Tottenham
Hotspur Football Club continue to invest in their world-class training centre
with the recent purchase of additional attachments for their Ventrac 4500
compact tractor.
Darren
Baldwin, Head of Playing Surfaces and Estates at the club, has taken delivery
of two Ventrac Power Brooms for maintaining the pathways, car parking areas and
synthetic pitches around the impressive 77-acre training facility.
Commenting
on the new equipment he said: “These brooms are excellent; they simply blitz
any moss on our tarmac pathways, remove moss, weeds and leaves from the
block-paved areas and we use one on synthetic grass pitches. The height
adjustment is simple and quick and it gets the debris out, where other brushes
have failed.
“Our
second broom has more flexible and less aggressive bristles and this is used on
the synthetics; it helps us relieve the compaction of the rubber crumb infill
and is an integral part of our synthetic turf maintenance programme.
"Like
our mower attachments and trencher, the brooms are quick and easy to change and
when not in use they are free-standing, which also helps with the yard
management of our equipment.
"Once
you have a Ventrac tractor unit, you just keep on finding more things that it
can do; it’s certainly a versatile piece of equipment.”
The Power
Brooms can be hydraulically angled left or right and lifted up or down all from
the seat of the tractor. An electric actuator also allows the operator to
adjust the speed and direction of the broom rotation, maximizing its
effectiveness.
A
self-leveling feature keeps the broom horizontal at all times, and the nylon
bristle broom cores can be changed in just a few minutes.
With the
completion of new 45-bedroom Lodge and the landscaping of a helicopter landing
area, Darren and his team are now in the process of a major pitch renovation
programme, especially around the areas which the construction company used as a
compound for their vehicles and equipment.
