Toro rolls out new attachments for Infield Pro machines
28 Jun, 2007 By: Landscape Management Staff Athletic Turf News
BLOOMINGTON, MN — Toro just rolled out three new attachments for the Toro Infield Pro sports fields maintenance machines, all of them with the patent-pending Quick Attach System. The offerings are a new Lip Broom, Nail Drag Mat and Utility Box.
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“The Infield Pro 3040 and 5040 models do an exceptional job grooming surfaces but also are easily converted to perform other critical maintenance tasks with its 21 total attachments,” said Christopher Anderson, associate marketing manager for commercial equipment at The Toro Company.
The Nail Drag is a rear attachment that offers precision scarification of skinned areas on sports fields. It can be lifted and lowered hydraulically and has adjustable down-pressure across the entire width of the drag for a smooth, even scarification across all surfaces. Adding the Steel Drag Mator the Coco Drag Matto theNail Drag attachment offers scarification and grooming in one easy step. In addition, the Steel Mat and the Coco Matcan be used without engaging the Nail Drag attachment, while the Nail Drag Carrier Systemeliminates the need to manually lift drag mats between passes or fields.
The Lip Broom is a front attachment designed to eliminate the task of manually maintaining infield lips. The specially designed bristle broom is driven by remote hydraulics, and removes ridge buildup by sweeping material
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back into the infield. The attachment can be hydraulically lifted and lowered, is steerable, and offers adjustability for aggressive application and speed.
Joe Kennedy III is the Baseball Maintenance Manager at Surprise Recreation Campus, the spring training home of the Texas Rangers and Kansas City Royals. The facility also hosts numerous youth and adult leagues and tournaments for a variety of sports throughout the year. “We began using the attachments in January while hosting Major League fantasy camps for the Rangers and Royals, and continued to use the attachments through spring training which ended the first week of April,” said Kennedy. “The Nail Drag is very efficient because our crew could nail drag and carry a screen, or mat drag at the same time. This allowed us to utilize the same piece of equipment versus carrying the mat on a separate utility cart.” Kennedy stated that the Lip Broom was just as popular with his crew. “We were able to alternate using the Lip Broom on the Royals field one day, and the Rangers field the next. Brooming lips is very important from a safety and playability viewpoint,” said Kennedy. “The Lip Broom has kept our grass edges in great condition.”
The Surprise Recreation Campus is comprised of 13 full-size baseball fields including Billy Parker field, two half
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fields for infield practice, two football fields, three youth baseball fields, and an 8-acre multi-purpose field. The fields, combined with surrounding landscape, cover 130 acres. They have won the Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) Sports Complex of the Year Award from 2004 to 2006, and the Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) Sports Facility of the Year Award in 2005.
Another attachment for the Infield Pro is the new Utility Box. “Customer feedback tells us that sports complexes can never have enough utility vehicles,” adds Anderson. The addition of the Utility Box attachment increases the functionality of the Infield Pro and allows it to be used as a small utility vehicle. From hauling tools to infield mix or sod, the integrated flip-up stand allows customers to easily drop off the box and use the Infield Pro for other tasks. “The QAS (Quick Attach System) gives the Infield Pro the versatility of a utility vehicle without sacrificing the performance of a dedicated groomer.”
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