Determination of operating parameters of agricultural tools and machines used in lawn fields in sports facilities

In this study, it was aimed to determine the methods used in the maintenance of the lawn fields, especially in the football fields, with the equipment and machines used in sports fields. These areas are areas on which there is constant movement. For this reason, more wear occurs on the lawn in the football fields. The use of appropriate tools and equipment in these areas that require constant maintenance can only be achieved by experienced and knowledgeable personnel. In the research, the performances of the tools and machines used in 13 sports facilities with determined standards were determined. Three of these facilities are located in Istanbul, others in Trabzon, Antalya, Alanya, Gaziantep, Malatya, Rize, Ankara, Konya and Kayseri. It has been observed that most of the machines used were imported and owned by a few companies. In addition, it has been determined that personnel with sufficient knowledge and experience do not work in most of these facilities. During the face-to-face interviews, it was suggested to the authorities to employ expert personnel for the maintenance and management of the lawn areas in the sports facilities. Almost all sports facilities have lawn mowers, root ventilation, sandblasting machines and lawn rakers. The facilities with the most tool and equipment parks are those in Sivas, Trabzon, Rize and Kayseri. The least tools and equipment are in the Alanya sports facility. Among the machines used, the highest work capacity was measured in the fertilizer spreader with 120 da/h, the lowest work capacity was measured in a self-propelled lawn mower with 4.3 da/h. The highest fuel consumption was found in root ventilation and trailed lawn mowers (3.25 l/da).