New Turf on Cajun Field

[Clutch0364]

_ All you need is a little grass on the infield to play ball!

grins, winks

GEAUX UL! _

I shouldn't but I can't help it...if no grass play hockey lol

[DaddyCajun]

_ Just got an email from Lynn Williams the Equipment Manager who said that they just got out of a meeting with the engineers and they will be starting on April 17. Still doesnt know the brand name of the turf. _

Thanks for the info, tell Lynn Hi!


It will be a shot in the arm that season tickets could use if the administration toots it!

DaddyCajun

[pman]

Just got another email from Lynn Williams and he tells me that the name of the company and the brand of turf is called Pro Turf. I found a company called Pro Turf Solutions that does Athletic Fields on the Web. Here is the link although I am not 100 percent positive that this is the company. http://www.proturfsolutions.com/

[rhineaux]

_ Just got another email from Lynn Williams and he tells me that the name of the company and the brand of turf is called Pro Turf. I found a company called Pro Turf Solutions that does Athletic Fields on the Web. Here is the link although I am not 100 percent positive that this is the company. http://www.proturfsolutions.com/ _

Pretty interesting stuff. I watched their installation video for Tillamook High School (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYV64W_De5Y).

Like you, i didn't find any other companies with the name Pro Turf that did anything other than golf courses/putting greens, other than Pro Turf solutions. So I assume this is who we're using. It looks like its different than who McNeese is using and different than the company that did STM and Arkansas St (GSE). I did look up GSE, and I didn't necessarily see where they use sand as opposed to rubber. It just said that it is a lighter substance, instead of the black rubber like other companies used, which won't absorb as much heat. I talked to a buddy who's been on the STM field and says that they do in fact use rubber. On GSE's site, they show a comparison between a turf with the rubber (which of course looked bad) and theirs, and their's (of course) looked much better. But, after watching the video above, it looks like this Pro Turf Solutions company gets that rubber beat down in there pretty good. I remembered seeing pics of Ohio State's turf when this topic came up a couple months ago, and looked them up again, and they used the Field Turf company, which uses rubber. I've seen a few highlights and games on that field, and never noticed a lot of flyout. I found a video of a PTS Client (UT Chattanooga), and while the video was grainy, it didn't seem like there was a lot of fly-out, at least not like the old generation of turf that was at the Superdome. You would always see the rubber fly when they first got their turf. To me, if the rubber pellets are just as fine as the sand grains, and are beat in just as well, and the grains aren't as visible to the hot sun, then the heat issue shouldn't be as important, but I really have no idea. I think a lot of it has to do with the leaf density, and if that is high, then that will prevent flyout, and infill rising to the surface. GSE does have some videos showing their minimal to no flyout compared to "the competition's" flyout. But in most of their video's, their leaf density is much higher than the competition. They also qutoed a 2002 heat study, but i think that this type of turf has improved a lot since then. Just my thoughts.

I'd really like to see an unbiased comparison of the the different companies, and the different fill types.

Hey Bil, why don't you stop beating around the bush and give us your unbiased opinion (if possible). :-)

[CajunT]

_ Pretty interesting stuff. I watched their installation video for Tillamook High School (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYV64W_De5Y).

Like you, i didn't find any other companies with the name Pro Turf that did anything other than golf courses/putting greens, other than Pro Turf solutions. So I assume this is who we're using. It looks like its different than who McNeese is using and different than the company that did STM and Arkansas St (GSE). I did look up GSE, and I didn't necessarily see where they use sand as opposed to rubber. It just said that it is a lighter substance, instead of the black rubber like other companies used, which won't absorb as much heat. I talked to a buddy who's been on the STM field and says that they do in fact use rubber. On GSE's site, they show a comparison between a turf with the rubber (which of course looked bad) and theirs, and their's (of course) looked much better. But, after watching the video above, it looks like this Pro Turf Solutions company gets that rubber beat down in there pretty good. I remembered seeing pics of Ohio State's turf when this topic came up a couple months ago, and looked them up again, and they used the Field Turf company, which uses rubber. I've seen a few highlights and games on that field, and never noticed a lot of flyout. I found a video of a PTS Client (UT Chattanooga), and while the video was grainy, it didn't seem like there was a lot of fly-out, at least not like the old generation of turf that was at the Superdome. You would always see the rubber fly when they first got their turf. To me, if the rubber pellets are just as fine as the sand grains, and are beat in just as well, and the grains aren't as visible to the hot sun, then the heat issue shouldn't be as important, but I really have no idea. I think a lot of it has to do with the leaf density, and if that is high, then that will prevent flyout, and infill rising to the surface. GSE does have some videos showing their minimal to no flyout compared to "the competition's" flyout. But in most of their video's, their leaf density is much higher than the competition. They also qutoed a 2002 heat study, but i think that this type of turf has improved a lot since then. Just my thoughts.

I'd really like to see an unbiased comparison of the the different companies, and the different fill types.

Hey Bil, why don't you stop beating around the bush and give us your unbiased opinion (if possible). :-) _

The Cajun turf will be filled with rubber pellets that are sand color. The sand color does not give off the same amount of heat as the black pellets. This information came from the administration.

[rhineaux]

_ The Cajun turf will be filled with rubber pellets that are sand color. The sand color does not give off the same amount of heat as the black pellets. This information came from the administration. _

Where have you been with this information? You could have solved this mystery at least 8 or 9 pages ago. :-)

Like I said from reading the GSE site, that is the same angle they use.

[snote]

i love this thread !

when?
many replies to choose from (smiles)

what?
from sand based, not rubber ... to rubber that's sand colored

[pman]

Well Billy,

I sure thought that your guess and hint for the turf was Fieldturf, however if it is Proturf like Lynn told me then my guess was wrong. Was your hint and guess Fieldturf?

[snote]

Was your hint and guess Fieldturf?

no sir.. my hint was it wasn't ... (frowns)

[pman]

Well ok its settled i cant take a hint. So since you wont come clean I will assume that your guess was proturf all along. But we all know what happens when we ass u me.

[snote]

Well ok its settled i cant take a hint.

grins..

So since you wont come clean I will assume that your guess was proturf all along. But we all know what happens when we ass u me.

never my intent to assume anyone.. (tee-hee)

although, my 1st guess was also on 1st page as well as other pages after that (whoaa i do type clearly.. smiling)

[RaisingCajun08]

_ I shouldn't but I can't help it...if no grass play hockey lol _

I like hockey! But I dont drive the Zamboni.