The Bernhard Academy presents this one-day hands on and practical class. You will be introduced to a vast amount of information that you can take away with you, while presenting you with the opportunity to learn the correct way of setting up your units, depending on site conditions, turf species and time of year.
In this class you will gain an understanding of the principles of your cutting units and learn how to take control of your cutting unit maintenance regime. You will learn the fundamentals of using grinders, getting the most out of your mowers and ultimately ensure the highest quality of cut all year round. Furthermore, you will gain first-hand knowledge of how to communicate the importance of how to communicate to key stakeholders in your business the importance of all that we do in our maintenance facility and the impact it has on the end product.
This class is being held at the Bernhard Academy at Moortown, transport to and from the Academy will be provided from Harrogate Convention Centre.
Learning outcomes:
- The history of reel mowers
- The important relationship between the bedknife and cylinder
- Understand and appreciate both spin and relief grinding
- The agronomic and economic benefits of quality of cut
- Correct-set up, mounting and grinding of a bedknife and cylinder
- Best practice of disassembly and reassembly of a cutting unit
- Setting the mower on cut and paralleling units
- Setting height of cut and looking at some of the pitfalls
- Servicing mower cutting units
- Introductions to the scratch and absolute methods
- Setting mower cutting units with zero contact
- How to communicate with your key stakeholders better
- Bring stakeholders over to your side of the business
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