Where have all the good sprinklers gone?

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Where have all the good sprinklers gone?

Post by oxalisismynemisis » September 26th, 2016, 6:17 am

I'm doing a renovation on my lawn in central Kentucky. Roundup, wait a week, roundup, wait a week, scalp and reseed with tall fescue. I need sprinklers.

About 4 years ago I bought the Home depot pulsating stab in sprinklers like these http://www.homedepot.com/p/Melnor-Delux ... /100177904

They worked well that first year but since then I haven't been able to get them to oscilate properly. Not a big deal since I only needed them to water in small reseeded repairs. This year I'll need to water all of the back yard and most of the front and I don't want to spend all day moving sprinklers. Both yards are about 2000 sq feet though not square.

Does anybody have any first hand experience with any sprinklers that are worth a darn?
I'm pretty handy with the PVC so I wouldn't be opposed to building a base a buying pop up style sprinkler if their quality is any better.

Thanks

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Re: Where have all the good sprinklers gone?

Post by g-man » September 26th, 2016, 9:14 am

I went with a pop up sprinkler mounted on a spike using hunter MP heads (no PVC needed, only hoses). I like them so much that I ended up burring them using poly pipe. What are the length and width of your areas?

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Re: Where have all the good sprinklers gone?

Post by oxalisismynemisis » September 26th, 2016, 2:01 pm

Both are about 35x45 feet but the front has a hill to deal with.

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Re: Where have all the good sprinklers gone?

Post by GeorgeH » September 26th, 2016, 3:33 pm

Now that I finally have a sprinkler system I have a pile of hoses and sprinklers stacked by the side of my house but I got a lot of experience with portables before getting irrigation installed..

If you are looking at portable sprinklers, I was happy with the Rain Bird 25P JDAC Brass Impact Sprinklers.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000 ... PDKIKX0DER

Any 1/2 inch base will work but make sure there is enough room/depth where the sprinkler screws in or they will bind.

If you like spikes, I used some of these.

Orbit 58197N 1/2" Step Spike Base for Garden Hose & Sprinkler

https://www.amazon.com/Orbit-58197N-Spi ... PZ2CZS196C

The 90 degree is too short on the Orbit 1/2-Inch Metal Ring Sprinkler Base 58030; sometimes they work but most of them don’t give enough room for the sprinkler to move up and down with the water pressure. They may work fine with the Orbit sprinklers but are hit and miss with the Rain Bird

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Re: Where have all the good sprinklers gone?

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Re: Where have all the good sprinklers gone?

Post by 1977212 » September 26th, 2016, 9:24 pm

If you can find Nelson spike sprinklers they've been great for me.

I wouldn't hesitate to make some pvc ones either. But the heads are like $12+ for good ones

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Re: Where have all the good sprinklers gone?

Post by LoneRanger » September 30th, 2016, 4:29 pm

oxalisismynemisis wrote:They worked well that first year but since then I haven't been able to get them to oscilate properly.
Dunk in CLR for an hour. Rinse and lubricate.

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Re: Where have all the good sprinklers gone?

Post by Abyss » October 1st, 2016, 10:38 am

Most lowes have rainbird pop ups and poly flex pipe. If you connect multiple heads I would recommend getting the 3/4" flex pipe, 1/2" tends to not deliver enough water.


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Re: Where have all the good sprinklers gone?

Post by oxalisismynemisis » October 5th, 2016, 6:18 am

LoneRanger wrote:
oxalisismynemisis wrote:They worked well that first year but since then I haven't been able to get them to oscilate properly.
Dunk in CLR for an hour. Rinse and lubricate.
What works well for lubrication?

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Re: Where have all the good sprinklers gone?

Post by Abyss » October 5th, 2016, 2:08 pm

oxalisismynemisis wrote:
LoneRanger wrote:
oxalisismynemisis wrote:They worked well that first year but since then I haven't been able to get them to oscilate properly.
Dunk in CLR for an hour. Rinse and lubricate.
What works well for lubrication?
3 in 1 multipurpose oil
Or white lithium grease


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Re: Where have all the good sprinklers gone?

Post by LoneRanger » October 5th, 2016, 8:33 pm

^ .. or any good penetrating oil.

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