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  James Tucker November 9, 2009 at 11:57pm

  is this the machine your are on about? Never used one myself but have used other Blec machinery and found them very well made.
  
  http://www.blec.co.uk/Blecavator.pdf
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  Sean Busby November 10, 2009 at 8:38am

  Or try www.tracmaster.co.uk and check out their stone
  burier.
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  Neil Petrie BSc Landscape Mgt November 10, 2009 at 6:34pm

  The Condor Stone Burier! That's the very one. Thanks very much. The power of the network! Beats google!
  
  Horny Handed Ton of Soil said:

  Or try www.tracmaster.co.uk and check out their stone
  burier.
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  Phil Voice November 10, 2009 at 6:56pm

  Hi Neil
  
  I used to own a Kilworth stone burier 90cm wide. It had contra-rotating blades and a serrated rear roller.
  
  A great machine but two faults. One - soil can enter the holes of the roller into the hollow centre and if a little damp it will accumulate and ruin the finished surface . It also made the front wheel too light.
  
  Two - My machine was a little to narrow - OK if you already had a true surface to work with but left an unevenness where the widths overlapped on occasions.
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  David Beasley Garden Design November 10, 2009 at 7:26pm

  Great looking piece of kit!
  
  I don't think i'd fancy using it on an incline/embankment though with all that backward walking.
  
  The video is quite surreal, I had visions whilst watching it that the last scene would include the machine reversing over the operator 'Goodies/Kenny Everret' stylee with a paramedic crew taking away a flattened landscaper in an ambulance!
  
  I also reckon that you would still have to rake the area in the opposite direction (i.e. at 90 degrees to the passes) to take out any ridges prior to seeding/turfing etc.
  
  I hire their turf-stripper from my local hire shop and find it to be very good also.
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  Graeme @ BGS March 22, 2014 at 8:24am

  I have posted a question in the Hub regarding the stone burier (should of done a search first!)

  I would really like feed back from anyone who has used such a machine and more importantly how is the new lawn looking a year or two down the road. My project is 10,000M2 and spending over £20K on just the turf I don't want to be be re-turfing large areas in the future due to insufficient prep work.
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  steve loftus March 23, 2014 at 1:49am

  We use them all the time. .the blecavator uses a solid rear roller. .if you have a narrow machine..offset it to one side to clear the wheels then you wont get and ridges. You will have to work away from centre though.great tool.
  you can get them with a seed hopper.
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  steve loftus March 23, 2014 at 1:54am

  I forgot to say....spray off old grass first.
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  Acacia Groundcare Hire March 24, 2014 at 9:33am

  Hello Neil,

  This videos pretty good if the other one doesn't do the job:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRpLcj-z2Fg

  Acacia provide hire of the Blecavator, which can also be used with a seeding box (not shown in video).

  Hope that helps!

  Acacia Groundcare Equipment Rental
  01273 494939 | hire@acaciarental.com | www.acaciarental.com