January rain keeps coming

 

It has been tough to get a full break from the rain the past few weeks. As soon as we get close to drying out the rain comes right back. None of that is unexpected however so everyone is just grinding away. The irrigation guys have moved on to Sabot 17, digging holes, running laterals and installing new heads.

Our 20 year old skidsteer was retired this week. After 4,000 hours this machine has served its purpose unloading sod, loading sand and gravel, moving around fertilizer and who knows what else. 

Another Takeuchi rubber tracked loader has taken its place. The rubber tracks give us more versatility than rubber tires and this machine also came with a grapple that will help us move logs around much more safely than just a set of forks. The tracks allow us to do more soil work like building tees and modifying things around the course. We now have two of these machines so service and operations is easy on the crew. This is another great piece of the capital renewals and replacement plan!

Our big project for the week was finishing up the drainage on the 4 bunkers on #2 Manakin and then having them ready for the Capillary concrete.

It was another cold wet day today but 27 yards (3 trucks) of capillary concrete were laid down across the 4 bunkers on 2. We have one more partial truck scheduled to finish up the last fairway bunker tomorrow morning. Clean up will happen around these bunkers tomorrow as well and we'll start filling them with sand. The excavator has traveled back to the Sabot to work on #16 approach there while we button the Manakin back up. More rain is in store for next week!