The SISIS Auto Rotorake Mk. 5 is a self-propelled heavy duty scarifier and de-thatcher for removal and control of thatch on fine and other quality turf. It is ideally suited to a range of applications from sports field maintenance to synthetic turf maintenance, lawns and amenities. It can be used as a bowling green scarifier and a cricket scarifier for maintaining artificial pitches, bowling greens, croquet lawns, tennis courts, cricket pitches, golf courses, lawns and gardens.
Scarification is important to encourage germination and the Auto Rotorake Mk. 5 will serve all your scarifying needs including removal of lawn thatch to provide top class lawn treatment.
Its contra-rotating reel has specially designed tipping blades for clean, consistent cut and maximum thatch removal to ensure excellent lawn care when the time comes to scarify.
Code | FS1052 |
Working width | 500mm (20") |
Engine | GX160 Honda Engine |
1mm replaceable, wear resistant tungsten tipped blades (12mm spacing) can be used throughout the season. Can also be used for light scarifying.
1.6mm replaceable, wear resistant tungsten tipped blades (20mm spacing). Ideal for pre & post playing season renovation work.
Sharpened offset triangular blades (6mm spacing) used regularly throughout the playing season to control lateral growth and improve green speed.
Sharpened triangular blades, (12mm spacing) used regularly throughout the playing season to control lateral growth and improve green speed.
Used throughout the year for debris collection and clean up. Also used prior to mowing to stand grasses up and improve cut quality.
Used throughout the year for debris collection and clean up. Also used prior to mowing to stand grasses up and improve cut quality.
Provides fast & effective surface aeration. Used during the playing season enables penetration of air, water and fertiliser.
Andy Richards, Grounds Manager at Shrewsbury School, has claimed that he is amazed at the amount of material the SISIS Auto Rotorake MK5 removes from the School’s cricket wickets.
Glenn Davies, grounds manager at Bloxham School in Oxfordshire, has praised the SISIS Auto Rotorake MK5 in helping to remove thatch from the cricket squares and ornamental lawns.
Five years ago SISIS North America was delighted to supply an Auto-Rotorake to the University of Florida. The Auto-Rotorake fitted with the verticutting reel was the only de-thatcher used for a research project into UltraDwarf grasses. The Auto-Rotorake has proved very reliable over the length of the project and was found to be the most effective treatment for the removal and control of the build-up of excess organic matter.
The Rotorake principle incorporates a series of blades rotating at high speed in the opposite direction to that of the conventional cylinder mower. The blades therefore cut upwards, continuously taking grass fibre away from the surface rather than pushing it into the surface of the turf. This also ensures that the machine is held to the ground and a regular working depth maintained.