Product Description

Pulls out two 1 2" cores of soil 3 1 2" long. Structured steel rod construction with vinyl grips. Lets air, water, and fertilizer to the roots. 40" overall length. Tips made of hardened steel.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #78559 in Lawn & Patio
• Brand: Yard Butler
• Model: D-6C
• Dimensions: 3.00 pounds

Features

• Core aeration reduces compaction and thatch to let air, water and fertilizer down to the root zone. Core aeration also stimulates root growth by "pruning" the roots and deposits valuable micro-organisms on the lawn surface.
• Reduces soil compaction, water run-off and puddling. Lets air, water and fertilizer get down to the roots
• Your lawn will look better with less water and fertilizer Breaks down thatch
• Promotes vigorous root growth, strengthening tolerance to drought and heat stress extra durable, all steel construction
• Professionals recommend using the yard butler core aerator both spring and fall, depending on the type of grass, but aeration is good for lawns anytime. Your lawn care professional can tell you the best times to aerate in your climate zone

From the Manufacturer
The Yard Butler D-6C Core Lawn Aerator is great for old lawns or lawns where a lot of activity takes place. These type of yards become compacted. Also, thatch from dead leaves and roots builds up creating a barrier, keeping water and air from reaching the roots. The symptoms are thin turf with poor color and bare patches that don't respond to watering and fertilizer.

Customer Reviews

Serves its purpose, but cheaper elsewhere
This aerator works as it's intended, and wetting the lawn half a day before coring does make it much easier. We have clay underneath the lawn, so the part that was dry was quite hard to core through. It's been a week and a half, and we can see some green grass coming out of the brown patches now. And in response to the person that mentioned it's hard to empty out the holes, you don't need to empty it, just keep pushing it into the ground. Each dig pushes out the dirt from the prior dig. After you're done, just stand up a stick on the ground and push through it to empty the hole, simple as that.

Having said all that, I did see a very similar corer/aerator at home depot for $20. Wish I had bought that one.

Also, a word of advice - stay away from the 4-prong aerator. It's hard enough to push through the 2-prong, I can't imagine the 4-prong working too well.

Be careful
This aerator works great. It's a little time consuming but if you do a small area at a time, it's worth using. My only complaint is that when I received it, I used it that night - it worked great, and the following morning. Unfortunately, the handle snapped that morning. You have to be careful and not put too much pressure on the handle. Use your foot on the core base to drive the cores into the ground.

All that from something invented over 4000 years ago?
I had a section of lawn that was put in before I moved in. The section is like clay and must be tough for the grass to get water... It runs off into other parts of the lawn... Area was always dry and barely any grass. Used this to make plug holes in the area and like magic... It looks like the rest of the lawn now. No extra watering, no fertilizers... Just a couple of holes in the ground and a world of difference.

So I used it on the rest of my lawn. Now the whole thing looks like I fertilized it but I didn't. My neighbors are hammering me for what fertilizer I used.