Golfdom, March 2018

SUMMIT SUMMARY Continued from page 33 of sales says We recently integrated the Jacobsen product into our portfolio Nowweve Now weve got an umbrella of three brands brands E Z Go the Cushman brand and now Jacobsen At the Summit the company focused on Cushman and Jacobsen products and how those brands are being integrated under Textron and presented to the marketplace A lot of our feedback has been about our technology Barrett says Weve got the Eclipse mower in the Jacobsen line thats superior cutting quality in the industry Attendees were also able to demo the main star of Textrons show the Cushman Hauler Pro electric vehicle Cushman underwent a redesign for the Hauler Pro which focused on feedback from superintendents Updates include the 72 volt AC system and a more functional dash with expanded storage because superintendents use their vehicles every day as their office on the course The Textron team has seen reception to their equipment WinField Uniteds John Smith left and Aaron Johnsen middle show Brian Birney of The Club at Admirals Cove Jupiter Fla the GPS powered GeoTech platform evolve over the six years theyve been a Summit partner We used to have to talk a lot about the Hauler Pro and now that transition has been Talk to your peers says Barrett Theres enough folks here who have utilized the product and now weve got that reference point close by WinField United Between topdressers GPS sprayers electric power equipment and rollers there was plenty of action on the ground during the Summit but you had to look up to catch WinField Uniteds demonstration Powered by drone imagery WinField Uniteds GeoTech platform is a facility management tool that also aggregates GPS data from satellites and airplanes The WinField team demonstrated the Geo Techs capabilities by surveying via drone the conditions on Reunion Resorts driving range and analyzing the health of the turf while also providing a look at the platforms interface GeoTech takes data consolidates it and provides insights to improve or develop agronomic plans explains John Smith Win Field Uniteds director of marketing The tool has five years of satellite imagery that can be incorporated in those plans We take all these layers and create individual zones which can then be incorporated into a variable rate sprayer or manually incorporated into a superintendents agronomic practice Aside from the drone data the GeoTech tool also can incorporate information from other sources such as TDR Soil Moisture Meter Pogo Turf Pro or NDVI normalized differentiation vegetation index data to monitor turf health These guys are really interested in new innovations in technology happening right now Smith observes Many of them have seen it in the ag space and now that its coming to turf theyre interested in where its going and how they can best take advantage of it on their individual properties G TOP DRESSERS STARTING AT 2984 Grow your business not your crew 34 Golfdom March 2018 Golfdom com ABBY www ecolawnapplicator com 1 866 ECO LAWN 326 5296 FieldUniteds themhave nowthat inwhere howthey PHOTO BY HART