Originally Posted by
DakotaRog
Abuilder- I'm assuming by "tractored Afarmes" you mean the wheels the move the rig. I've never walked one off but been by a lot. I would say no more than 50+ meters between them so in a quarter-mile pivot there would be about 10 give or take a couple. Let's see how wrong I'm...
Most of the "pivots" as we call them in this area cover a square quarter section and have 7 towers (A-frames) with wheels. They're all electric nowdays and have done away with the old water drive. Some have the corner systems that will allow the corners to be irrigated also.....covering about 130 acrea. Otherwise they will water 110 acres.
Fire danger is extreme right now (although it snowed today). We've already had fires burning out of control and the Fire Dept. has better things to do. I always carry a garden sprayer and believe it or not, they will put out alot of fire in certain circumstances. I always thought it would be beneficial to rig up a sprayer on my pickup; powered by a generator. Patriot, look on YouTube. There's some advice about taking down those pivots. Beware of the stress on the spans
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