Tearing up sod with wheels and tracks

[Jim Colton]

What are you using to protect your customers lawns when running equipment on them? The best answers will tell what you use now and what you used before and why you like the newer solution better than what you did or did not do in the past.

I am running a tracked stump grinder, and it leaves the lawns pristine when I avoid maneuvering on the grass. Any meaningful direction change has a tendency to tear grass off at the root line. I need a better way to travel.

 

[J D]

Mini excavator you can put the bucket down, lift it up & pivot around to lessen damage. Otherwise having a couple of sheets of ply to track over works well but it can slow things down a bit

 

[Bullseye T&L]

I changed the tracks on my CTX100 to turf friendly McLaren. Then 3/4" plywood if I need more protection.