Self-Travelling Sprinkler

There are different main types of self-travelling sprinkler unit, with two common operating mechanisms: one is powered by water directed to the gears to drive the sprinkler unit forward, often having a front wheel with side discs that will typically be placed over the hose pipe and with water being connected to the back of the sprinkler drives it forward, this allows the hose pipe to be laid out to water irregular shaped lawns. The other main operating mechanism is controlled by a cable or rope which is unreeled and securely fixed into the ground and then the cable or rope is wound up by a mot

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  Setting Out [1]

The measuring and initial marking out of an area for levelling, construction or drainage works. This might typically consist of wooden pegs, string lines or paint marks to indicate what is required from the works.

  Setting Out [2]

The positioning of and squaring up of a sports surface, typically using pegs and string, ready for marking out.

  Shaving

Cutting an entire, or significant portion of a, turf surface too short. Usually this is due to the mower height of cut being too low and too much leaf is removed during a cut. This exposes the non-green basal stem, which is typically coloured yellow, brown, pink, purple, or white, depending upon the grass species.

  Sheep’s Trail

A visible track of straw-coloured grass which often occurs when groundstaff or players walk across a frosty pitch or grass surface.

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  Shovel

A flat bladed hand implement with upward curving sides. It is used for moving soil or the spreading of topdressing.

  Single Digging

This cultivates the soil to a depth of one spit: A spit is the depth of one spade, about 225 to 250mm. A trench is dug and the soil excavated in front of the dug trench. Working backwards, another trench is dug to a depth of one spit and the soil turned over and deposited into the first trench. This is carried out until the whole area has been dug over. Incorporate any amendment material, as required. If the base of the trench is hard and compacted it should be forked over to produce a loose base. If the soil is a light sandy soil, then a spade will easily disturb the base of a trench.

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  Site Clearance and Ground Preparation

The type of equipment and machinery required for clearing and then preparing ground for seeding or turfing can vary significantly depending on the size and type of land, whether an amenity turf area, brown field, a garden, golf course, green field, reclaimed land, or sports pitch or ground. Chainsaws will be used for cutting down trees and hedges, whilst brush-cutters will be used for and long grass and scrub. Garden work will be mostly hand tools and hand operated machinery (e.g. power barrows, rotovators), whilst brown field and large sites can involve heavy duty machinery including

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  Slicing

See Slitting.

  Sodding

An uncommon term for the laying of turf, although this was formerly a traditional way of referring to turfing during the early and mid-parts of the 20th Century.