12/6/2021 7:12 PM
in reply to
Daniel Vandersloot
Hi Daniel,
We are replacing about 8 Rain Bird DR 51's a year with 900 heads around our greens a year, we take the 51's for replacing other 51's elsewhere on the course. The 900's are running close to $300 per head, but we take advantage of the buy 3 get one free deals they tend to run in the summer.
We have also sent our 51 DR's to Sportsturf irrigation for repairs. They repair Toro heads and also sell refurbished heads cheaper then new. We have bought some refurbished 950-part circle heads for tee areas, to replace 95 DR's. I like using brand new heads around greens when we replace them, but other areas I'm not as particular, will upgrade nozzles and I'm good to go.
https://sportsturfirrigation.com/catalog
Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO