Refinishing Benches

This fall has been a very snowy one in central Alberta. We have lost a lot of days in September and october. For the past week, we have been busy working on refinishing the benches so that they will look better for the upcoming season. This was done in house with my assistant, one full time employee, and myself. 

Before

The benches were sanded down outside, to keep the dust down in the shop. Once they were sanded down, we wiped them down with a damp rag and used the air blower to remove any dust. Once that was completed we then painted the wood, as well as the metal legs. 

After

It's the little things that make a difference out there.

Blowout 2018

It never seems to fail that we receive snow around irrigation blowout time. The snow would be fine if we had an electronic irrigation system, but because it is all manual (turning on heads and valves), the snow makes it more difficult to find them. We marked a majority of the heads before the snow came, as the forecast was calling for some.

Snow on the course before blowout

We did not get them all done unfortunately. That's where the buffalo turbine comes in handy. We knew a general area where the heads were, so clearing them was a breeze.

The following day, once it snowed more, we went out in the morning to blow around the heads and valves so that we could start blowout. Blowout takes 2 days if done properly.

Blowing around flagged heads