42 West Mountain St
worcester, ma 01606, MA 01606
ph: 508-561-9760
joe
800
The TurfMaker®
800 Hydroseeder
The Ideal Machine for Any Job — Large or Small !
The TurfMaker ® 800 hydroseeder is large enough to provide thick wood mulch applications on small home lawn sites, or thin “hydro-seeding” applications on as much as 25,000 square feet. Either tank load can be loaded, mixed, and applied in less than thirty minutes. In addition, up to as many as 20 tank loads can be applied in a normal workday, assuming water for re-filling is readily available. Availability of water is never a problem with a TurfMaker ® 800. The best productivity is usually accomplished utilizing a fire hydrant for loading. However, when a fire hydrant is not available, the machine can fill itself from an auxiliary water tank using the exclusive TurfMaker ® self-filling system.
The TurfMaker ® 800 hydroseeder, with its powerful, direct-drive mechanical agitation system can quickly mix up to 325 pounds of 100% Wood Fiber Mulch or up to 500 pounds of shredded paper in one tank load. With the positive displacement pump, thick mulch slurries can be pumped through up to 500 feet of hose, and then spray more than 75 feet from the end of the hose. For the best and highest quality applications, tackifiers are always recommended. Slicky Sticky ® is a leading erosion control tackifier product that also makes the slurry extremely slick, reducing or eliminating clogs completely. Slicky Sticky ® also increases moisture retention and enhances seed germination.
The TurfMaker ® 800 hydroseeder can be mounted on a heavy duty flat bed truck, on a heavy-duty utility trailer, or can be purchased on the custom heavy duty two axle trailer shown above. The TurfMaker ® 800 hydroseeder is large enough to cover a lot of area with one tank load, and small enough to be taken into places larger machines can’t go. It provides fast and efficient performance with wood mulch for the quality-minded landscaping contractor.
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TurfMaker 800 – Physical Specifications
Total Capacity – Total Gallons: 800
| Approximate Empty Weight – Varies Depending on Options | 2,500 lbs |
| Approximate Weight of Slurry in Tank | 6,650 lbs |
| Approximate Loaded Weight – Varies Depending on Options | 9,150 lbs |
| Typical Length with Most Engines | 151″ – 163″ |
| Skid Frame Width | 47″ |
| Overall Width | 56″ |
| Overall Height | 61″ |
Standard Engine: Kohler CH 620. Other Engines Available.
Standard Pump: Rotary Gear, Positive Displacement
Trailer Option: Double Axle (5,200 lbs axles)
TurfMaker 800 – Performance Specifications
Total Capacity – Total Gallons: 800
Total Pounds of Mulch per Tank Load
| Maximum lbs Thick Wood Mulch (Flexterra or BFM) | 325 lbs |
| Maximum lbs blended Wood Mulch ** | 350 lbs |
| Maximum lbs Paper Mulch | 400 lbs |
Total Area Covered per Tank Load
| Tank Load Coverage with Excellent Mulch Coverage (Flexterra or BFM applied at 80 lbs per 1,000 sq ft | 3,759 sq ft |
| Tank Load Coverage Typical Home Lawn Application (Blended Mulch applied at 50 lbs per 1,000 sq ft) | 7,000 sq ft |
| Tank Load Coverage with Thin Mulch Application (Paper Mulch applied at 25 lbs per 1,000 sq ft) | 16,000 sq ft |
Total Time Required per Tank Load
| Typical Time to Spray One Tank Load – Hose Application | 27 Minutes |
| With a Tower Gun Option, Spraying from the Tower | 8 Minutes |
| Typical Time to Load and Mix One Tank Load Cycle time. Add the time to and from the water source | 6 Minutes |
Pumping Power – Spraying Distances
| Typical hose applications – Length of Hose up to 300 ft. | 300 hose length |
| Larger Engine Options – Length of Hose up to 1,000 ft | 1,000 hose length |
Note: Long distance applications depend on larger engines to get the most distance from the end of the nozzle.
Up to 150 spray distance from the end of the nozzle
** Blended mulches can be loaded more or less depending upon brand and density.
Finn T75 Hydroseeder compared to TurfMaker 800
The Big Difference is Productivity
Save as much as an hour per acre with a TurfMaker®
You can load 6 bags of Flexterra® in a TurfMaker® 800 and go to work. You can load 5 bags in a Finn T75.
With 6 bags instead of 5, it takes only 5 tank loads to apply the same amount of mulch as 6 tanks with 5 bags.
Add to that fact that the TurfMaker® can most certainly be loaded and ready to shoot in 2 or 3 minutes less time each tank load.
- More mulch per tank load
- Faster loading each tank load
- Save up to an hour on the job site requiring 40 bags of mulch.
Verify this information!
Ask a TurfMaker® 800 owner how much Flexterra® he loads per tank load. You will most likely get the answer, “8 bags”
Make the call yourself. And then ask how long it takes to load and mix the tank.
Ask a Finn T75 owner how much Flexterra® he loads per tank load. You may get the answer, “5 bags per tank load”. Make the call. Get the answers for yourself. Also ask how long it takes to load and mix the tank.
The answers to these questions are very important. Time is money – Make the calls! Then step up to TurfMaker®.
Why Such a Big Difference in Productivity?
The TurfMaker® Pump – More Mulch and No Clogs:
The precision 2” steel gear pump manufactured by TurfMaker® handles thick slurries much better than traditional centrifugal pumps. Entrapped air or pump cavitations just don’t occur with a TurfMaker® pump. The pump just chugs along at a very slow RPM and delivers thick mulch slurries with extreme power and without clogging.
A TurfMaker® with hydraulics can also run the pump backwards. It is so easy to remove any kind of stoppage by simply hitting reverse for a moment. NO CLOGGING IS REALLY NICE.
The Finn T75 has a centrifugal pump engaged with an electric clutch (not hydraulics). This pump will not run backwards to clear a clog. It is not uncommon for Finn operators to partially disassemble a Finn machine at a job site to undo a clog. A Clog is a miserable time killer!
The TurfMaker® Pump – Incredible Hose Pumping Power:
TurfMaker® machines are known for pumping thick mulch slurries through long hoses. Pumping a 6 bag mix of Flexterra® through 300 or even 400 feet is powerful pumping.
The Agitator:
Both the Finn and the TurfMaker® hydraulic machines have reversible agitation. Reversible agitation is useful if a large piece of mulch jams the agitator. This most often occurs with a weak hydraulic system. A second issue is that if too much water is put into the tank before all the mulch is loaded, mulch will float on top of the water. Reversing the agitator can pull the floating mulch into the solution and get it mixed.
Cleaning up at the End of the Day:
TurfMakers® do not have cross members or other mulch catching points inside the tank. Look inside the tank of any other machine. Then consider the time and nuisance of cleaning that tank at the end of every work day.
42 West Mountain St
worcester, ma 01606, MA 01606
ph: 508-561-9760
joe