If you’re looking to loosen up a troublesome
residential lawn, a soil aerator is your tool of choice to repair soil
compaction.
The manufacturers listed here have what it takes to
save your soil. To receive information from any of these companies, circle
the appropriate number on the reader service card, toss the card in your
mailbox and, in a few weeks, you’ll have everything you need to make
an informed decision.
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AerWay
The Super Finetine maintains infiltration rates
through the thatch layer between verticutting and coring treatments. Use
with smoothing roller to keep area in play.
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AgriMetal
The Core Breaker separates grass roots from soil and
deposits soil back on the turf. Available in 69 and 93-inch working widths.
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Barber & Sons
The tractor-towed Turf Rake uses a grid of
geometrically configured spring tines to aerate soil and remove stones.
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Billy Goat
The 19-inch-wide AE401 features a water weight
directly over the tines, removable tine stars, Fold-n-Go handles and
easy-to-adjust drive chains.
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Blec USA
The GKB Sandfiller verticuts and backfills with sand
to achieve good aeration and drainage, while following the contour of the
ground and collecting debris.
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Cherrington
The Cherrington 4500 has a 5-foot screening width,
1-cubic-yard hopper, working depth up to 4 inches and solid steel loading
paddles.
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Classen
The SA-25 Stand-Aer ride-on aerator has hydrostatic
tine and tire drive, 24-inch operational turning radius, 13 hp Honda engine
and split drive technology.
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CS Trading
The 63-inch-wide Sisis Maxislit offers two depth
settings and a blade angle and spiral shaft design that aid penetration
with minimal surface disturbance.
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Earth & Turf
The TURFSAW uses a shattering action that produces
little compaction and has solid blades that adjust to increase penetration
from 2.5 to 3.75 inches.
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Ferguson
The Yardmaker overseeder seeds and aerates in one
operation. Available in pull-type or three-point models with widths from 3
to 8 feet.
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Gandy
Offers four models of core aerators with knife
options, three spike aerators, 4-foot shrouded aerator, three core/slice
aerators and two star wheel aerators.
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Grasshopper
The PTO-driven AERA-vator leaves no cores to clean up,
is available in 40 and 60-inch models and has oscillating, forged steel
tines to fracture hard soils.
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JRCO
The Hooker uses the forward force of the mower to make
holes up to 3 inches deep and pulls loose plugs of soil to eliminate hard
cores and compaction.
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L.T. Rich
The Z-Plug is powered by a 19 hp Kawasaki engine,
aerates 2 to 3.5 inches deep and has a floating tine head, 2,000-pound
hydraulic lift and speeds up to 8 mph.
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Land Pride
The CA25 Core Aerator is available in 4, 5 and 6-foot
units with case-hardened .75-inch spoons and storage stands on all four
corners.
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Palmor Products
The Trac Vac front-mount aerator is available in 32
and 48-inch widths with heat-treated steel tines and independent core tine
wheel rotation.
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RotaDairon
The Turf Surgeon aerates, dethatches and spikes; is
available in 52 and 71-inch working widths; and has a depth of cut
adjustable up to 1.75 inches.
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Ryan
The three-point hitch, 72-inch Tracaire offers coring,
slicing or deep-spoon tines, independently mounted tine wheels and aerating
depth up to 4 inches.
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SourceOne
The VersaTow has 12-inch, self-storing wings to allow
operation at 36, 48 and 60-inch widths and 80 heat-treated, 5/8-inch
tubular tines.
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Steiner
The core aerator for the Steiner 430 Max tractor has a
working width of 40.25 inches, independent .75-inch core tine assemblies
and depth up to 3.5 inches.
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Trackless Vehicles
The Trackless front-mounted aerator has pivoting tine
wheels that turn with the tractor and can travel from site to site without
disengaging.
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Turf Pride
Offers the VSA aerator and the Core Collector, which
collects and moves cores to the collar’s edge. When the unit is
lifted, cores are deposited on the collar.
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Turfco Direct
TurnAer 4 and 6 aerators turn while aerating and offer
front-traction drive, DiffDrive system and TurnAer Chariot attachment.
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Walker
The PERFAERATOR attachment has a working width of 41.5
inches, depth of 2.5 inches, and PTO-driven tines that engage and disengage
easily.
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