Chester, GA and Griffith, IN | 8991 - 7/22/2012 19:20
Thoughts on traveling gun information. Do & Donts to make it successful. Recommended machines?
You already know some of the basics about Traveling gun from reading everyone's post so far.
1. it is cheaper than other methods
2. it is more labor intensive
3. it breaks down more often, has the chance to.
Dos
1. Check on it regularly, even in the middle of the night. (don't want it to stop walking and sit in one spot for two hours and give you a boggy mess)
2. When it gets near the tractor don't count on the ball to stop the traveler be there to stop it manually. (we've never had one walk up our tractor because we never trusted the ball to stop it)
3. Let it sit at the end of the run for ~30 minutes to water the end.
4. Unless you are watering a short crop like peanuts consider mowing where the run will be.
5. if using soft hose make sure to put plenty of curve in the hose to prevent kinks.
6. After turning the gun on at full pressure go remove all kinks from the hose near the traveler.
7. NEVER step over the cable when it traveler is walking. It is a slim chance but the chance is the cable could break and severly injure a leg. I've seen the aftermath once it wasn't pretty. |
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