Retracting agricultural sprinklers - GIF

**Altair** · Jan 4, 2024, 10:27 AM

Retracting agricultural sprinklers.

Previously:

Irrigation big gun sprinkler - GIF
Cattle-driven irrigation pump - GIF
Camel-powered irrigation - GIF
Balloon lifted farm field irrigation - GIF
Human-powered irrigation water lift - GIF

**BuffaloJohn** · Jan 5, 2024, 05:38 PM

Yeah, okay, seems like it would be hard to keep it from breaking - like the last one did...

**Frank S** · Jan 5, 2024, 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by BuffaloJohn

Yeah, okay, seems like it would be hard to keep it from breaking - like the last one did...

My luck none of them would properly retract, and I would plow every one of them off when time to get ready for the next planting.

**BuffaloJohn** · Jan 5, 2024, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by Frank S

My luck none of them would properly retract, and I would plow every one of them off when time to get ready for the next planting.

Probably how the last one broke...

You know, I hadn't thought of this, but those risers are about 15:1 aspect ratio (I measured from a screen capture) and it looks like three sections. Figuring you need a foot of soil above the retracted head, that makes the riser bottom below 2 1/2 ft, what a monumental task to install and fix...

Found shorter versions of this video on an image search, but no idea about where it might be from...