Gav836 Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Had to help set up our irrigator today which actually decided to work properly first time for once, small miracle First picture is looking out the back window of the tractor whilst pulling the gun out at a nice steady 1kph so we don't overheat the gearbox on the reel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted June 20, 2006 Author Share Posted June 20, 2006 One of the reel now which is a Wright Rain Touraine 2 110/420, 11o being the pipe diameter in mm and 420 being the length of pipe on the reel in metres, today's pull was about 390m long and will take about 16hrs to pull in while putting 1 inch of water on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted June 20, 2006 Author Share Posted June 20, 2006 another of the reel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted June 20, 2006 Author Share Posted June 20, 2006 close up of the gearbox and turbine housing on the side. The water drives the turbine which operates the gearbox which in turn pulls in the pipe, we can alter it to put anything from a few mm on to a few inches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted June 20, 2006 Author Share Posted June 20, 2006 Water pressure is up at 12 bar while we are operating the drum so if you get a pipe blow you soon know about it! This pic shows the flexi pipe connection between the aluminium pipes and the filter on the reel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted June 20, 2006 Author Share Posted June 20, 2006 Close up of the rain gun for those who are interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 What tractor is that you have it on Gavin?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted June 20, 2006 Author Share Posted June 20, 2006 Now for the aluminium pipes, we've spent the rest of the day laying out these 'little' pipes on our contracted out carrots. Each one is approx 9m long and 5 inches in diameter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted June 20, 2006 Author Share Posted June 20, 2006 more of the pipes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted June 20, 2006 Author Share Posted June 20, 2006 The pipes slot into one another, this being the male end with locking clamp...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted June 20, 2006 Author Share Posted June 20, 2006 ........which slots into this female end with seal and retaining notch in theory, doesn't always work to well and they have been known to blow apart once water pressure builds up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 An interesting topic this Gavin...... A question I've always wondered about irrigation is that:- Is it the motor which pumps the water from the burn/stream to the drum the same motor which pumps the water to the gun or does the drum do that separately? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted June 20, 2006 Author Share Posted June 20, 2006 What tractor is that you have it on Gavin?? It's on the Fiat F140 which has finished all other duties so will stay with the irrigator until the end of the season now An interesting topic this Gavin...... A question I've always wondered about irrigation is that:- Is it the motor which pumps the water from the burn/stream to the drum the same motor which pumps the water to the gun or does the drum do that separately? Its the same pump, the reel has no pump on it just a turbine and gearbox. I didn't go down to our pump so i have no pictures of it. We have one on loan (soon to be 2) this year as the pikeys nicked anything of any value off the old one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Cheers for the info Gavin......I was just away to ask how the pump was as I remember your one had had some problems...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted June 20, 2006 Author Share Posted June 20, 2006 Cheers for the info Gavin......I was just away to ask how the pump was as I remember your one had had some problems...... Problems aren't in it! All the control guages were nicked, the battery and they had been taking pot shots at the diesel tank with an air rifle, good job it didn't puncture as there would have been 200 litres of diesel in the river! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Problems aren't in it! All the control guages were nicked, the battery and they had been taking pot shots at the diesel tank with an air rifle, good job it didn't puncture as there would have been 200 litres of diesel in the river! \ \......Just a bit of havoc they caused then...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted June 20, 2006 Author Share Posted June 20, 2006 \ \......Just a bit of havoc they caused then...... It was nigh on knackered before they got at it. It's top quality Belarus build after all :D :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 It was nigh on knackered before they got at it. It's top quality Belarus build after all :D :D :D......That explains why it was a target then...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richo Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Interesting and good pics. Thanks Gavin. Something i didn't know much about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 thanks for the pics gav....better make my pipes longer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Looks like you got a fair bit done today then Gav, even if you did spend all afternoon down the boozer sipping on a cold one!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Good stuff, Gav. Not had much to do with irrigation - interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Looks like you got a fair bit done today then Gav, even if you did spend all afternoon down the boozer sipping on a cold one!! Now is this true i need some more things to take the pi$$ out of him for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Now is this true i need some more things to take the pi$$ out of him for Gospel mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Good gavin you never learn do you OT but oh well :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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