On 12/31/20 5:39 AM, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Tue, 29 Dec 2020 10:58:01 -0600, Dean Hoffman
wrote:

Blame Nebraskans. A list of some things invented
in Nebraska:
https://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/12-things-invented-in-nebraska/collection_9317c5df-fcee-5a73-9891-6e4c1d3cabf7.html#anchor_item_5
Some big city type must've written this. There is no mention of
center pivots.

I looked up center pivots. Pretty interesting. I've seen them of
course but didn't know what they were called.

I spent my working years around them. Pivot work is a dead end
job but it put
food on my table. Being outside is a plus most days. I got to work
alone most
of the time.
Most irrigation in my area was furrow irrigation using gated pipe
back in the 1970s. That required ground that was leveled for the water
to flow. People had to lay the pipe out each year on the higher end,
then open and close the gates as the water reached the low end. Picking
up the pipe was another job at the end of the irrigation season.
That took a lot of time plus limited what ground could be irrigated.
It wasn't all that
efficient. Even the old water drives could be used on more uneven ground.