THE Vibratory Plow

Today we "plowed" through some small irrigation improvements that we have been dreaming of for some time. There were a few spots around the course where we were lacking station wires for additional sprinklers, so we decided to rip in the wires with a small pipe puller.  This particular machine is capable of 12" depth max, which isn't suitable for most irrigation projects we do here, but for ripping in wires in out of play areas it works just fine.  While we had the machine, we ripped in a bunch of poly lines for future additions.  The pipe can function as a sleeve for wires or can be saddled with small sprinklers operated by an electric valve.  Overall it went pretty well and we pulled about 1300 ft of poly today. 

This little guy maneuvers quite well in tight areas and certainly eliminates a lot of the aches and pains of open trenching.  It is however limited by rock and tree roots, which have to be chopped out and removed in order to continue.

       

The majority of our irrigation system is made up of PVC pipe 2" and larger, but small areas where large sprinklers aren't an option,  poly pipe offers and easy and economical solution.  We will complete each of these projects as time and budget allow, but in the meantime the pipe will remain buried and the small slit left behind should heal with a little sand and seed and more wheel packing.  We will talk more about some of our improvements later this summer after some of they have been completed.