When watching the video..maximize your screen so you can see the massive 2.5-3" plugs this unit can pull. This unit is 380 lbs with the standard weights. Also you can see there is no tearing of turf while turning at full speed even on fragile bent grass.

In Fescue or Bluegrass you can turn even tighter so you can double back...its quicker to turn than even the $10k riding aerators.

50% more productive than any WB aerator on the market.

 

A common questions we get is do you have to push down on the handles to turn?

No, the unit is balanced so there is very little weight on the front tires when aerating. If you put pressure on the handles the front tires come up easily. This puts 100% of the 380 lbs over the tines.

When the tines are raised...the majority of the weight shifts back over the front tires for transporting where the front tires pull the machine. When aerating, the tines drive the machine for the ease turning.

 

Hey folks. I have one of your gobarrow and really like it so far for some uses. We would like it a lot more if the front loop protecting the tire was shorter, some of my crew members are under 6 foot and have a real hard time dumping it in a way to get all the mulch out. That being said I just want to let you know that your online store is not operational at the moment.

 

Well Ill be....Toro/Exmark can't seem to put one of these out, but this company can.

 

I Had another lco tell me our local dealer stopped selling these aerators. Something about the tine angle not being right and tilling the yard instead of pulling plugs.

Any input?

 

As for tilling and tearing turf. The tines were not deep enough for how wet the ground was. That one dealer in St Louis txted me pics and it had standing water in a low lying area where they demoed the unit. The ground was so muddy the tires from the aerator were rutting the ground. I have pics too.

I traveled there in person the following week to see for myself. I showed them how to adjust the depth of the tines and then they had no problem tearing turf. We were shipping the units at the 2" depth and we have changed to 2.5" to so it grips better on wet ground.

That dealer will have more units in a few weeks once we have more of them. Both seeders and aerators. The aerator are currently on a 4-week back order. We have been building them since spring but can't keep up with the demand.

On another note: we will have something new and very special to show at the GIE EXPO in Oct. This dealer is coming there to see it in person. I

 

Have you seen this bad boy yet?

 

Will be at GIE can't wait to try the aerator out

 

Looking into one of these for next spring to replace my Ryan Lawnaire 5. Doing a lot of lawns how is pulling up the tines many times a day on the back? I also wish that for the video it was on a 1/4 acre lawn, a more realistic size lot for many of us. I wish they had a button that would lower and raise the tines. I like going back and forth on my passes and worry about missing passes going the way of the video. So this scuffs up less then a Toro rider?

 

Raising and lower the tines on this is very easy. All other WB aerators have metal on metal pivot point. The up and down mechanism uses precision bearings (premium PEER BEARINGS) on the load bearing pivot points to make it smooth and easy. It also gives it a very precise and tight feel that won't get loose over time. Below is what I'm talking about. Item 15 is the premium peer bearing that carries the load and makes it easy to raise and lower the machine.

No other aerator is built to this quality standard period. All the control rods have premium rod-ends at both ends. There are no cable, only solid control linkages on everything.

 

When doing 1/4 acre lawns...the best way to describe operating it is like mowing with a 36" belt driven WB mower on a sulky.

Going around the perimeter 2 times then go back and forth. Just like a belt driven WB mower, you can almost make a zero turn so instead you do a little "S" turn at the end. I can turn and aerate around a 5 gal bucket. You can't make a zero turn like you can't with a WB mower but you can come very close. The inside tines has to be moving ever so slightly to make a turn so you don't tear the turf.

I can do it in my sleep, but I have done it thousands of time too. Its easy with some practice. Or just make big turns which is how I teach new people to drive it....I tell them to practice making tighter and tighter turns until they get it down.

I never raise and lower the tines when I'm aerating...never! Its much quicker to just turn than raise and lower.

 

On a typical burb lot of .25-.33 Acres. How does the Stinger do time wise against the stand on's for the above mentioned size range lots? I was fast with my Ryan walk behind.

 

We purchased 2 of these units from site one and just have finished about 10 production days with them. We absolutely love these units. 2 guys have been averaging between $1,700-$2,300 per day in aeration/overseeds. There is a slight learning curve with them. The hardest thing to learn is transporting them from the trailer to the lawn. There is so much weight in the back of the unit that it makes it hard for the front wheels to get traction. We told the Stinger guys about this and they met us at a job site and taught us best practices. Once the unit gets on the lawn, it is amazing. We found going in circles until we cant any more and then go back in forth was the best way to use these unites. It is really fast and it is best to use the sulky no matter the size of the yard. We stopped offering aerations 5 years ago because we hated all the equipment on the market for yards between 3k and 15k. I saw a video and demoed these units and purchased 2. Have been really happy so far. My only complaint is on very steep hills it will sometimes dig into the ground versus climbing up it which caused some slight damage. But these were very severe slopes.

 

Greenskeeper,

So do u have any video or can u go further in depth with unloading of the Aerator? Anyone else comment on this? Time wise efficiency compared to stand on aerators such as toro 30 inch for 1/4 acre lots. How many lawns or sqft can 1 operator do in a day on average?

 

I'll have to look at the square footage on real green. You can do a 10-15k yard in about the same time as a 5k yard. Once this thing is open space it flys. I did time one yard which was 15,000ft2. It took 2 guys exactly 30 minutes to unload, aerate, broadcast, load, fill paper work, blow, and load up. We have yet to run 1 guy solo.

 

What is the total width of the seeder and aerator? Buying by fall of next year, but need something to fit through all of my small gates where you have to use a 21 to mow the lawn.

 

Time or productivity performance on the Dual Hydro aerator comes out to be about 50% more productive than the other Walkbehind aerator on the market and 80% of the efficiency of the larger 28"-30" riding aerators.

Both the Seeder and Aerator are 35" wide wheel to wheel for going through gates. Both have a working width (Aerate and Seeding) of 24"

The Dual Aerator really shines because it is so easy to use, but what does that really stands apart from the crowd is the flexibility of the machine. It can do small, larger, and even steep inclines. The super low center of gravity allows it to stick on hills and turn like no other aerator of its kind.

I'll post some videos from start to finish later this week of this unit on a small residential lawn.

 

We haven't had any problems getting them through gates. We are averaging around 50k per day with two guys. This is aerate And then broadcast seed. We did a bunch of small lawns today in the highlands area. A lot of small gates, hills, and obstacles. While they are a pain. These machines did very well. small yards take just as long as bigger ones bare cause of all the obstacles

 

50k or 500k?

 

50k ft2

 

So, just over an acre total?

 

Yeah keep in mind we are in a metro city and our average lawn is 8k with lots of obstacles. And we are broadcasting seed after we aerate. You could probably aerate an acre in an hour if it was wide open.

 

Ok. Now I understand.

 

So finally got out of the city to the suburbs where the lawns are more open. First property was 1 acre. It took 2 guys 1:15 to aerate, overseed, and clean up. They were able to do 90,000ft2 total before getting rained out at 2:00. We realized half way through the day that we could adjust the speed bar to go even faster in open areas. I would only recommend going full speed in big open area as it can tear when it turns going that fast

 

OK, we normally never do this, but we have 1 demo unit that we are selling direct at 20% off. It has been used for demos so it has some cosmetic scratches from trailering and there is dirt on the tines and tires. If I was to guess it has 2-3 hours on it.

Normally they are $4,600 with the sulky. 20% off ($920.00 savings) There is only one and I'll sell it to the first one to send me a PM via LawnSite. I'll post once its gone. Shipping is $150 or you can pick it up at our offices just outside of Louisville, KY.

Leave your contact info the MSG and I'll call you to complete the order.

 

 

This is the units Comes with full warranty too. I just used it today to demo to a customer.

 

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