Columbia Basin, Ephrata, WA | trebfms - 2/8/2014 18:23
What wireing? This one is a one tower. I bet it doesn't even have a safety wire.
The thing is a water drive. It has no wiring whatsoever. I don't know how they shut down when they got crooked.
That one looks very late model to be a steel wheel water drive. It has the modern style span and tower legs. The old ones had a really tall triangle frame above the wheels and the pipe was suspended by cables. High scrap prices took care of the last of those that existed in this area. The local Valley dealer has one of the tower setups in front of their store, even has the original sign on it. It's got to be one of the very few left, there used to be hundreds.
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Old Valley center pivot pic
