847.651.0592
Previous
Next
OVERVIEW
FEATURES
PERFORMANCE
ADVANTAGES
RESOURCES
VIDEO
OVERVIEW
The ABI Force is the only infield groomer that has been built from the ground up with the sole purpose of caring for the game. This means more than just grooming the top surface of your infield skins before games. It means properly preparing the whole infield profile so that it is safe and playable.
FEATURES
Speed & Precision
The ABI Force is a ZERO TURN chassis that provides industry-leading efficiency and control, making maneuverability and ease of use second to none. The ABI Force features a Stand-on design to enhance precision control, visibility and operator comfort. The operator no longer has to look behind to “drop and drag” an attachment. The ABI Force positions the operator at a top-down perspective, looking down and forward to see and make adjustments as needed, ensuring enhanced visibility and monitored engagement of attachments.
Responsive Variable Force Technology
The heart and soul of the ABI Force, ZTV is it’s patented Responsive Variable Force Technology. This RVF technology enables a small footprint zero-turn platform to do the work of much larger and heavier equipment, with a fraction of the otherwise required tractive effort. Located at the mid underbelly of the ABI Force, the patented RVF Technology hydraulically controls mid-mounted ground-engaging attachments with lift, variable down pressure, and pitch adjustments.
Speed Lock
The Speed-lock feature prevents less experienced users from operating the ABI Force faster than a facility manager establishes. This feature provides improved safety and ease of use for all operators.
Depth-Lock
The Depth-lock feature prevents mid-mount attachments from going any deeper into the infield surface that intended. This feature makes it easy to ensure consistent preparation from field to field and operator to operator.
Functionality
Up & Down Control
The ABI Force Spring and Rocker Arm design allows for unparalleled down pressure of your mid-mount attachments. The patented spring system up to 1,000 lbs of down pressure, but builds in forgiveness, so the Force can power through some of the toughest jobs.
Pitch Control
When utilizing the Mid-Mount Attachment, the pitch control allows you to properly control and engage the attachments into the ground. Swap between a pocketed attachment to the multi-function rake for combing or sifting use. Run your attachments separately or together, utilizing the pitch control.
Hydraulic Rear Lift Control
PERFORMANCE
Kohler Command Pro EFI
The ABI Force is now equipped with ELECTRONIC FUEL INJECTION. An EFI system utilizes advanced computer controls teamed with a high-pressure fuel delivery system to provide peak power and fuel efficiency. The ABI Force now starts like a car with no carburetor issues, has increased fuel efficiency, and starts easily in the cold! – 23 horsepower.
EFI V-Twin OHV 4-Cycle Air Cooled 5 Gallon/18.9L Capacity Unleaded Gasoline EPA Compliant.
Heavy-Duty 2-Stage Air Filter
Every ABI Force Z-23s comes standard with a Heavy Duty 2-Stage Cyclonic Canister Air Filtration System. No longer located near the engine, the Canister Air Filter has been relocated for ease of access. A 2-stage filtration system makes sure that your engine pulls clean air, acting as your engine’s shield in dusty conditions. Keep the filter clean to see improved engine performance, fuel efficiency, and extended engine life.
No More Broken Belts
Typically, machinery of this size runs off Hydraulic Drive System geared to a belt and pulley drive shaft. The lifetime of a belt can be unpredictable as belts break, and unfortunately, your machine is temporarily stuck. Not anymore! Each ABI Force is plumbed standard with Dual Stacked HydroGear Variable Displacement Pumps and Fixed Displacement Wheel Motors. The benefits are significant compared to typical belt-driven systems.
Standard Air Tires
The ABI Force comes standard with a commercial grade tire. The Standard Air Tire is a beefy traction and performance-based tire that gives the ABI Force a high stance while establishing crucial ground contact for maintaining traction.
Tweel®-Yeah
The Premium never-flat Tweel® offers additional benefits not found in the standard air tire. The full-width poly-resin spokes flex when in operation, providing increased tire-to-ground contact. This added ground contact enables significantly more traction, more torque power and excellent lateral stability during material grading. The unique design of the spokes also helps to soften the ride for enhanced operator comfort.
Operator Experience
Precision Control In Hand
We all know that handwork is precision work, and tradition has shown us that handwork yields the best results. So, what do we do when handwork level results are expected, and we face budgetary, workforce, time, and weather constraints? The answer is the ABI Force, which empowers the operator with precision control and incredible visibility, turning labor-intensive and time-consuming handwork, into precision mechanized efficiency.
Visibility
We stand up when we witness greatness, and we stand when we do our best work. So in designing the new ABI Force, we knew standing up would empower our users to get their best work done; like never before. Traditional seated drop-and- drag style bunker rakes have poor visibility, making precision work an uncomfortable and challenging task. It’s time to leave behind the old bunker rake and take a stand for great work!
ADVANTAGES
36-Month Commercial Warranty
At the core of the Infield Rascal MVP is commercial-grade construction and superior craftsmanship. This chassis is designed for daily use and is built tough enough to take on the demands of all sports turf facilities. And just to prove how much we believe in the quality of this tool, ABI backs it with a 36-month limited warranty. This warranty covers both consumer and commercial use and is the longest infield groomer warranty in the sports turf industry! See warranty documentation for details.
Manufactured Right Here
You want the best quality materials, you want the highest quality workmanship, you want your attachments made in the United States of America–and so do we! That’s why, since 1997, we’ve been manufacturing and selling equipment built to exceed your expectations, just like we should. This attention to detail creates products that are durable, reliable, and ready to do your toughest work–day after day.
RESOURCES
PDFs
- ABI Force Z-23 Owner’s Manual
- Finish Blade
- Kohler Command PRO
- Attach Match Guarantee
- Service Schedule
- Broom Assembly
- Mini box assembly
- Edger (Before 6/1/2017)
- VibraFlex Assembly
- Mat & Broom Warranty
- VibraFlex Warranty
- Rear Vibraflex
- Coco Mat
- Fine Finish Broom
- Pro Finisher
- Rigid Dragmat
- Flexible Dragmat
- Rear Cultipacker Instructional Sheet
- Rear Rake Attachment Instructional Sheet
- Electric Spreader Instruction Sheet
- Edger Attachment Instruction Sheet to 4/2021
- Edger Attachment Instruction Sheet after 4/2021
- Finish Blade Kit Instruction Sheet
- Aerator Quick Start Guide
- ABI Force Z-23 Speedometer Installation Guide
- Rear Pivot Lift Instruction Guide
- Warranty
VIDEO
Quick-Swap Between Attachments To Get Work Done
The attachments have been designed by leading industry professionals. As a result, ABI Sports Turf has reimagined attachment design to ensure that all three phases of proper infield maintenance can be achieved with just one machine. Now you can quick-swap between attachments that groom, prepare, and renovate to maintain the most pristine playing surfaces or reclaim long neglected, weed-covered fields.
MID-MOUNT ATTACHMENTS
ABI Force® Stealth Blade
ABI Force Machine Option: Stealth Blades offer the perfect subsurface compaction relief. The middle ground between the Profile Blades and Scarifiers, Stealth Blades offer less resistance to cut through thicker-rooted vegetation, with ease. Great for de-weeding an infield skin, or vegetation removal off the skin.
ABI Force® Slit Aerator
ABI Force Machine Option: A less intrusive version of the core aerator, the Slit Aerator pokes slits in the surface, up to 2 inches deep, to assist in overseeding, compaction relief or on the skin to assist in opening the infield surface post-rain. 350 lbs of suitcase weights insure the spikes break up some of…
ABI Force® Plug / Core Aerator
ABI Force Machine Option: The available 48″ plug aerator, mounted to the mid-mount hydraulic lift system, enables 115,000 sq. ft. per hour aerating output. With hydraulic downward-pressure and 400 lbs. of weights, this machine outperforms many dedicated aerators while achieving core depths up to 3 – 1/2″.
ABI Force® Edger
Remove overgrown vegetation from the lips and edges of the infield with the Edger and Clean Up Tool. Attached to the patented mid-mount spring system, this edger can make either a straight cut on the line or can be adjusted to windrow while cutting. A site gauge allows for precision cutting. Additionally, a specialized subsurface…
ABI Force® Multi-Function Rake
Can be pitched vertically to back blade material from high areas and fill into low areas, it can pull off loose vegetation and debris into piles, and it creates an ideal finish on gravel parking lots and for other heavy dirt work.
ABI Force® Tooth Bar
The Tooth Bar is design to fracture and loosen material to keep the optional Mini-Box loaded with material to improve efficiency when grading. Configure the Tooth Bar to 3″ or 6″ spacing for your job site.
ABI Force® Scarifiers
The Ripping Teeth make easy work of extreme hardpan and vegetation outside of the field. The rippers enable the ABI Force to be used to maintain gravel roads, parking lots, and even complete seedbed preparation jobs. These teeth temporarily replace the VibraFlex groomer or Profile Blades™ and are adjustable from 0 – 6″. With bolt…
ABI Force® Mini-Box
Mini-Box Blade attachment gives the ABI Force extra earth-moving muscle and unmatched versatility. The Mini-Box Blade easily mounts to the ABI Force’s unique mid-mount attachment system with drive-over capability and easy spin-on locks. With fingertip control of the powerful hydraulic & spring-loaded arms, users can quickly and effectively carry material, remove loosened debris & rocks,…
ABI Force® Profile Blade
Used to de-compact the surface without up-ending the surface profile! For light renovation work, the patented Profile Blade™ attachment yields unparalleled de-compaction results by slicing the complete profile of the infield material from 1/2″ up to 3 inches under the infield surface. Occasionally de-compacting the infield surface encourages a quick-draining and consistent-playing ball field. Profile…
ABI Force® VibraFlex
Patent-pending attachment that re-imagines infield preparation. Evenly staggered U-pins transfer vibration and flex from front to back, dancing along the infield to shatter surface tension and prepare any engineered soil and surface conditioner. Two models provide the best solution for different infield compositions, uses, and levels of play. And, with the “fail proof” controls on…
REAR-MOUNT ATTACHMENTS
ABI Force® Scoop
No need for a wheelbarrow if you have an ABI Force with rear Scoop on your trailer. With its hydraulic lift system and electric actuated dump and retraction ability, the Scoop can carry up to 300 pounds of mulch or soil and place it right where you want it.
ABI Force® VibraFlex 3500-R
The all new VibraFlex 3500-R is a game-changer. Stationed behind the ABI Force, two staggered rows of 1/4″ or 1/8″ VibraFlex pins that are designed to remove tire compression and air out the field. Simply lower the rear hydraulic lift to engage the VibraFlex 3500-R for nail-dragging and Laser Grading applications.
ABI Force® Pro Finisher
Provides a perfect finish for pro-level infield conditioners. This coated steel lattice evenly floats over the infield surface material to level and redistribute conditioner. Flared edges seamlessly feathers edges, leaving no trails even on sharp turns. The Pro Finisher is designed for use on well maintained and already level infields.
ABI Force® Fine Finish Broom
The Fine Finish Broom creates the perfect finish in both high and low moisture conditions on well-maintained surfaces. This broom is 7′ wide and offers 3 rows of bristles. The mounting arms are adjustable to set the exact working angle desired and the broom has an ideal weight for the perfect amount of down pressure…
XD Flexible Mat
Extreme Duty Drag Mats are ideal to prepare an infield ready for play with heavy gauge yet flexible rust resistant galvanized steel mesh. Ideal for all ball diamonds, trail maintenance, breaking-up aeration cores, leveling turf fields and more! Extreme duty drag mats are the heaviest duty mats on the market and are designed for the…
Rigid Mat
A rigid metal mat with built-in leveling bar is perfect for every-day use and a perfect finish!
Coco Mat
A perfect drag for surfaces with more moisture, the Coco Mat also has a built-in leveling bar.
FRONT MOUNT ATTACHMENTS
ABI Force® Snow Plow Mounting System
Ideal for contractors looking to make quick work of sidewalks and tight corners in residential areas and around commercial buildings. This snow plow mounting system includes all the hydraulic and mechanical components needed to connect a BOSS® 4′ or 5′ wide ATV Poly snow plow blade to an ABI Force, model z23. This system easily…
ABI Force® Seed & Fertilizer Spreader
Holds 120 lbs. of material and has an adjustable spread pattern from 4 to 25 feet, adjustable flow, and side deflector. This commercial-grade and independently controlled electric spreader is ideal for precisely broadcasting nearly any type of seed, fertilizer and even some infield surface conditioners.
TURF TECH
510 NORTH MAIN AVE LADD, IL