JOHN MASCARO ’ S PHOTO QUIZ
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This photo is from a small-town high school where the boosters raise money to purchase equipment . In this case , the funds were used to renovate the field . An irrigation system was installed and bermudagrass was planted . As with many projects like this , there was no equipment purchased or labor budgeted for maintenance after the renovation was completed , so the maintenance duty fell to the high school coach . The coach lived close to the school and volunteered to bring his rotary riding mower over once a week to mow the grass – whether it needed it or not . On this particular occasion , he decided to allow one of the players a chance at the mowing process as this player said he was very familiar with riding mowers . At the beginning of his first pass , the youngster depressed the button to lower the deck and dropped it all the way to the ground , bogging it down a little . As you can see , he decided to raise it up “ a little ,” and after a pass or two , the coach came out and intervened . Deciding it was still too low , he instructed they raise the deck up “ a bit ” more and mowed the remainder of the field . One can only hope that they used a permanent marker to write the “ good ” height of cut number on the mower frame or deck for future reference .
Photo from John Mascaro ’ s collection . Think you have a better photo , email me one !
John Mascaro is president of Turf-Tec International
If you would like to submit a photograph for John Mascaro ’ s Photo Quiz , please send it to John Mascaro , 1471 Capital Circle NW , Ste . # 13 , Tallahassee , FL 32303 call 850-580- 4026 or email to john @ turf-tec . com . If your photograph is selected , you will receive full credit . All photos submitted will become property of SportsField Management and the Sports Turf Managers Association .
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