PITCH & LINE MARKERS
Robotic
Line Marking
A Big Future For Rigby Taylor’s Tinylinemarker
www.rigbytaylor.com
he extraordinary levels
of savings in line marking
time, resources and
therefore money by
using Rigby Taylor’s
robotic TinyLineMarker (TLM) are proving
irresistible to everyone involved in line
marking - including local councils and
contractors as well as sports clubs of all
sizes.
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TLM can initial mark a standard size football
pitch in under 20 minutes, including all
perimeter lines, penalty boxes, the ‘D’,
centre circle, corner angles and penalty
spot all with just one touch on the tablet
control. Even pitches with fixed post
sockets can be marked. It was such
benefits that appealed to Doncaster
Metropolitan Borough Council, one of the
first to invest in TLM.
Parkway Ground Maintenance’s Dean
McDermott with his TLM
With the maintenance of 92 pitches in its
care, the council’s Street Scene team – led
by Operations Manager Darren Bisby – was
formerly taking four man-hours (two men) to
initial line mark each pitch (predominantly
football) each week with the conventional
3/4/5 triangle method and string, using a
total of eight men in four vehicles. Now,
with TLM, one man is able to deliver the
borough-wide service for line marking.
So, with 2,392 scheduled overmarkings
across the pitches, 797 man-hours will
effectively be put back into the Street
Scene operation. In addition, one vehicle
has been removed from the fleet - saving
several thousands of pounds on lease costs
and around £900 on annual fuel plus any
maintenance and repair costs.
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council was
one of the first to invest in TLM
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Today, each Street Scene pitch is marked
every fortnight, with the paint being applied
GroundskeepingJournal.co.uk | Sept/Oct 2019