What’s New

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Protect Your Engine

Outerwears, Inc. has released the 20-2286-01 pre-filter that fits 4 1/8-inch-diameter filters with a height of 10.75 inches.

Pre-filters allow for maximum airflow coupled with sand, dirt and water deflection.


An Efficient Lawn Care System

Lehman Mfg. offers the components that help create a lawn care system. Starting with a heavy-duty full size pickup truck, fiberglass side boxes are added for dry material storage-one box holds 16 bags.

For custom treatments, a fiberglass liquid holding tank fits forward in the bed and tucks between and under the boxes.

The tanks and drive systems are compact, leaving adequate space for other tools and/or materials to be kept in the back of the truck bed.

Lehman makes fiberglass side boxes of 8-foot lengths and fiberglass tanks with capacities of 50 to 300-plus gallons, and offers a variety of engines, pumps, tank agitator and reels that can be assembled in a variety of configurations.


Precision Dispensing for UV-Sensitive Fluids

The VMP Variable Displacement Dispenser is a fully programmable dispensing system that utilizes Fluid Metering, Inc.’s CeramPump Valveless piston pump design. A precision stepper motor controls the pump speed.

The VMP can be programmed for a variety of functions using a Touch Screen Interface (TSI), which can control up to 16 pumps on a single bus. Up to 128 metering devices can be controlled using a PLC or computer. The VMP will store up to 100 programs, letting you change between setups on the fly.

The FMP also has a second stepper motor, which electronically adjusts the piston displacement. This provides ultra-fine dispense adjustments through varying of piston stroke length.


Sod Cutting Made Easy

The KisCutter from Turfco Direct features a 5.5 hp Honda engine and variable cutting speeds up to 150 feet per minute.

The sod cutter has one-handle operation, a 12-inch cutting width and four 10-by-4.5-inch pneumatic tires/wheels. Optional 9-inch blade for curbing available.


Whistle While You Work

ASA Electronics’ Jensen JXHD35 Heavy-Duty Waterproof MINI Speakers offer full range audio entertainment when paired with an accompanying stero, such as the Jensen JGH910 Heavy-Duty Waterproof MINI Stereo, and are exclusively designed to withstand the challenges of outdoor environments.

The 30-watt speakers are 1.6 inches thick and offer simple surface or “U” bracket installation options. The 3.5-inch black foam surround woofers and neodymium, silver mylar tweeters are housed in the speakers’ waterproof and UV-resistant ABS frames.


Options Are Standard

The DownEaster 10, 12 and 14-foot low profile TR series line of dumb trailers come with barn doors, slide under rear ramps and rear stablilizers as standard equipment. Manufactured by Coastal Metal Fab.


Put Your Road Grader to Work

Denis Cimaf’s DTN brushcutter-mower mounts to the front of road graders and has its own 100 hp power unit.

The DTN is an articulated arm with an industrial mower head at the end. It can be mounted onto the grader without having to remove the blade and it can be lifted up to 20 feet in the air, 24 feet to the side and down to 7 feet below grade. The DTN-155 offers 60 inches of cutting width, with 48 and 96-inch widths available in the future.


Don’t Break Your Back Splitting Wood

The Smart-Splitter splits logs up to 22 inches long and has a shipping weight of 22 pounds.

The wood splitting tool from Lucky Distributing eliminates the risk of using hatchets, axes, wedges and mauls, and is manufactured for safety and ease of operation.


Oops!

In the Buying Guide to Riding Mowers and Attachments featured in the March issue of Turf, the information for Country Clipper was incorrect.

We apologize for the error.

Here is the entry as it should have appeared:

Country Clipper

BOSS 1205
• HP/Engine: 25, 26, 31 & 37 hp Kawasaki; 27 hp Kohler; 28 hp EFI
• Deck Mount: Mid-mount
• Cutting Width: 52, 60 and 72 inches
• Feature: Electronic fuel injection