You guys must use a different system out there.
On the ones Delmarva farmers have, there are arched sections of pipe with bracing underneath like a bar joist, and those are held up by A-frames with 2 rubber tired wheels on them.
I think the longest one I ever saw is on rt. 14 in DE on the western outskirts of Harrington at about 9 sections long.
What if it Snows?
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That would be a pivot or a lateral... Pivot goes in a circle, lateral goes in a straight line and drags a hose.
Wheel lines are the predecessors of pivots, pivots are very expensive to purchase and install... Wheel lines are cheap in comparison. Many smaller outfits still use wheel lines because of the expense of upgrading to pivots.
Here is a pic of a pivot where I'm currently unloading...
And this is a screen shot of google maps of the area... Each of the circles is a pivot.
Pivots dominate most of the farm land out here. They can even be turned on and off remotely via an app now days.
9 towers like the one you described is probably about average... But I know of some as longs as 16 towers.
Pivots also move continuously... Not set to run then moved and run again like wheel lines.4mer trucker, LoSt_AgAiN, Isafarmboy and 7 others Thank this. -
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Hand Line— packing the joints all day will make a man out of you — a crippled up one, but a man no less— why the 2 up above were invented
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And finally, how poor people irrigate
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