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06-06-2018, 22:34
OtterbatHellcat

Hope we have a great Thursday, fellers.

G'nite everyone.
06-06-2018, 22:48
wyome

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Originally Posted by Irving

I've seen as much as $6k per tower.

Pretty much just galvanized or aluminum piping and support structures with some high voltage motors at each tower.

Had a chance to get out of the Air Force early and go to work building and installing them giant sprinklers when I was in Hastings, NE. The sprinklers ain't impreSsive, but the water sensors, humidity sensors and all that were cool at the time

Glad I stayed in the Air Force...
06-06-2018, 23:06
Irving

Quote:

Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo

trivia. each section is 1/4 mile.

Each section is only like 100'. I'll check again on Saturday.

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Originally Posted by Kowalski Lives

I would have thought those contraptions were more expensive than that. Not that flopping out 6K from your wallet is cool, but it's lower than I expected.

That's per tower, so a 5 tower unit runs around $30,000, and that's about as small as I've ever seen. I'll look some up in a minute.
06-06-2018, 23:18
Great-Kazoo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Irving

Each section is only like 100'. I'll check again on Saturday.

That's per tower, so a 5 tower unit runs around $30,000, and that's about as small as I've ever seen. I'll look some up in a minute.

The total length of those run in 1/4 mile sections. You city folk think small when a section is used as measurement. I referred to the overall length,not a "section" of the unit.
06-06-2018, 23:20
Irving

OBC, they are probably about as much as you suspect. These are used ones: http://www.holdregeirrigation.com/irrigation/for-sale/
06-07-2018, 01:55
Irving

Whoops https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ne...iMy1?ocid=AMZN

Lady makes shitty obituary and the paper pulls it down. Must be an online paper.
06-07-2018, 18:27
OtterbatHellcat

Well shucks....I would have appreciated Thursday being a little nicer than it was for me.
06-07-2018, 18:36
OtterbatHellcat

Quote:

Originally Posted by Irving

OBC, they are probably about as much as you suspect. These are used ones: http://www.holdregeirrigation.com/irrigation/for-sale/

Yeah, those prices are more in the area I was thinking. After looking into it a little bit, I'm surprised that they use electricity for the drive system....when they already have all that water flow that could be utilized. It interests me in how they coordinate the power levels or gearing to keep everything lined up and functioning with minimal failure rate.
06-07-2018, 19:58
Irving

I've had Runza before and wasn't impressed. I'm grabbing a quick snack now, what am I supposed to get again?