Reel Turf Techs Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Tim Thurston, Equipment Manager at the Ambassador Golf Club in Windsor, Ontario, started cutting lawns to make extra money and by high school had a crew of five working under him. Next Tim went to work at the golf course where his uncle was a superintendent and studied to be one himself. After serving as superintendent and EM at a series of courses Tim became a Jacobsen service ma...

Send us Fan Mail Join us for a recap of our travels to the New England Turfgrass Conference. We also stopped by several shops on the way to and from. We got to visit with our good friend JR Wilson from Noyac Golf Club. he joins us for the recap. Tweet us @ReelTurfTechs and @MTrentManning Email us at ReelTurfTechs@gmail.com Check out our YouTube Channel

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Send us Fan Mail Jason Miller is the host of the Growing Golf Podcast. Listen in as we talk about the game of golf and  how it has changed our life's. Tweet us @ReelTurfTechs and @MTrentManning Email us at ReelTurfTechs@gmail.com Check out our YouTube Channel

Send us Fan Mail Brandon Hoag is the Equipment manager at Glens Falls Country Club in Queensbury, New York and the 2021 Winner of the Most Valuable Technician Award presented by GCSAA and GCM Magazine in partnership with Foley Company. A newcomer to the industry with a pretty handy background in machining and fabrication, Brandon talks about his love of the Roller Tamer, the outdoors, and being a...

Send us Fan Mail This week we’re sitting down with David Prekop, Equipment Manager at Secession Golf Club in Beaufort, South Carolina. Growing up with a family tradition of caddying at the 18-hole private course near his home, this lifelong motorhead went from the crew to the shop thanks to his own gumption and will to pay the bills. We discuss how backlapping can be used as a tool rather than a c...

Send us Fan Mail Hooked on golf at age 10 playing for the first time with his dad on a family vacation, Bland Cooper went to work on the golf course at a young age. After a time in golf course construction, a natural evolution to consulting led him to his eventual career as a PGA Tour agronomist. Hear about the importance of quality of cut and after cut appearance from someone who spends 160 night...

Send us Fan Mail Listen to two buddies who are all jacked up on Mountain Dew & Sour Patch Kids as we recap the 2022 GCSAA Conference and Show. We’ll tell you why you should try like hell to attend in Orlando in 2023, encourage you to submit a proposal to teach some EM content, and sell you on the Reel Turf Techs WhatsApp group. Deep discussion on EM - superintendent communication and personali...

Send us Fan Mail Iain Johnstone is the Equipment Manager at the Donalda Club in Toronto, Ontario and an enthusiastic martial artist and guitarist in his free time. Like our host, Iain started out in the turf industry with his first job on the grounds crew. Following in his dad’s footsteps, Iain became a licensed auto mechanic. After six months back at a golf course he knew there was no going back...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Gary Bogdanski, Equipment Manager at The Sharon Golf Club in northeast Ohio. Growing up on a strawberry farm and doing all the wrenching that comes with being a farm kid, Gary was introduced to the golf course by his mom who took a job in the kitchen at the Sharon Club. Tired of going home every day smelling like the rubber plant where he worked second shift while going to co...

Send us Fan Mail Head Outside the Shop this week with Tyler Bloom of Tyler Bloom Consulting. This Penn State turf grad who worked his way from assistant to superintendent started his own successful workforce development consulting business in 2020. We talk about how automation to address labor shortages will impact the equipment we maintain and repair, influential mentors, and the restorative bene...

Send us Fan Mail From working his life away in a copper tubing mill to getting thrown into the fire at a golf course 45 days before the season kicked off, Scott Brock has had a great career as a golf course technician. Scott emphasizes the importance of understanding agronomic practices and having an open dialogue about those practices and their impact in equipment with the superintendent. In his...

Send us Fan Mail Meet the laid-back equipment manager from The Dunes Golf and Beach Club in Myrtle Beach - Chad Kintzer.  Chad is a self-described big kid whose dad was a mechanic too. Chad served his country in the United States Army before starting his career as an auto mechanic in a local garage. After tiring of the people side of the auto tech business, Chad transitioned to building firetrucks...

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Send us Fan Mail Meet our first moped mechanic turned turf wrencher: James Wilkinson, equipment manager at Buckinghamshire Golf Club in Buckinghamshire, England. With an engineer dad, engineer uncle, and blacksmith grandfather it’s no wonder James ended up in a mechanical pursuit. Learn how getting his start at an auto dealership impacted James’ shop setup. Find out how engaging the crew in pre-st...

Send us Fan Mail It’s our first collab! Join Trent, Tim Kreger and Allen Knight in the podcast crossover you’ve been waiting for - Pullin’ Weeds meets Reel Turf Techs. We’re talking EM stuff like: professional wrestling, paint sprayers, Pascal’s law, and of course podcasting.  Tweet us @ReelTurfTechs and @MTrentManning Email us at ReelTurfTechs@gmail.com Check out our YouTube Channel

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Send us Fan Mail Meet Justin King, recent graduate of UNC Greensboro and mechanic at Jamestown Park Golf Course in Jamestown, North Carolina. After finding out the labor to install a lift kit for his Jeep was more than the kit itself, Justin decided to figure it out himself. From his entry to the professional world as a lube guy and flare-rate auto shop mechanic to working on a landscape crew at a...

Send us Fan Mail Tweet us @ReelTurfTechs and @MTrentManning Email us at ReelTurfTechs@gmail.com Check out our YouTube Channel

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Send us Fan Mail Chris Lewis, equipment manager at East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, GA got his start at the golf course in the cart barn. It didn’t escape the superintendent’s notice when Chris got a messed-up ball picker working, and the rest is history. This former motorcycle mechanic hopes to pass on his love of dirt bikes to his two young daughters. Go behind the scenes with us and get all the de...

Send us Fan Mail This week we’re talking with Orlando Acevedo, Equipment Manager at Grey Oaks Country Club in Naples, Florida. With three 18-hole courses and a grounds crew staff of 95, Orlando has his plate full. Join us as we discuss the ins and outs of managing a large fleet of equipment and staff, fabricating racks for small equipment, and how changing jobs can further your career. Orlando rem...

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Send us Fan Mail John Murray, equipment manager at the Federal Club and the Kanawha Club, both in Virginia, shares his unique story with us this week. Growing up a tinkerer and passionate woodworker, John’s path to the shop included building custom storage buildings followed by 17 years building playground equipment. After the economic crisis in 2008, John made a big change and started building cu...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Brack Crouch, Equipment Manager at the Talisker Club at Tuhaye. Early in his career, Brack made a move from recent college grad in something he didn’t want to do, to the mowing crew where he did want to be - on the golf course. After working as an assistant superintendent who did a lot of the wrenching, to having his own building company, to facilities maintenance, Brack foun...