INNOVATIVE GEOLINK™
TECHNOLOGY NOW AVAILABLE ON
TORO’S MOST POPULAR SPRAYERS,
THE MULTI PRO® 1750 AND 5800
By Toro
Chemicals help keep your turf
in good playing condition, but
they’re also a major expense.
How can you trim those costs
without giving up the results
you want? The answer is
Toro’s new GeoLink system,
available on the Toro Multi
Pro® 1750 and 5800 sprayers.
This innovative GPS spraying
solution is designed to
maximise efficiency, deliver
exceptional coverage, and
minimise chemical costs by
eliminating overspray.
Accuracy leads to efficiency,
and that impacts your
bottom line. The GeoLink
system is available with
an advanced Real Time
Kinematic (RTK) correction
configuration, which
delivers precision to
within a centimeter. This
configuration also saves
time, since operators only
need to define the target area
once, not every time they spray.
Applying chemicals to your
course or ground is often
a necessary part of your
program to keep the turf
looking and playing its best.
The GeoLink GPS spraying
system ensures you apply
exactly what you need, where
you need it, no worries about
overspraying, underspraying
or damaging sensitive turf,
even if you don’t have your
best spray tech available. Another advantage is that
GeoLink is based on turf
applications, not agriculture
or farming. It’s designed
specifically for the way golf
courses or sports grounds
need to use it, with unique
features like multiple
inclusion zones and exclusion
zones. This allows operators
to select all greens or sports
pitches and define them as
one job. Then when that job is
selected, GeoLink will tell the
operator the total area and
how much chemical to mix.
The GeoLink system is also
equipped with individual
nozzle control, so it can turn
off single nozzles if it senses
any portion of the area has
already been treated on a
previous pass. In addition, GeoLink includes
a convenient automated
reporting feature. Just plug a
flash drive into the USB port
on the side of the monitor
and you can download data
such as coverage, how long it
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took and how much chemical
you used. You can also share
information between sprayers
if you have multiple GeoLink
systems. And the system can
be transferred (along with all
application history) to a new
sprayer when needed.
Of course, even with these
benefits, you need to look
at whether a GPS spraying
solution is worth the
investment. In preliminary
trials, test groups using the
GeoLink system were able to
slash their chemical usage
by a double-digit percentage
(actual results may vary). For
courses and sports grounds
with a significant chemical
budget, the savings could pay
for the system quickly.
Geolink is backed by support
from Toro’s National Service
Centres and the Toro National
Support Network (NSN).