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8 Berth Dog Trailer for Sale $7750 Large bays with lockable doors. Air vents in doors, roof and back of trailer. Large box for gear at front of trailer. Warrant and Rego expire November 2021. Situated in Invercargill. 0278624341 Bronwyn

Not a problem - I know ...... the process actually beings the day before when the track surface is spiked and opened up so that on race morning there is access into the surface. I arrived at the track at 6.15am and applied water around 6.45am. Now at this stage before the water is applied the track is frozen to a depth of around 25-30mm. The water effectively softens the top of the frozen sand (which you have to remember has been spiked the day before) allowing the tractor which follows in behind to start the breaking up process of that top 25-30mm. The amount of water applied at this stage was no more than 350L spread across and around the whole track. This water is not allowed to sit and freeze as the track surface is constantly worked during this time. In fact the surface was worked right up until 10 minutes before race 1. Water was applied at 2 other stages through the process - again with the truck at 9.45 am where another 350L across the whole track, where at this stage the sand has been broken into stone like clumps and the water again helps in the process of breaking down those clumps in conjunction with the tractor which is still moving the surface around. The final stage of watering occurred between 10.45 and 11.10am when the outside irrigation was used to defrost the outer extremities of the track as well as the artificial turf in front of the boxes, as well as the stone like sand ice cubes that hadn't quite defrosted on the track. If you have any positive ideas on how this process can be refined then I'm all for it. Well I'm off to rugby now - might find JIMMY hiding in the bottom of the ruck Tim

Hi JIMMYINTHERUCK Thanks for your opinion of me - it's all good as it's impossible to please everyone . Can I ask Jimmy - what you know about the process of defrosting the track and more importantly can you run me through the whole process that occurred on Tuesday and your take on how much water was used, the times applied and why it was used when it was? Once you give me your version then we can compare our ways of defrosting the track and perhaps we can come up with a better way of doing it that works for all parties but come up with it in a constructive way instead of shooting off at the hip. Remember that this process was implemented after the abandonment of our meeting on June 23, 2015 when we lost a meeting due to a frozen track. Incidentally that day no water was used in the thawing process. This process has been used on 6 different occasions since then without fail. I look forward to your constructive opinions so we can move forward together. Thanks Tim Eade - Track Manager, Southland Greyhound Racing Club.