Winter work continues.

It would appear that winter has finally decided to visit, if but for a short stretch.  With that, the crew is still busy with their usual winter tasks.  I spent a great deal of time last year discussing the types of things that happen down here in a normal winter, so in an effort not to bore my normal readers, I will spend less time on that topic this winter.  If you are new to the blog and want to see pics of all the sanding, painting, and wrenching in a fascinating step-wise montage, feel free to access last winter's blog posts through the links on the side of the screen.

For the new readers who haven't had a snapshot into the winter shop work, below is just a little taste of all the excitement that goes on in our little garage during the winter.  While this is far from the crew's favorite type of work (they'd much rather be outside) it is so very important to ensure our equipment runs smoothly and reliably throughout the golf season.  An ounce of prevention...yadda yadda yadda.

Just like a top-notch mechanic - buy him brand new fairway mowers and he takes the bloody things apart!  Art and Jason are installing a new 'down pressure' kit to hopefully improve the quality of cut on the new machines.  Also, it allows our mechanic to make sure everything down to the last screw is greased, tightened, cleaned, and/or marked to his liking.

The greens mowers also get completely disassembled for maintenance and sharpening.  All chains, bearings, seals, belts, and cables are checked, replaced as necessary, greased to the gills, painted, and reassembled.

Here is a floor board from one of our old fairway mowers that we are stretching another season out of.  The holes and rust are just what happens over years of operation.  This floorboard will be replaced with sheet steel fabricated and welded by our mechanic.  Now hopefully nobody will put their feet through the floor.