Tru Mark had the opportunity to repair a Wind Weight Tarp, 26 foot diameter (TAF 3426), for the home plate area. Several holes were discovered during the inspection.A local tarp and awning company, Norfolk Awning Co., 710 W. Norfolk Ave., Norfolk, NE 68701, (402) 371-0440, Ron Skiff, was consulted on the proper material and procedures to be used. He asked that a sample of the material be provided so he could match the patch material and the correct adhesive cement.The following is the list... Read Full Story
Dr. Dave Minner, Iowa State University Turf Grass Extension Educator, shows how Syngenta's Primo MAXX, turf grass plant growth regulator (PGR), added to field marking paint can save your staff time painting sports field lines. Review more images from the turf plot trail photo album.His turf plot trial supported the 1st Annual Midwest Regional STMA Field Day and Educational Conference, June 24-25, 2009.The turf grass trial reflected three conditions, diluted paint applied with no Primo (the co... Read Full Story
Tru Mark Athletic Field Marker desktop sports field layout tools can be used on BlackBerry mobile smartphone devices.Tru Mark business operations recently updated to a BlackBerry Curve 8900 which is protected by an OtterBox Defender case.So why is this so important you may ask?Well, BlackBerry devices run an an application that supports .xls extensions, better known as Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. The particular application we are using is the Sheet to Go (spreadsheet) version of the Documen... Read Full Story
Each summer the University of Nebraska Baseball Academy conducts several Day Camps in various towns throughout the state of Nebraska. Day Camps are All Skills Camps on the road. Day Camps run from 9am – 3pm. This camp is open to 7 year olds through High School seniors. If you are interested, please contact Renee Brinkmann at the Nebraska Baseball Office (402) 472-2269 or rbrinkmann@huskers.com. She would be happy to discuss the details of this summer camp in Norfolk.Come meet some Nebras... Read Full Story
Over the past several months we have received numerous calls from individuals trying to improve their property's landscape appeal. This may be a real estate agent trying to improve the eye appeal of a property on sale or golf course superintendent improving the tee box, fairway, or the greens on a golf course. In most cases the contact is trying to turn lawns greener due to poor grass quality or the grass is in a dormant state (brown).Given this assumption Tru Mark's best application ... Read Full Story
Some of the Tru Mark products we offer are used for a variety of purposes that we didn't originally foresee. Here's an example from a customer that is responsible for marking a cricket pitch in the United Kingdom. Here's his story on how these sports field marking whiskers are being used to help save time setting up their cricket pitch."I help with the ground on a cricket pitch.The "square" has 20 wickets side by side like a bowling alley surrounded by the oval out... Read Full Story
Area Field Marking Services and RequestsWe have had numerous visitors call or email requesting contact information on field marking services in their area.Here's your opportunity to post your field marking services and as well as requests through the comment section of this blog. In addition we'll add your posting to our Links Service Providers web page.Please add appropriate contact information to include name, address, telephone numbers, FAX, email, and web site address.Are you cons... Read Full Story
Tru Mark Athletic Field Marker General Manager, Mark Hall, will be attending the 2009 Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) Midwest Regional Conference & Trade Show at Iowa State University, Ames, IA, June 24 & 25, 2009. Check out the STMA program and brochure (1.4 MB PDF file) for the 6 state STMA sponsored event. Thursday June 24th includes Five Concurrent Educational Activities as well as the Trade Show 1-6PM to include a BBQ Dinner included in the trade show area. On Friday June... Read Full Story
We continue to receive interesting questions to problems that customers ask about that typically can be solved using our products. Here's one of the more recent questions that we answered."We are in need of a system to paint a circle on the ground with a diameter of approximately 20. This could either be paint or lime or similar but must be environmentally friendly. The circle must be completely filled in and have well defined edges. They are to be used for aerial mapping targets. We... Read Full Story
Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences recently released a "Report to THE SYNTHETIC TURF COUNCIL On the Research Project SURVIVAL OF Staphylococcus aureus ON SYNTHETIC TURF."The objective of the study was to examine the survival of S. aureus on infilled synthetic turf systems and natural turfgrass under different environmental conditions and to evaluate the effectiveness of various control agents applied to the synthetic turf in both indoor and outdoor situations.The report con... Read Full Story
