert, was diagnosed with the life-threatening<br />
disease.<br />
The staff and owners of Modern <strong>Turf</strong> rallied round<br />
the Haunerts, giving their total support. Inspired by<br />
Jennifer’s courage and positive attitude in combating<br />
her breast cancer, the company branded one of<br />
their <strong>Trimax</strong> Pegasus turf mowers with the National<br />
Breast Cancer Foundation’s colors and logo. To help<br />
boost the message carried by the mower, <strong>Trimax</strong> has<br />
released a video of the project which can be viewed<br />
on their YouTube Channel.<br />
Branding the equipment in support of breast cancer<br />
awareness was Maintenance Manager, David<br />
Strickland’s idea. He was inspired by Jennifer’s<br />
attitude to her diagnosis and subsequent treatment:<br />
“It was impressive to see someone so up about<br />
something that could be so bad.” “I felt like I should<br />
do something to bring awareness to other people<br />
and hopefully other people can have her same<br />
upbeat attitude about it.” Jennifer was given the<br />
all clear after five surgeries and was overwhelmed<br />
when the newly reconditioned mower was unveiled<br />
at the company’s Christmas party. She said it was an<br />
honor to have a company that was willing to bring<br />
awareness to breast cancer.<br />
David went to great lengths to see everything<br />
was done properly. The National Breast Cancer<br />
Foundation was consulted to ensure the exact color<br />
was used. With about 29,000 shades of pink to go<br />
wrong with, the paint was professionally mixed to<br />
guarantee accuracy. The result was perfect.<br />
Breast Cancer is the leading cause of cancer related<br />
death in women worldwide. Experts say greater<br />
awareness and early detection is critical to the<br />
survival of people diagnosed with breast cancer. If<br />
more people knew about the disease, the death rate<br />
could be reduced by about 30% - in real terms, over<br />
400,000 lives could be saved every year.<br />
The National Breast Cancer Foundation<br />
(www.nbcf.org) is based in Texas, <strong>US</strong>A and operates<br />
worldwide, promoting awareness and education.<br />
Resources: National Breast Cancer Foundation www.nbcf.org.<br />
Worldwide Breast Cancer Foundation:<br />
http://www.worldwidebreastcancer.com/breast-cancer-statistics-worldwide/
January and February<br />
<strong>2018</strong> was showtime<br />
for the <strong>US</strong>A team!<br />
Sports <strong>Turf</strong> Managers Association<br />
Annual Conference - Fort Worth, Texas<br />
STMA hosted its 29th annual Conference & Exhibition on January 18-19 with<br />
more than 200 exhibitors and 1,200 attendees from 14 countries.<br />
STMA is a “Seminar on Wheels Tour” at professional, collegiate and youth sports<br />
complexes in Dallas-Fort Worth complemented with nearly 50 education<br />
sessions, sports turf exhibits and networking with environmental science leaders.<br />
<strong>Trimax</strong> had a 20x20 ft stand with our Pegasus, Snake and Striker mowers on display. Also available was our<br />
innovation wall where visitors could walk the <strong>Trimax</strong> timeline which started back in the 80’s.<br />
<strong>US</strong> NEWS<br />
Golf Industry Show - San Antonio, Texas<br />
The Golf Industry show is the world’s largest golf course management trade show held<br />
during February 3-8, the event was attended by 11,700 people.<br />
GIS is presented by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) and the<br />
National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA).<br />
Attendees included golf course superintendents, owners, builders, architects, equipment<br />
managers, appraisers, developers, green chairmen, golf professionals and others in the golf<br />
course industry.<br />
The GCSAA Education Conference, held in conjunction with the Golf Industry Show, is the<br />
largest educational conference in the golf course management industry. A total of 5,600<br />
education seats were filled for more than 100 seminars and sessions.<br />
The conference included 184,000 net square feet of exhibit space and it was a busy few days<br />
for the <strong>Trimax</strong> team with many customer visits to the <strong>Trimax</strong> stand and a huge amount of new<br />
enquiries gained from the both the <strong>US</strong>A and global market.<br />
<strong>Turf</strong>grass Producers International Conference<br />
- Tucson, Arizona<br />
This year’s TPI conference was one to remember for <strong>Trimax</strong>.<br />
On display for the first time ever was the <strong>Trimax</strong> Pegasus 722 mower, our<br />
widest ever Pegasus with a mow width of 24 feet which drew a lot of<br />
interest! Plus, we soft launched our <strong>Trimax</strong> Castor Wheel mower which will<br />
be hitting our <strong>US</strong>A production lines early 2019. Exciting times!<br />
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WORLD NEWS<br />
What used to take 43 minutes now<br />
takes only 23 minutes!<br />
Councils PreviousTriple-Deck Mower: 43 minutes | <strong>Trimax</strong> Pegasus: 23 minutes<br />
Able to mow in wet conditions and with a cutting width of over 16 foot this Australian city council has reduced it’s<br />
mowing time by 50% since replacing their old triple-deck mower with the <strong>Trimax</strong> Pegasus.<br />
Filmed by a camera crew and a drone the Pegasus S4 was put to the test under stopwatch in Victoria Australia. The Mower<br />
which is similar in width to the council’s previous mower came in at half the time, provided an improved cut quality and<br />
charged on through the rain. With minimal grease points, minimal maintenance requirements and designed to have a low<br />
total cost of ownership the <strong>Trimax</strong> Pegasus is the benchmark in wide area mowing!<br />
Check out the video on<br />
our Australian website<br />
Sam Neill’s 16yr old Warlord going strong!<br />
Celebrating its 16th birthday last month Sam Neill’s Warlord had a brief cameo appearance on New Zealand TV<br />
program Country Calendar.<br />
The Warlord was one of only three made to a specified cut width of only 35” with a 2-belt drive. This one was sold<br />
to New Zealand actor Sam Neill who owns the Warlord at his vineyard ‘Two Paddocks’ in Clyde, NZ, which has very<br />
narrow rows and is steep and rocky. <strong>Trimax</strong> Production Manager Dave Presland said that during production he had to<br />
take the parking stand-off it completely as it was so narrow that it could easily roll over when on the stand.<br />
Most amazingly of all, the mower has never had a part, bolt or bearing changed on it in all that time, it’s still going<br />
strong. The operators at the vineyard refer to it as “bulletproof!”<br />
Collectively, LSA growers generate<br />
around 75% of all Australian<br />
domestic turf sales and annually<br />
spend well over $200 million in<br />
operational costs and input supply.<br />
<strong>2018</strong> Lawn Solutions<br />
Australia Conference<br />
<strong>Trimax</strong> exhibited at the Lawn Solutions Conference in Gold Coast,<br />
Australia in July <strong>2018</strong> - the largest turf conference in the Southern<br />
Hemisphere!<br />
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The conference consisted of a <strong>Turf</strong> Fielday hosted by Jimboomba <strong>Turf</strong>,<br />
one of Queensland’s largest turf suppliers. <strong>Trimax</strong> had numerous<br />
mowers on display followed by a <strong>Trimax</strong> Sponsored special evening<br />
dinner at Towri Sheep Cheeses. Tuesday was a full-day educational<br />
conference followed by a vendor exhibition and an evening awards<br />
dinner.
European <strong>Turf</strong> Producers Expo<br />
The ETP is a newly establish association which has been running for approximately<br />
3 years. It's made up of 130 turf growing companies from across 26 countries.<br />
The expo, next held in the Netherlands, will now become a regular occasion running every 3 years (in between these events<br />
will be smaller farm tours allowing people to get together and share knowledge).<br />
<strong>Trimax</strong> attended the seminar & expo in a visitor capacity to understand the opportunity and target audience. Having been<br />
blown away by the event, we’re already excited about exhibiting at the next one. Hope to see you there!<br />
Saltex<br />
Saltex is the UK’s biggest event for the groundscare sector; 290 exhibitors,<br />
8,000 visitors, all the latest machines, seminars, experts, and a prestigious<br />
IOG awards ceremony – all in the NEC (Birmingham) over two days in early<br />
November.<br />
<strong>Trimax</strong> attend Saltex yearly and showcase a range of mowing equipment<br />
including; Pegasus, Stealth, Warlord, Flaildek & Striker.<br />
Last year we launched Stealth series 3 at the show which was quite the talking<br />
point. Built for versatility and now the lowest maintenance mower in our range,<br />
Saltex was the ideal location to celebrate 26 years since the original launch.<br />
Visitors could walk the <strong>Trimax</strong> timeline of innovation which started back in the<br />
80’s and continued to run into <strong>2018</strong>. This gave visitors an opportunity to share<br />
what they’d like to see developed and implement in the coming years. Let’s<br />
just say there were some fantastic ideas shared…. Catch us at Saltex October<br />
31st <strong>2018</strong><br />
UK Dealer Training Extravaganza<br />
Following feedback from last year, we decided to extend the event; to make<br />
it bigger and better than ever before!<br />
This two-day event, attracted dealers from all over the UK and incorporated<br />
our first ever dealer award ceremony.<br />
The days were filled with a variety of different breakout sessions enabling us<br />
to share new business developments whilst also collaborating and exchanging<br />
ideas and knowledge.<br />
In the usual format, as we showcased the entire <strong>Trimax</strong> offering. Dealers were<br />
asked to challenge the machines on some testing terrain. Needless to say,<br />
they all coped beautifully! But…. what will next year have in store for you?<br />
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A word from<br />
TPI have released a new Public<br />
Relations Campaign for Natural<br />
<strong>Turf</strong>grass beginning <strong>2018</strong>!<br />
Available to TPI members is:<br />
New Toolkit including customizable<br />
brochures on turfgrass watering,<br />
fertilization, lawn management, and<br />
more…<br />
New 120+ page Pest Control Guide<br />
(coming 2019)!<br />
New social media resources for TPI<br />
members to promote natural turfgrass in<br />
their area (coming 2019)!<br />
Increased advocacy and lobbying efforts in<br />
regulatory affairs designed to regulate<br />
natural turfgrass!<br />
Increased funding for university research<br />
on natural turfgrass production, use, and<br />
benefits!<br />
<strong>Turf</strong>grass WateringGuide available to<br />
TPI members at www.turfgrasssod.org<br />
Water/Irrigation Runoff Research Project - Funded in part by The Lawn Institute at Texas A&M<br />
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Not a TPI Member? We’d love to have you on our team!<br />
Find us www.turfgrasssod.org or 800 405 8873 to JOIN NOW!
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Welcoming the newest additions to the <strong>Trimax</strong> Family<br />
Fillmore Unified School District, CA<br />
Eldorado Polo Club, Indio, CA<br />
Emory & Seth Thomas of Thomas<br />
<strong>Turf</strong>grass, TX<br />
Brandon Wyatt & Chandler Pearson,<br />
Canyon West Golf Club, TX<br />
DD Williamson(Supt),<br />
Hilltop Lakes Resort, TX<br />
James & Tammy, City of Belton<br />
Parks & Rec, TX<br />
Atlanta Country Club, Atlanta, GA<br />
Arrowhead Country Club,<br />
Naples, FL<br />
Midland Polo Club, Midland, TX<br />
Carter Hindes, Sterling Golf Group, TX<br />
Chris Teafatiller, Clear Creek Golf<br />
Course, TX<br />
David Martin, Martin <strong>Turf</strong> Farms,<br />
GA<br />
Miramont CC Bryan, TX<br />
Mariposa Landscape, AZ<br />
Robert Flores, King Ranch <strong>Turf</strong>grass, TX<br />
Ross Pry, North Texas <strong>Turf</strong>, TX<br />
Tim Muench, Eagles Bluff CC.<br />
Tyler, TX<br />
Todd Miller (Supt) Bluebonnet Hill, TX<br />
Stacy Hunt & Hunt's <strong>Turf</strong> Farm, GA<br />
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Don & Jodie Hayes,<br />
The Grass Company, GA
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There’s no stopping these machines"<br />
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“This machine will go wherever you ask<br />
it to.”<br />
James Taylor Jr - Jackson, Tennessee<br />
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