In my experience with irrigation on our family farm , I learned that once you get everything çonnected and primed be sure to remove your sprinkler head spray tips on the first initial water run! It allows any dirt or plumbing debris to be flushed out and not stopping up the tips!
Josh, three things come to mind right away. First you need to make sure you have enough sprinkler heads so that you keep enough water moving through the pump to keep it cool. The goal would be to have total sprinkler output match pump output. If that aluminum pump housing heats up you will be rebuilding it. Second I would suggest a check valve on your intake pipe to keep from back flowing into pond when you shut it off. Third, for your outflow on the pump I would put a cam lock fitting that then goes to a pvc elbow then another cam lock then to hose. This will keep the lay flat hose from pinching and allow you to change the direction your hose is running by simply opening cam lock and rotating 180 degrees.
I love the way you turn every single little task on your farm as almost a party. But mostly important: You go down to the beginners level and teach us all those details in a way that (my guess!) no one would miss a thing. Thank you for that! Greetings from Portugal.
Josh, I'm glad to see Mrs. Stoney Ridge again. From what you've said, I presume her arm is healing well. Sure glad to hear that, to! My son and I were out of town for a couple of weeks visiting family in Arkansas and Oklahoma -- 2 days' driving each way, so no spare time to visit anyone else. We had a safe trip, although we did have encounters (but no collisions) with a few nut-job drivers -- a Harley nearly took off the left-front fender of our rental vehicle, and another SUV changing lanes, going too fast, no signal at all, well that would have been a bad one, so thank God, my son was able to avoid the other driver's carelessness! Glad to see things coming together on the farm.
Great job this morning! It is always a joy to have things work the 1st time you hook them up. I always enjoy watching your vlog and it is nice to see Mrs. Stony Ridge at times too. Have a great day on the farm, take care and God-bless.
There you go😊 Nice to see that you making a dual purpose of it. For watering, filling a tank, firefighting equipment. To the missis: hope every thing goes well with the arm.
Another good idea would be to install a drain pipe in the top of the damn about a foot from the top so when the level reaches the pipe it will drain instead of running over the top. This way you can divert the excess water exactly where you want it to go instead of it sitting in a problematic area and it will be a better way to prevent a washout
Josh, Take the fitting loose on top of the pump and turn it 90 degrees to the right or left for the pump output to be at a right angle from the pump input. It will work so much mor efficiently
Maybe if you have a couple hours notice. Most fires will be a mile down the road time you got it setup. Usually the wind is blowing like a bitch too. Best thing to fight a fire on a farm is a deep plow and a big tractor that will turn that dirt over. Then you go around and around whatever you are trying to save.
You're a lifesaver with this video I've been fighting find a good way to irrigate out of a pond for a couple years and definitely going to buy the same setup you got I do about 2 Acres so I think I'll get two systems and tee off turn one on let it work and then turn the other side on thank you so much Kearny farms and markets
Lov that farmer smile of accomplishment... it’s an exonerating feeling.. had the same feeling when I got my 2014 WR Long grapleator work off my third remote off my old ford tractor..
Good stuff Josh, to help keep track of your PVC cleaner and cement cans duct tape the two cans together side by side that way when you find one you have found the other. The challenging part is to avoid dropping either of the brushes in the dirt, don't ask how I know that ! :)
Great to see another great NZ product being used I hope it serves you well, I can remember seeing a great mass of "K" line rolled up in one of the paddock's on one of my Brothers Farms it must have been 100's of metres long thankfully I was not on site the day it had to be reset out. Best wishes from NewZealand Graham
Hey Josh hey to mrs. Stoney Ridge thank you for the video I enjoyed it and misses Stoney Ridge this is for you just keep pushing on don't let life get you down you'll get better woo
I toted enough irrigation pipe in my lifetime to know I never want to do it again. At one time I had over one mile of 6 and 8 inch 30 ft long aluminum pipe. We ran hard hose style "travelers" irrigating crops. Thank God for center pivot irrigation.......... Nothing beats rainfall but when it means the difference between surviving and not sometimes you have to tote pipe. Hard times and hard days. Best part was when we got through and the water was flowing you got to jump in the pond to cool off. Hope your wife mends quickly. Broken bones are a pain (no pun intended) . If you want to upgrade your irrigation watch the auctions for aluminum pipe a good pump and a "hard hose" style traveler.
hope MRS.STONEY RIDGE gets better,, wish i was down in yer neck of the woods as its wet and coold up here in central u.p. of mich, thanks fer the video
Hey Josh, just thought I would throw this at you, one thing we have always done is to pull a spike harrow ( which a chain harrow would probably work too) over our pastures after we rotate the cattle off one and move them to another one to help distribute the manure move evenly over the pasture to help with the fertilization process, seems to work really well, been doing it as long as I can remember and I'm 52 now and have never had to buy fertilize! Like I said, just thought I would mention this incase you might be interested in trying when you get cattle.
I've seen one done like that the guy took and put about 10 ft from the pump he put a check valve to keep water in the pipe to keep the pump primed so he wouldn't have to prime it every time did you think about doing that
Putting aeriated water back into the pond is a good thing ... Fish love it ... Also if you put the sprinkler pattern to the edge of the pond you will have blank spots on the pond dam because the pattern is round ... Check with local fire department ... Might have a section of old suction hose ... You can also sometimes get old fire hose when they get new ... Also maybe tie suction end to a float or put on a box to keep off the pond bottom ... Silt sucks ... Put a small tool box with primer, glue and tape in every vehicle ... Lol
I have same powerhorse pump for pumping water from our pond. It has run great for about 300 hours, only problems ive had with the pump is #1 they had to send us new bolts and motor mounts for the frame, 2 of them had broke. The 2nd problem we have had with the pump is the exhaust is starting to rust away after about a year, im not sure if its poorly made or what, but they are sending a complete new exhaust now too. My 2nd advise on pumping water from your pond is your gonna what some type of filter or to make a floating suction pipe, if the suction is anywhere near sand it will end up in your sprinkler heads and you will be pulling them apart and cleaning all the time. I can run 3 heads off the pump @ 30 psi or so only 1/2 throttle, i found running the pump any faster just collected more sand in the sprinkler system. After trial and error we just went to a floating suction line and no more sand!
I have done numerous water systems here in Ontario and the past few years I have used quick couplers, real easy and no air leaks, also used aa honda pump that needs no foot valve, self priming
Great job brother!! A secondary filter on the outlet line is recommended. The sprinklers passages are small and can get clogged easily. (Need plastic surgery skill to take apart) This pump is made to empty flooded basements, an such.
That is a nice system you have purchased and it should make it easy to transfer water from one pond to the next and do it easily. Your wife should know how to operate the system so if something happens to you where you can't move the water around she can do much of that work herself. I like the way you have the lines setup to water the grass and you definitely need the unit setup on a trailer so you all can move it around easily.
Hi Josh you should use a flexible pipe on the inlet with your filter so you can just throw it in the pond I have the same exact pair but I throw mine into the canal
Here's what works for me, because I have so many things I want to do when I get to the hardware store I see something for a different project and always forget at least 1 thing for the project at hand, just take photos of what you have or maybe that area where the part is missing...just remember to look at your photos while shopping!!!,many gallery app's allow you to create albums, I have shopping list, do list, want list, it's not hard to edit, select and then move the photos to the proper album JUST DO IT!!!
Put a rain shed and sun screen over the pump. You will thank me in a year. You can mount it to the pallet and using some fence hinges design the roof to move out of the way to allow you overhead access if you need it. On the water inlet and outlet you want 2feet of straight pipe before your hoses. This is based on pump best practices. This will help prolong the life of the pump internals.
I would like to make the k-line irrigation system I just saw, but need to know where to buy the pump, poly line, the "pods" etc. Please help me with it.
I bought one from amazon came with a heavy duty flexible inlet pipe I bought another longer one and joined them ya can get at an industrial hardware store or hose shop , I added a better metal filter and an old bucket I drilled holes in so it doesn’t clog up as quickly works great that lil filter will clog quickly mine did anyways you will like it crazy how much water those trash pumps move . I use to have one of those lil electric jobs what a joke compared to these happy grass growing !
I was never around it much was too young my granddad had about 20 acres of commercial strawberry 🍓 and sweet corn at that time he used Gorman Rupp pump 6 or 8 inch with an slant 6 chrysler engine for power and for lipt and pressure to irrigate the crops from A drainage ditch that held water year long at the time....
mooo! rocking.. you can bury a few 6in pipes just under the surface of the top of the dam. the when the rains come, water will exit through those overflow ducts. usually rain maxes out around 3-4 inches per hour. so you can add tunes as needed. the flow per tube can be measured different ways. or calculated from a standard manual. they should be sloped downward about 10 to one to keep flow high. but that includes water height above the pipes hich adds preasure. your milage may vary. surly the cows know. but they never let on.
Great video, nice setup.. I have same pump and I made my own sprinklers out of 20 foot one inch PVC. Drilled two 1/16th holes every 6 inches in a V pattern, flexible tubing in between each 20 foot section I have 8 sections of 20 foot PVC.. I can add more.. I added a T fitting and pressure gauge and full throttle I have 90 psi water pressure. And as of now I'm pumping water 200+ feet to my 8 homemade sprinkler.
Glad to see you are using PVC primer, too many rely on the glue alone, I've seen the consequences. Also as a kiwi I glad to see K-line being used in the States
Excellent video Josh! I don't recall hearing it in your vid..., but it's very important to point out that the INLET (suction) side of any water pump is plumbed with solid/rigid pipe and not flexible. Also, You gave that PVC about an hour and 45 minutes WAY too much time to cure. PVC joints need maybe 15 minutes or so to cure before you put the pressure to them. Definitely don't need 2 hours. Hope Mrs. D's wrist is healing nicely... :-)
Hi, if you collect them silica packages you can use them for all kinds if things, from keeping seeds dry to keeping/getting front windows of your cars dry.. Joe from Germany
Tobbe Andersson There are multiple videos on this platform. I use a el cheapo torch for the valve. Modified it to accept a pvc hose, run through the fuel fitting on the carburetor.
Enjoyed this video Josh. Very interesting, informative, and entertaining as always. Hopefully we will get a little rain this weekend. We certainly need it in northern Durham County. Hope your grass starts growing around the pond.
I've used K-Pods for about 10 years to irrigate most of my pastures. I also have some SEME "River" guns for certain areas. The K-Pods work nicely but I quickly found it was a pain to move the feeder pipes and pods once the sprinkled areas were done. With that in mind we trenched in several feeder lines about 2 feet below the surface and planted the quick disconnects in pressure treated wooden boxes about 2" to 3" below ground level so i did not have to worry about mowing them off or driving over them. I use a leaf blower to clean them out each Spring. Now we only have to move shorter sections of pipe and pods. Also, each year I have added 4 or 5 pods so now I do not have to move them much except to mow. Each "stringer" line is color coded so I know which ones go where. When one area is sufficiently water I then switch to another area just by diverting the flow with valves. If i feel I need to move some pods I let the finished area dry out a little so I'm not slipping and sliding in the soaked areas around the pods. Also, you will find that the cleanest water (the water with the least amount of floating debris) is usually 2" to 3" below the pond's surface. I fabricated a floating pick up from a small car tire inner tube and some aluminium strips and regulate the pick up ends filter depth by changing the amount of air in the tube. You can buy commercial floats but they will cost about a whole months allowance! For about 15 bucks you can make your own and it accomplishes the same task. BTW, I also got tired of having to remember to fill the gas tank on the pump so I mounted the pump on a two wheeled trailer along with a 15 gallon aluminium "hot rod" gas tank I bought off of the internet. Now it can run 20 hours plus before I need to refuel it. Now i have to remember to set the alarm on my smart phone to remember when to chage irrigation areas. I also mounted and piped a 30 gallon plastic water tank on the trailer for priming the pump. Once it is primed I fill the priming container with H2O directly from the pump so if it somehow loses prime there is plenty of water to re-prime it. Using a check valve next to the floating pick up is a good idea so if you shut down the pump to refuel you don't lose the prime. Give a lazy man a job and I will find the easiest way to do it!
I like the concept, but how will it work in knee deep or taller pasture grasses or hay like the K-Line web site say's that it will? The sprinkler heads are to low to the ground in my mind. I can see it working fine in an orchard situation where grasses are kept mowed low or on a lawn... Please give us an update after a few on this system!!! Thanks! :)
Thanks for the great video. I’m going to die the basic design you have here, but I’m also going to put a foot valve on the pvc pipe in the pond right at the screener.
To prime the pump. I put a “Tee” with a riser/ upwards piece of pipe with a threaded cap about halfway between the pump and the water supply. . I unscrew the cap and use a bucket to fill the pipe . Thread the cap back On Abd your good
You may want to think Hydroseeding for the bare area. Still would need to water with no rain but it establishes much quicker than just seed being tossed out plus it will hold the soil from washing until you get vegetation. Do like the watering pods👍👍
Hi from Oamaru New Zealand. We deal with a 4200 acre dairy farm in dry country which uses a combination of center pivot and K-line. They have 2 Can-Am Defenders shifting these 16 hrs per day.
THEY WERE MADE IN WAIMATE south Canterbury New Zealand by the KIRK family . they tow them with the 4x4 motor bikes .mainly on dairy farms were the centre pivots don't reach .
Also located in NC, just a bit east of you. Got our first two cows and are struggle to maintain good forages during periods of drought. Was thinking about a similar pump and a large spray gun to water a few acres. Trying to come up with a good system. Do you have any experience with that?
Living vicariously through your videos here in Orlando. Fitting was a 45 degree coupling. Use Teflon paste, so much easier. Float the screen on a jug, very easy. Get a set of ratcheting PVC cutters. Your pots are way too far apart to allow for significant overlap. You’re going to have green circles. Loving your videos so much. Keep up the good work. 👍
I don't know if you know this but if you let cows get to your pond they will knock down any banks around it. Plus you said keep all the stuff out of the pond for clean water. Summer time all the cows will live in the pond belly or back deep. I hope you get grass to grow soon.
nice to see the kiwi products in the states. do you have the 1000lt (dont know what that is in gallons) icp pallet tanks? we put them on a small trailer with the pump hooked up so you can run as a small tanker.
Don't know about your pump, but mine had straight pipe threads, not tapered. There's a big difference and I couldn't get my pump to prime until I got the correct NPS(national pipe straight) fittings. NPT(national pipe tapered) is what you're most likely to find on the shelves at the big box store.
really liking your video's. noticed you used fdh (fire department hose?) fittings on your hose, wouldnt it be cheaper and easier to come by camlock (quick connects)? so I was wondering what the pot looking things around the sprinklers are all about but after watching im guessing thats all about protecting keeping the sprinkler heads up right when moving? any how thanks for the vid.
The pods are to stop the cows braking the sprinkler heads if you forget to remove the system before putting cows in and to make it easier to move. I'm a ex farmer in New Zealand and have used this setup alot
find a old boat trailer work nice for pump trailer
In my experience with irrigation on our family farm , I learned that once you get everything çonnected and primed be sure to remove your sprinkler head spray tips on the first initial water run! It allows any dirt or plumbing debris to be flushed out and not stopping up the tips!
Josh, three things come to mind right away. First you need to make sure you have enough sprinkler heads so that you keep enough water moving through the pump to keep it cool. The goal would be to have total sprinkler output match pump output. If that aluminum pump housing heats up you will be rebuilding it. Second I would suggest a check valve on your intake pipe to keep from back flowing into pond when you shut it off. Third, for your outflow on the pump I would put a cam lock fitting that then goes to a pvc elbow then another cam lock then to hose. This will keep the lay flat hose from pinching and allow you to change the direction your hose is running by simply opening cam lock and rotating 180 degrees.
I love the way you turn every single little task on your farm as almost a party. But mostly important: You go down to the beginners level and teach us all those details in a way that (my guess!) no one would miss a thing.
Thank you for that! Greetings from Portugal.
Did you just say "the best way is to keep the cattle moooving?" 😂😂😂 Good video Josh. I learned a lot from this video👍
Josh, I'm glad to see Mrs. Stoney Ridge again. From what you've said, I presume her arm is healing well. Sure glad to hear that, to! My son and I were out of town for a couple of weeks visiting family in Arkansas and Oklahoma -- 2 days' driving each way, so no spare time to visit anyone else. We had a safe trip, although we did have encounters (but no collisions) with a few nut-job drivers -- a Harley nearly took off the left-front fender of our rental vehicle, and another SUV changing lanes, going too fast, no signal at all, well that would have been a bad one, so thank God, my son was able to avoid the other driver's carelessness! Glad to see things coming together on the farm.
Great job this morning! It is always a joy to have things work the 1st time you hook them up. I always enjoy watching your vlog and it is nice to see Mrs. Stony Ridge at times too. Have a great day on the farm, take care and God-bless.
There you go😊
Nice to see that you making a dual purpose of it. For watering, filling a tank, firefighting equipment.
To the missis: hope every thing goes well with the arm.
Now that's what I call an irrigation hose! Great idea !Your gonna have plenty of horses in no time also good pump
Nice to see Mrs Stoney Ridge Again.
Nice set up! Good to see the Mrs giving you a helping hand.
Another good idea would be to install a drain pipe in the top of the damn about a foot from the top so when the level reaches the pipe it will drain instead of running over the top. This way you can divert the excess water exactly where you want it to go instead of it sitting in a problematic area and it will be a better way to prevent a washout
Those pumps set up on a trailer with an IBC make a great mobile fire fighting unit on farms and homestead properties.
Josh,
Take the fitting loose on top of the pump and turn it 90 degrees to the right or left for the pump output to be at a right angle from the pump input. It will work so much mor efficiently
Another benefit of this setup is an emergency fire fighting system in a pinch.
Maybe if you have a couple hours notice. Most fires will be a mile down the road time you got it setup. Usually the wind is blowing like a bitch too. Best thing to fight a fire on a farm is a deep plow and a big tractor that will turn that dirt over. Then you go around and around whatever you are trying to save.
Glad to see Mrs. Stoney Ridge is on the mend! Pretty cool setup for mobile watering!
You're a lifesaver with this video I've been fighting find a good way to irrigate out of a pond for a couple years and definitely going to buy the same setup you got I do about 2 Acres so I think I'll get two systems and tee off turn one on let it work and then turn the other side on thank you so much Kearny farms and markets
Lov that farmer smile of accomplishment... it’s an exonerating feeling.. had the same feeling when I got my 2014 WR Long grapleator work off my third remote off my old ford tractor..
Mrs Stoney Ridge is the best. Great team work. Get better soon. :)
Good stuff Josh, to help keep track of your PVC cleaner and cement cans duct tape the two cans together side by side that way when you find one you have found the other. The challenging part is to avoid dropping either of the brushes in the dirt, don't ask how I know that ! :)
Can't tell you how many times I've found either cement of primer but not the other, extremely frustrating!!
Great to see another great NZ product being used I hope it serves you well, I can remember seeing a great
mass of "K" line rolled up in one of the paddock's on one of my Brothers Farms it must have been 100's
of metres long thankfully I was not on site the day it had to be reset out.
Best wishes from NewZealand
Graham
Hey Josh hey to mrs. Stoney Ridge thank you for the video I enjoyed it and misses Stoney Ridge this is for you just keep pushing on don't let life get you down you'll get better woo
Hard to see happy person like you in this crazy world.God bless you!
Very very nice way of watering back where it require......so cool Josh....
“It never hurts to have a little real world activity going on”. The stand-out line of the video. LOL
I toted enough irrigation pipe in my lifetime to know I never want to do it again. At one time I had over one mile of 6 and 8 inch 30 ft long aluminum pipe. We ran hard hose style "travelers" irrigating crops. Thank God for center pivot irrigation.......... Nothing beats rainfall but when it means the difference between surviving and not sometimes you have to tote pipe. Hard times and hard days. Best part was when we got through and the water was flowing you got to jump in the pond to cool off. Hope your wife mends quickly. Broken bones are a pain (no pun intended) . If you want to upgrade your irrigation watch the auctions for aluminum pipe a good pump and a "hard hose" style traveler.
I love when a kit comes with some tools needed.. looked fairly easy just a bit time consuming..
Have a wonderful evening🌻🌻🌻🌻
Good job Josh! Nice to see Mrs Stoney Ridge too...
Looks like a good system. I use a similar pump on my farm, but need to explore different sprinklers to distribute more water
I bought thise cheap sprinkler guns on ebay. The 1.5" is tge best for me..shoots a heavy stream about 100' does not take long to soak the ground.
The walking wounded....award that woman a purple heart!!!!!
Hey Great seeing u Mrs Stoney Ridge hope your arm feels better soon. Thank u guys for sharing.
Excellent Instructor 😀
hope MRS.STONEY RIDGE gets better,, wish i was down in yer neck of the woods as its wet and coold up here in central u.p. of mich, thanks fer the video
I'm in the lp of Michigan. Wet, cold and windy today.
That should work well for you. Its a good investment. Its always nice to see Mrs Stoney Ridge is healing up ok.
We love your channel Josh here in the UK. 🐮🐂🐄🐕🐓🐸🐤🏇🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜
The union goes close to the pump. you can use a piece of plywood for extra sprinklers.
Great system! Y'all looked so happy when it worked.
Good Luck on getting the grass growing at the pond! Praying for rain! we are dry over in the East Tennessee mountains as well!
Hey Josh, just thought I would throw this at you, one thing we have always done is to pull a spike harrow ( which a chain harrow would probably work too) over our pastures after we rotate the cattle off one and move them to another one to help distribute the manure move evenly over the pasture to help with the fertilization process, seems to work really well, been doing it as long as I can remember and I'm 52 now and have never had to buy fertilize! Like I said, just thought I would mention this incase you might be interested in trying when you get cattle.
Okay Josh...you got me! I'm in the process of doing the exact same thing on 80 acres in Alabama.
I've seen one done like that the guy took and put about 10 ft from the pump he put a check valve to keep water in the pipe to keep the pump primed so he wouldn't have to prime it every time did you think about doing that
great idea!
I stayed with ya for over 6 minutes. That’s all I got. Maybe later I’ll try again.
Excellent video, I was just as excited as you were! Something tells me that Popcorn could be pulling this rig in the future! WOOOo!!!
That was cool. Now you have your irrigation system. Really enjoyed the video. Thanks 👍👍👍❤️
Great video, The instructions were very good. I like the results. Cheers
Putting aeriated water back into the pond is a good thing ... Fish love it ... Also if you put the sprinkler pattern to the edge of the pond you will have blank spots on the pond dam because the pattern is round ... Check with local fire department ... Might have a section of old suction hose ... You can also sometimes get old fire hose when they get new ... Also maybe tie suction end to a float or put on a box to keep off the pond bottom ... Silt sucks ... Put a small tool box with primer, glue and tape in every vehicle ... Lol
I have same powerhorse pump for pumping water from our pond. It has run great for about 300 hours, only problems ive had with the pump is #1 they had to send us new bolts and motor mounts for the frame, 2 of them had broke. The 2nd problem we have had with the pump is the exhaust is starting to rust away after about a year, im not sure if its poorly made or what, but they are sending a complete new exhaust now too. My 2nd advise on pumping water from your pond is your gonna what some type of filter or to make a floating suction pipe, if the suction is anywhere near sand it will end up in your sprinkler heads and you will be pulling them apart and cleaning all the time. I can run 3 heads off the pump @ 30 psi or so only 1/2 throttle, i found running the pump any faster just collected more sand in the sprinkler system. After trial and error we just went to a floating suction line and no more sand!
Looking good! Get well soon Mrs. Stoney Ridge!
I have done numerous water systems here in Ontario and the past few years I have used quick couplers, real easy and no air leaks, also used aa honda pump that needs no foot valve, self priming
Great job brother!!
A secondary filter on the outlet line is recommended.
The sprinklers passages are small and can get clogged easily. (Need plastic surgery skill to take apart)
This pump is made to empty flooded basements, an such.
That is a nice system you have purchased and it should make it easy to transfer water from one pond to the next and do it easily. Your wife should know how to operate the system so if something happens to you where you can't move the water around she can do much of that work herself. I like the way you have the lines setup to water the grass and you definitely need the unit setup on a trailer so you all can move it around easily.
Hi Josh you should use a flexible pipe on the inlet with your filter so you can just throw it in the pond I have the same exact pair but I throw mine into the canal
Great job enjoyed that, looks like y’all have fun with everything you do love it !!!!
Here's what works for me, because I have so many things I want to do when I get to the hardware store I see something for a different project and always forget at least 1 thing for the project at hand, just take photos of what you have or maybe that area where the part is missing...just remember to look at your photos while shopping!!!,many gallery app's allow you to create albums, I have shopping list, do list, want list, it's not hard to edit, select and then move the photos to the proper album JUST DO IT!!!
Put a rain shed and sun screen over the pump. You will thank me in a year. You can mount it to the pallet and using some fence hinges design the roof to move out of the way to allow you overhead access if you need it. On the water inlet and outlet you want 2feet of straight pipe before your hoses. This is based on pump best practices. This will help prolong the life of the pump internals.
Good job with the water pump
I would like to make the k-line irrigation system I just saw, but need to know where to buy the pump, poly line, the "pods" etc.
Please help me with it.
google it buddy...and there's a link in the video description for ya
I bought one from amazon came with a heavy duty flexible inlet pipe I bought another longer one and joined them ya can get at an industrial hardware store or hose shop , I added a better metal filter and an old bucket I drilled holes in so it doesn’t clog up as quickly works great that lil filter will clog quickly mine did anyways you will like it crazy how much water those trash pumps move . I use to have one of those lil electric jobs what a joke compared to these happy grass growing !
I was never around it much was too young my granddad had about 20 acres of commercial strawberry 🍓 and sweet corn at that time he used Gorman Rupp pump 6 or 8 inch with an slant 6 chrysler engine for power and for lipt and pressure to irrigate the crops from A drainage ditch that held water year long at the time....
mooo!
rocking..
you can bury a few 6in pipes just under the surface of the top of the dam. the when the rains come, water will exit through those overflow ducts. usually rain maxes out around 3-4 inches per hour. so you can add tunes as needed. the flow per tube can be measured different ways. or calculated from a standard manual. they should be sloped downward about 10 to one to keep flow high. but that includes water height above the pipes hich adds preasure. your milage may vary.
surly the cows know. but they never let on.
..GOOD JOB, WORKS GREAT..GOOD LUCK GROWIN' GRASS...
Could you use this to go down to garden hose? It would that put to much pressure on the pump? I was hoping to do it for watering my garden
Very cool setup. A great way of using your resources. Hope your grass takes root
Great video, nice setup.. I have same pump and I made my own sprinklers out of 20 foot one inch PVC. Drilled two 1/16th holes every 6 inches in a V pattern, flexible tubing in between each 20 foot section I have 8 sections of 20 foot PVC.. I can add more.. I added a T fitting and pressure gauge and full throttle I have 90 psi water pressure. And as of now I'm pumping water 200+ feet to my 8 homemade sprinkler.
Hey there, I had a question about the k line irrigation. How has it been working for you and where we’re you able to purchase it.
Glad to see you are using PVC primer, too many rely on the glue alone, I've seen the consequences. Also as a kiwi I glad to see K-line being used in the States
Guessing the sprinkler buckets/boxes are for protecting the sprinkler head and keeping vegetation away?
What does the pod do.? Does it act like a stand for the sprinkler?
Excellent video Josh! I don't recall hearing it in your vid..., but it's very important to point out that the INLET (suction) side of any water pump is plumbed with solid/rigid pipe and not flexible. Also, You gave that PVC about an hour and 45 minutes WAY too much time to cure. PVC joints need maybe 15 minutes or so to cure before you put the pressure to them. Definitely don't need 2 hours. Hope Mrs. D's wrist is healing nicely... :-)
That’s a nice pump josh
Good to see the missus out and about God bless you both
Hi,
if you collect them silica packages you can use them for all kinds if things,
from keeping seeds dry to keeping/getting front windows of your cars dry..
Joe from Germany
Hi.... Thank you 🎥👍👍👍
Nice kind of irrigation. Cool.
I run my “small engines” on propane, easy conversion. Runs extremely clean. Even my string trimmer and lawn mower (push type) on a 1 pound bottle.
Have you a video on that?
Yep and you can easily refill the small 1lb bottles.
Tobbe Andersson There are multiple videos on this platform. I use a el cheapo torch for the valve. Modified it to accept a pvc hose, run through the fuel fitting on the carburetor.
Awesome setup 👍
Great job Josh. Your farm is going to be green quick. Love watching your videos.
Enjoyed this video Josh. Very interesting, informative, and entertaining as always. Hopefully we will get a little rain this weekend. We certainly need it in northern Durham County. Hope your grass starts growing around the pond.
I've used K-Pods for about 10 years to irrigate most of my pastures. I also have some SEME "River" guns for certain areas. The K-Pods work nicely but I quickly found it was a pain to move the feeder pipes and pods once the sprinkled areas were done. With that in mind we trenched in several feeder lines about 2 feet below the surface and planted the quick disconnects in pressure treated wooden boxes about 2" to 3" below ground level so i did not have to worry about mowing them off or driving over them. I use a leaf blower to clean them out each Spring. Now we only have to move shorter sections of pipe and pods. Also, each year I have added 4 or 5 pods so now I do not have to move them much except to mow. Each "stringer" line is color coded so I know which ones go where. When one area is sufficiently water I then switch to another area just by diverting the flow with valves. If i feel I need to move some pods I let the finished area dry out a little so I'm not slipping and sliding in the soaked areas around the pods.
Also, you will find that the cleanest water (the water with the least amount of floating debris) is usually 2" to 3" below the pond's surface. I fabricated a floating pick up from a small car tire inner tube and some aluminium strips and regulate the pick up ends filter depth by changing the amount of air in the tube. You can buy commercial floats but they will cost about a whole months allowance! For about 15 bucks you can make your own and it accomplishes the same task.
BTW, I also got tired of having to remember to fill the gas tank on the pump so I mounted the pump on a two wheeled trailer along with a 15 gallon aluminium "hot rod" gas tank I bought off of the internet. Now it can run 20 hours plus before I need to refuel it. Now i have to remember to set the alarm on my smart phone to remember when to chage irrigation areas. I also mounted and piped a 30 gallon plastic water tank on the trailer for priming the pump. Once it is primed I fill the priming container with H2O directly from the pump so if it somehow loses prime there is plenty of water to re-prime it. Using a check valve next to the floating pick up is a good idea so if you shut down the pump to refuel you don't lose the prime.
Give a lazy man a job and I will find the easiest way to do it!
Which pump did you find works best?
Should the spacing not be 46 feet between each unit, if the spray radius is 23 ft?
Sensible to have some overlap for full coverage
Lawn sprinkler systems should spray head to head or you get dry spots so if 23’ is the distance a head can spray then they should have been 23’ apart.
I like the concept, but how will it work in knee deep or taller pasture grasses or hay like the K-Line web site say's that it will? The sprinkler heads are to low to the ground in my mind. I can see it working fine in an orchard situation where grasses are kept mowed low or on a lawn... Please give us an update after a few on this system!!! Thanks! :)
Thanks for the great video.
I’m going to die the basic design you have here, but I’m also going to put a foot valve on the pvc pipe in the pond right at the screener.
We've been in a drought here in Maryland also for the past 6 weeks. Very little rain. Your setup looks good. Keep up the good work! 😉👍🏾
Very nice and simple set-up. Looks great!
To prime the pump. I put a “Tee” with a riser/ upwards piece of pipe with a threaded cap about halfway between the pump and the water supply. . I unscrew the cap and use a bucket to fill the pipe . Thread the cap back On Abd your good
You may want to think Hydroseeding for the bare area. Still would need to water with no rain but it establishes much quicker than just seed being tossed out plus it will hold the soil from washing until you get vegetation. Do like the watering pods👍👍
What a good feeling . Your just beaming.🤠
What type of irrigation system is recommended for a tree farm?
Hi from Oamaru New Zealand. We deal with a 4200 acre dairy farm in dry country which uses a combination of center pivot and K-line. They have 2 Can-Am Defenders shifting these 16 hrs per day.
THEY WERE MADE IN WAIMATE south Canterbury New Zealand by the KIRK family . they tow them with the 4x4 motor bikes .mainly on dairy farms were the centre pivots don't reach .
Also located in NC, just a bit east of you. Got our first two cows and are struggle to maintain good forages during periods of drought. Was thinking about a similar pump and a large spray gun to water a few acres. Trying to come up with a good system. Do you have any experience with that?
Living vicariously through your videos here in Orlando. Fitting was a 45 degree coupling. Use Teflon paste, so much easier. Float the screen on a jug, very easy. Get a set of ratcheting PVC cutters. Your pots are way too far apart to allow for significant overlap. You’re going to have green circles. Loving your videos so much. Keep up the good work. 👍
That seems like a pretty good setup Josh, hope it serves you well! That pump will also provide emergency fire fighting capabilities!
save the desiccant packages and put them in your tool boxes.
Or beans storage... or rice... but I guess most preppers use oxygenators to remove air...😳?
Good job and thanks for the video. Can you share any details about your pond? Dimensions, depth, cost, liner, etc? Thanks again! 😊
I don't know if you know this but if you let cows get to your pond they will knock down any banks around it. Plus you said keep all the stuff out of the pond for clean water. Summer time all the cows will live in the pond belly or back deep. I hope you get grass to grow soon.
nice to see the kiwi products in the states. do you have the 1000lt (dont know what that is in gallons) icp pallet tanks? we put them on a small trailer with the pump hooked up so you can run as a small tanker.
Another awesome job Josh. 👍🏻
Don't know about your pump, but mine had straight pipe threads, not tapered. There's a big difference and I couldn't get my pump to prime until I got the correct NPS(national pipe straight) fittings. NPT(national pipe tapered) is what you're most likely to find on the shelves at the big box store.
really liking your video's. noticed you used fdh (fire department hose?) fittings on your hose, wouldnt it be cheaper and easier to come by camlock (quick connects)? so I was wondering what the pot looking things around the sprinklers are all about but after watching im guessing thats all about protecting keeping the sprinkler heads up right when moving? any how thanks for the vid.
Yep...I put camlock connects on the end of the hose
The pods are to stop the cows braking the sprinkler heads if you forget to remove the system before putting cows in and to make it easier to move. I'm a ex farmer in New Zealand and have used this setup alot