Included in the range of equipment operated by Strathclyde Sportsturf Management are a number of Charterhouse CC3000 High-Lift Pedestrian Core-Collectors. The latest high tip Core Collectors are walk behind machines which collect the cores into a hopper. This then lifts to a height that can tip into a tractor trailer or a utility vehicle. At the front of the Core Collector is a pair of windrow boards which allow the machine to move the cores into a row. The row is then presented to a stainless steel blade which scoops the cores up before a conveyor transports them to the hopper.


“The laborious task of collection of cores by hand has long been banished,” comments Ian Headley ”These new high-lift units allow my employees to rapidly collect cores in most conditions, saving hours if not days in labour costs alone. Tipping directly into utility vehicles, or trailers, there is little or no manual effort required. However, one of the main benefits is that the operator no longer complains of severe backache from collecting tonnes of heavy cores directly from the ground!”

Nick Darking from Charterhouse Turf Machinery says: “Ian Headley has worked with us on the development of the core collector for some time now. His volume of work is massive and he relies on the core collector. Ian can remove up to 400 tonnes of material a season.”