For more than a decade, family-owned and operated TurfTime Equipment has built its reputation around practical turf-care machinery shaped by feedback from the people who maintain playing surfaces. The Lancaster County, Pennsylvania manufacturer is best known for its topdressers, while also developing custom equipment for grounds crews serving golf courses, athletic fields and other properties nationwide.
Millcreek ManufacturingBorn from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania’s agricultural tradition, Millcreek Manufacturing is a Pennsylvania maker of equipment for maintaining high-quality turf. Its team uses the machines in its own agricultural work, bringing practical field experience to engineering and testing. Millcreek supplies customers throughout the United States, while its equipment is also used around the world.HONEY BROOK, PA
SmithcoSmithco has built turf and golf-course maintenance equipment since 1967, beginning with founder Ted Smith’s Red Ryder motorized utility vehicle and growing into a manufacturer serving courses and sports fields worldwide. Today, Ted’s son Don Smith carries that family legacy forward across two manufacturing locations, with equipment designed, engineered, and built for practical turf work. Smithco is especially known for its greensrollers, which have been used at the Ryder Cup, PGA Championships, and U.S. Opens.WAYNE, PA
Turf TeqSince introducing its Power Edger in 2003, Turf Teq has built commercial landscaping and snow-removal equipment at its Honey Brook, Pennsylvania facility. The privately owned manufacturer keeps engineering, fabrication, assembly and parts support in-house, using its multi-use attachment system to help professional landscapers carry one equipment investment across seasons. Its experienced design and fabrication team holds more than 30 patents, while certified welders and direct factory support remain part of the company’s hands-on approach.HONEY BROOK, PA
DryJectFounded in 1998 and manufactured in Hatboro, Pennsylvania, DryJect makes the patented machine behind a one-step turf service that aerates, injects soil amendments, and topdresses golf courses and athletic fields in a single pass. The company’s water-based, vacuum-assisted system fills its aeration holes as it works, leaving playing surfaces smooth and often ready within about an hour rather than covered with cores. John Paddock, who began as a DryJect shop technician, purchased the business in 2016 and now combines his engineering background with experience in golf-course and agricultural turf management.HATBORO, PA