Komatsu D71PX dozer helps golf course shaper bring designs to life


 

 

When you step up to the tee box at your favorite golf course, you’ll notice an array of slopes, hazards and other unique design elements elegantly combined to create a memorable experience. However, the perfectly manicured landscape you see required a lot of thought, revision and precision to create.

 

 

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That’s Joe Vivo’s specialty.

 

“We do have plans when we start, but I have the freedom to shape and create the contours to best fit the layout of the hole,” stated Golf Course Builder Joe Vivo. “Getting the vision the designer wants into my head and laid out in real life is the funnest thing I do.”

 

When a course is complete, the final product varies quite a bit from the original design.

 

“Sometimes a bunker or a water hazard in the original plans doesn’t make sense after we start building,” Vivo explained. “Once I get cutting, I can see how the hole should play, and I just kind of go with what makes the most sense. The plans change weekly, and we do it all manually by feel, without GPS.”

 

This summer, Vivo was hired by Jackson Kahn Design for the renovation of Wayzata Country Club’s course in Wayzata, Minn. When Vivo was asked what machine he wanted for the job, his answer was easy: a Komatsu dozer, which was rented from Road Machinery & Supplies Co.

 

“I always request Komatsu, and the D71PX is perfect for what we’re doing,” said Vivo. “I’m doing contours and tight little bunkers. I can get into all the moves and positions I need to — dropping in and coming out, getting over the mound, and making the swales — in one pass. The dozer just has the power to push the dirt I need to and that finesse to get through those contours. Other brands can’t do that.”

 

For Vivo, the D71 enhances the enjoyment he gets from doing his job.

 

“You get in the cab and it’s like – boom – cruise control. It holds its line so well,” he commented. “I can’t tell you the pleasure I get going into that dozer every day and knowing I’m going to have a good time. It’s work, but I have fun. It’s by far my favorite dozer.” 

 

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