Junkman
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I want more than pictures, I want the complete information so I can duplicate what you have done. I need to find a way to get water from my brook up to the house for lawn and flowers. thanks
670 rolls of sod, a rake & a 10 year old son???
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Junkman,
I'll take a photo of the pump attached to the back. It's just a PTO pump from TSC with a PTO coupler (also from TSC). The whole setup ran less then $100.
The inlet hose needs to be "non-collapsing". I bought a 10' section on inlet hose at TSC. The discharge is just garden hose to the sprinklers.
I don't have a pressure relief valve rigged up. I just adjust the flow and pressure with the RPM's of the tractor. Two oscillating sprinklers only requires a fast idle.
I'll take a photo of the pump attached to the back. It's just a PTO pump from TSC with a PTO coupler (also from TSC). The whole setup ran less then $100.
The inlet hose needs to be "non-collapsing". I bought a 10' section on inlet hose at TSC. The discharge is just garden hose to the sprinklers.
I don't have a pressure relief valve rigged up. I just adjust the flow and pressure with the RPM's of the tractor. Two oscillating sprinklers only requires a fast idle.
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thanks for the information.... now if I had a Tractor Supply closer it would be great. Just one more on my list of things to do someday... thanks...... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
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I was thinking of a PTO pump, but concluded that since I have electric relatively close to my pond, it would probably make more sense to buy an electric pump and save tractor hours.
Harbor frieght and Northern Tool both have such pumps for sale at $100 or less, I'm pretty sure.
Someone about a month ago posted about using a similar pump for the same purpose...and included a couple pics...I want to think it was Von, but I am pretty sure it was Larry...with the pond and the dozer that he had stuck for a while, but while I remember his smile and his posts...I forget his tbn name... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Harbor frieght and Northern Tool both have such pumps for sale at $100 or less, I'm pretty sure.
Someone about a month ago posted about using a similar pump for the same purpose...and included a couple pics...I want to think it was Von, but I am pretty sure it was Larry...with the pond and the dozer that he had stuck for a while, but while I remember his smile and his posts...I forget his tbn name... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
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<font color="blue"> I forget his tbn name... </font>
Larry_Van_Horn?
I'm always watching for whatever project he's posting next. It seems he always has something interesting cooked up around the yard. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Larry_Van_Horn?
I'm always watching for whatever project he's posting next. It seems he always has something interesting cooked up around the yard. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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Here's a picture of the Hypro 6500 pump on the back of my BX2200. Like others have said, if you can run electricity then that's the way to go. For me it wasn't an option. Plus, I only need to water until the sod gets established. The pump will put out 9.7 gpm at 540 rpm @ 150 PSI. For me to run two impact sprinklers, the tractor only needs to be at fast idle. The pump and PTO coupler came from TSC. I also bought some rigid inlet hose and a debris strainer for the end of it.
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Here's a photo of the fishing hole. I had parts of it excavated about 5 years ago. I've had a problem getting the vegetation reestablished on the near bank, due to run-off. The sod was the perfect fix. I had to put up some temporary fencing to keep the horse off of it. I'm planning on planting some ornamental grasses like pampas and fountain grass along some areas, to give it that "marsh" feel.
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Thanks.
I still need to figure out how to shrink my photo's down to fit the TBN limit. I took the photo's at 2.1 megapixels, which makes them too large . Then when I try to shrink them down, the file size changes after I save it. These started at 1.4, I shrunk them to just under 100k. When I saved them they turned into around 30K. I guess I'll take some new photo's at 1.2 megapixels and see what happens.
Dang modern gadgets!
I still need to figure out how to shrink my photo's down to fit the TBN limit. I took the photo's at 2.1 megapixels, which makes them too large . Then when I try to shrink them down, the file size changes after I save it. These started at 1.4, I shrunk them to just under 100k. When I saved them they turned into around 30K. I guess I'll take some new photo's at 1.2 megapixels and see what happens.
Dang modern gadgets!