The land maintenance, non-chainsaw thread

**The Reverend Floater** · 08-21-2017, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by DoWork

Whoawhoawhoawhoa... a tractor got bought and you didn't make the call?

What the fuck, man? I'm glad you're happy with it but that's fucked up. I hope she's somewhere standing with her nose in a corner right now, sheeeeesh!

Everybody just relax. Let's not forget there's about a ~ $17K difference between a Kubota with loader and my little lawn carrot.

By "someday," I mean when my strategy of complaining about snow pile berms results in my wife "suggesting" we need something to deal with it. She's already got the plow truck stuck twice when I was out of town, so I figure one or two more episodes and she'll tell me to deal with it. And I will.

**TAFKALVS** · 08-21-2017, 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by The Reverend Floater

Everybody just relax. Let's not forget there's about a ~ $17K difference between a Kubota with loader and my little lawn carrot.

By "someday," I mean when my strategy of complaining about snow pile berms results in my wife "suggesting" we need something to deal with it. She's already got the plow truck stuck twice when I was out of town, so I figure one or two more episodes and she'll tell me to deal with it. And I will.

I think you should get a bulldozer.

**muted** · 08-21-2017, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by XXX-er

I got a gas trimmer that came with the house , run fresh premium, put fuel stabilizer in all the motors every fall and everything runs fine, duno what you dentists are doing but maybe you should just hire garden ers

Glad you are happy with yours, but your story is only relevant to you, you know that?

**hawkgt** · 08-21-2017, 02:57 PM

Originally Posted by Leavenworth Skier

I think you should get a bulldozer.

agreed, I submit to you.......

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comes with the optional "wife protection package", dealer installed

**TAFKALVS** · 08-21-2017, 03:41 PM

Originally Posted by hawkgt

agreed, I submit to you.......

comes with the optional "wife protection package", dealer installed

You can move the whole road if needed.

**XXX-er** · 08-21-2017, 06:00 PM

Originally Posted by muted

Glad you are happy with yours, but your story is only relevant to you, you know that?

yes of course but the question is what did you fuck up that you can't get a string trimmer to run ... its not rocket biology

**muted** · 08-21-2017, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by XXX-er

yes of course but the question is what did you fuck up that you can't get a string trimmer to run ... its not rocket biology

(Erasing my pissy response)

**muted** · 08-21-2017, 06:14 PM

Anyways, enough bickering about my lack of manliness, let's keep this focused on bulldozers.

**XXX-er** · 08-22-2017, 09:42 PM

I used to have a neighbor who was a HD mechanic, he was given the task at a trucking yard of maintaining a big rack of small engines and every single one of them was fucked. He figured out that what happened was people would grab a pump or a generator or whatever, if it didn't start just put it back on the rack and find one that would start except pretty soon nothing would start

he got em all running and instituted a policy that ALL fuel used in his motors shall have fuel conditioner added to the fuel because maybe an engine gets used or maybe it sits there for a year before some one trys to start it SO all his small engine problems went away by using fuel conditioner

I always got time to properly fuel my motors but I ain't got time to work on them

buldozer for yard work ... compensating for something eh?

**riser4** · 09-08-2017, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by XXX-er

buldozer for yard work ... compensating for something eh?

Either that or it is just really fun to rip giant holes in the ground.

**sirbumpsalot** · 09-08-2017, 12:01 PM

Sprinkler Question: I have all those Rainbird 5000 popups in a new house I moved into and they all shoot a stream out 10-12ft and then spray a one foot wide path from there - creating a bunch of brown donuts in my yard.

Is it the nozzle? When I adjust the screw, it just lowers the radius, which means I will start getting larger brown donuts.

Can't find any advice on the web, but rainbird advertises a "curtain" of spray from the head to the end of the stream...why am I not getting this?

**highangle** · 09-09-2017, 12:26 AM

Originally Posted by sirbumpsalot

Sprinkler Question: I have all those Rainbird 5000 popups in a new house I moved into and they all shoot a stream out 10-12ft and then spray a one foot wide path from there - creating a bunch of brown donuts in my yard.

Is it the nozzle? When I adjust the screw, it just lowers the radius, which means I will start getting larger brown donuts.

Can't find any advice on the web, but rainbird advertises a "curtain" of spray from the head to the end of the stream...why am I not getting this?

HAARP!

**TacocaT** · 09-09-2017, 12:34 AM

Standing opposite of the spray. Front screw adjust the radius/ distance of the spray pattern. back screw adjust the swing. I think the stop is on the left so twist it to the stop then adjust the screw to move the stop point.

**Flyoverland Captive** · 09-09-2017, 12:38 AM

You can also replace the little "plate" with the groove in it that the water sprays through to get different patterns/distances/water volumes. See a local irrigation store; I got a few dozen sets free from a place near me.

**Flyoverland Captive** · 09-09-2017, 01:11 AM

Btw, 5000's should throw more than 10-12'. Their website says 25-50'. Are you on city water or a well?

**neufox47** · 09-09-2017, 02:16 PM

Wrong thread

**sirbumpsalot** · 09-11-2017, 11:13 AM

Originally Posted by Flyoverland Captive

Btw, 5000's should throw more than 10-12'. Their website says 25-50'. Are you on city water or a well?

City water....perhaps this is my problem...low pressure? I will open a unit and see if the nozzle/filter is clogged first and then check the water coming in to the property. Saw a neighbors sprinklers this morning and they are spraying uniformly over a similar distance 10-15 feet.

Thanks

**Flyoverland Captive** · 09-11-2017, 11:45 AM

I'm on city water too; it turns out the valve on the water meter is only 3/4", so it severely restricts my water flow in periods of high demand (i.e. watering the lawn). Weak pressure means the sprinkler heads don't spray evenly.

Get a cheap pressure gauge (I got an Orbit gauge at Lowes for $10). Put it on a hose bib, and note the pressure. Now turn on your sprinklers; does the pressure drop? In my case, it goes from 30 to zero instantly. I need to add a booster pump to get everything to work properly.

If you do have low pressure, and can't correct it, you'll need low-pressure nozzles.

**sirbumpsalot** · 09-11-2017, 05:02 PM

Originally Posted by Flyoverland Captive

I'm on city water too; it turns out the valve on the water meter is only 3/4", so it severely restricts my water flow in periods of high demand (i.e. watering the lawn). Weak pressure means the sprinkler heads don't spray evenly.

Get a cheap pressure gauge (I got an Orbit gauge at Lowes for $10). Put it on a hose bib, and note the pressure. Now turn on your sprinklers; does the pressure drop? In my case, it goes from 30 to zero instantly. I need to add a booster pump to get everything to work properly.

If you do have low pressure, and can't correct it, you'll need low-pressure nozzles.

Thanks for the tips. I have a couple nozzle trees coming from HD to test. If that works I will buy more. Will gauge the system too and see psi reading. Maybe I will spring for a new popup and see if that helps. Lord only knows how old the ones installed are. Yard has many different types and baured garden hoses and valves everywhere. Previous owners hacked it all together.

**Flyoverland Captive** · 09-12-2017, 11:02 AM

Are the sprinklers on their own zone, or does other shit come on at the same time? The guy who designed my system had bubblers, drippers, and pop-ups (14!) all on one zone. Took me a long time to get it down to 7 pop-ups on their own zone. Major improvement.

**sirbumpsalot** · 09-12-2017, 12:40 PM

There are 9 zones and I have yet to sit down and plot out whats on what yet, but it appears that each zone with the rainbird 5000's can have 4-6 on at a time and the problem doesn't differ on the zones where that is the only thing on and if there are other items (sprayers, drippers, etc)

**bodywhomper** · 03-27-2018, 07:23 PM

Tarps. I'm getting tired of dragging poly tarps (usually with slash) and leaving strands of ripstop plastic on the property. Also, the plastic seems to breakdown pretty quick in the sun covering things usually covered for wet weather. Are canvas tarps a solution? What kind?

**bodywhomper** · 04-09-2018, 09:08 PM

This has been my favorite (nonchainsaw) tool lately. Been using it currently for casual scotch broom hacking along my neighborhood road. Catching them right before they bloom.

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**bodywhomper** · 08-11-2018, 11:56 AM

Bump

We want to hardscape immediately adjacent to our structures for wildfire safety. Anybody care to share techniques?

We get a lot of wind events that will deposit leaves and needles against the structures. I’d like to be able to easily rake away/collect this detritus without raking away or spreading the hardscape material. My experience is that gravel may not work well for this application. My research so far is also steering me away from landscape fabric (and has reminded me about my own frustrations dealing with old fabric).

Thought and prayers?
Cheers