Any consensus on what's the best brand of sprinkler heads? I've got
Hunter brand and every couple years I have to replace 20% of them
because they no longer will pop up and then the lawn gets brown spots
all over the place.

On Sat, 09 Jun 2012 16:27:16 -0700, Ashton Crusher
wrote:

Any consensus on what's the best brand of sprinkler heads? I've got
Hunter brand and every couple years I have to replace 20% of them
because they no longer will pop up and then the lawn gets brown spots
all over the place.

Hunter brand is a good sprinkler head..at least mine have been for
years. Clean them instead of replacing. You CAN buy parts as needed
for repair.

If you adjust the sprinkler heads there should be no "brown spots".
Think routine maintenance in the lawn irrigation system.

Ashton Crusher wrote:
Any consensus on what's the best brand of sprinkler heads? I've got
Hunter brand and every couple years I have to replace 20% of them
because they no longer will pop up and then the lawn gets brown spots
all over the place.

When my sprinkler heads no longer pop up, I pull out the grass around them to
free them up, then they work fine.
Mine are about 20 yo "Rainjet" brand, IIRC. Last time I looked, they didn't seem
to be available anymore. I hope they keep working. These one are nice, because
they throw big drops which evaporate less and aren't as affected by wind.

Ashton Crusher wrote:

Any consensus on what's the best brand of sprinkler heads? I've
got Hunter brand and every couple years I have to replace 20% of
them because they no longer will pop up

At $Dayjob, I believe a sprinkler system was installed in 1999, and it
had all Hunter sprinkler heads (about 3 or 4 dozen of them).

About a dozen of them have been replaced over the past 2 years. Not
because they don't pop up (they always pop up). They stop rotating
through their pre-set pattern (they stop at one end of their rotation
sweep and fail to reverse direction). For smaller areas, they've been
replaced with heads that don't turn.

I think Simplex Grinnell had a good reputation. Why would you use a fire
supression system on your lawn?

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"Ashton Crusher" wrote in message
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Any consensus on what's the best brand of sprinkler heads? I've got
Hunter brand and every couple years I have to replace 20% of them
because they no longer will pop up and then the lawn gets brown spots
all over the place.

On Sat, 09 Jun 2012 16:27:16 -0700, Ashton Crusher
wrote:

Any consensus on what's the best brand of sprinkler heads? I've got
Hunter brand and every couple years I have to replace 20% of them
because they no longer will pop up and then the lawn gets brown spots
all over the place.


Usually mine last about 10 to 11 years before needing replacement.
Usually when they act up prior to that age, I spray WD-40 around the
exposed head and then try to pop it down. In most cases that does the
trick for a couple of years. I also watched when I had mine serviced
by the pros and bought the same shovel so when I do it myself, I
disturb less grass area.

On Jun 9, 7:37*pm, Oren wrote:
On Sat, 09 Jun 2012 16:27:16 -0700, Ashton Crusher
wrote:

Any consensus on what's the best brand of sprinkler heads? *I've got
Hunter brand and every couple years I have to replace 20% of them
because they no longer will pop up and then the lawn gets brown spots
all over the place.

Hunter brand is a good sprinkler head..at least mine have been for
years. Clean them instead of replacing. You CAN buy parts as needed
for repair.

If you adjust the sprinkler heads there should be no "brown spots".
Think routine maintenance in the lawn irrigation system.


I use Hunter too and don't know of anything better. Have experience
with Rainbird and Irritrol and they seem no better, maybe worse.
On a system with say 10 heads, its not unusual to have to replace
maybe 1 or two a year. It probably also depends on the climate.
I live where it freezes and even though they are drained, I would
suspect some water left behind could be a factor.

As for cleaning them, what's to clean? When my rotors go bad it's
always because they stop rotating, ie something is kaput with the
internal drive mechanism that you can't access. And parts?
Why would you want to fool around with trying to fix them when
you can buy a whole new rotor for $9? More basic heads are
half that cost.

On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 06:01:19 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

On Jun 9, 7:37*pm, Oren wrote:
On Sat, 09 Jun 2012 16:27:16 -0700, Ashton Crusher
wrote:

Any consensus on what's the best brand of sprinkler heads? *I've got
Hunter brand and every couple years I have to replace 20% of them
because they no longer will pop up and then the lawn gets brown spots
all over the place.

Hunter brand is a good sprinkler head..at least mine have been for
years. Clean them instead of replacing. You CAN buy parts as needed
for repair.

If you adjust the sprinkler heads there should be no "brown spots".
Think routine maintenance in the lawn irrigation system.


I use Hunter too and don't know of anything better. Have experience
with Rainbird and Irritrol and they seem no better, maybe worse.
On a system with say 10 heads, its not unusual to have to replace
maybe 1 or two a year. It probably also depends on the climate.
I live where it freezes and even though they are drained, I would
suspect some water left behind could be a factor.

As for cleaning them, what's to clean? When my rotors go bad it's
always because they stop rotating, ie something is kaput with the
internal drive mechanism that you can't access. And parts?
Why would you want to fool around with trying to fix them when
you can buy a whole new rotor for $9? More basic heads are
half that cost.

Sometimes they may have small rocks or sand, etc., in the sprinkler
head. Using a conical shaped screen will prevent the rocks for the
most part. I have seen them not pop up when rocks are in the pipe.
Just a little cleaning fixes this.

As far parts, I tend to keep old heads. springs, nozzles, seal, etc.

I like the gear drives for big areas, and the ones with the brass heads,
either Orbit or Rainbird or Toro for smaller spray areas. But the ones with
the brass heads seem to do better for me than those plastic ones.

Steve

"Doug" wrote in message
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On Sat, 09 Jun 2012 16:27:16 -0700, Ashton Crusher
wrote:

Any consensus on what's the best brand of sprinkler heads? I've got
Hunter brand and every couple years I have to replace 20% of them
because they no longer will pop up and then the lawn gets brown spots
all over the place.


Usually mine last about 10 to 11 years before needing replacement.
Usually when they act up prior to that age, I spray WD-40 around the
exposed head and then try to pop it down. In most cases that does the
trick for a couple of years. I also watched when I had mine serviced
by the pros and bought the same shovel so when I do it myself, I
disturb less grass area.

How did you get them to sell it to you? Didn't they need it for the next
job?

Steve

"Oren" wrote

Sometimes they may have small rocks or sand, etc., in the sprinkler
head. Using a conical shaped screen will prevent the rocks for the
most part. I have seen them not pop up when rocks are in the pipe.
Just a little cleaning fixes this.

As far parts, I tend to keep old heads. springs, nozzles, seal, etc.

I have an in line one inch filter. About as big as two quart mason jars
stacked on top of each other. I was having a problem with one of my valves,
and on disassembly, found a snail shell. My ag water is not filtered very
well. This is doing the trick, although I may go to a smaller mesh, and
more frequent cleanings. My problem is the slime that comes through, as
well as rocks and shells. Yesterday, I had to disassemble my line of big
gear drives, flush the lines out, and reinstall the cleaned drives. Worked
like a charm. Now have to install 2 hp booster pump for times when my
pressure is low due to being at the end of the line.

And as for keeping spare parts, we don't throw away anything here at Green
Acres. Hooterville is twenty miles away. And the store in Pixley is always
closed.

Steve

On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 08:14:30 -0700, "Steve B"
wrote:


"Oren" wrote

Sometimes they may have small rocks or sand, etc., in the sprinkler
head. Using a conical shaped screen will prevent the rocks for the
most part. I have seen them not pop up when rocks are in the pipe.
Just a little cleaning fixes this.

As far parts, I tend to keep old heads. springs, nozzles, seal, etc.

I have an in line one inch filter. About as big as two quart mason jars
stacked on top of each other. I was having a problem with one of my valves,
and on disassembly, found a snail shell. My ag water is not filtered very
well. This is doing the trick, although I may go to a smaller mesh, and
more frequent cleanings. My problem is the slime that comes through, as
well as rocks and shells. Yesterday, I had to disassemble my line of big
gear drives, flush the lines out, and reinstall the cleaned drives. Worked
like a charm. Now have to install 2 hp booster pump for times when my
pressure is low due to being at the end of the line.

And as for keeping spare parts, we don't throw away anything here at Green
Acres. Hooterville is twenty miles away. And the store in Pixley is always
closed.

Steve


Never, ever, mention bacon around Arnold. He gets self-conscience :-\

My neighbor came over a few weeks back. "I need one of these but a
little longer", he said. Opened the homer bucket with irrigation
parts and gave him an irrigation riser already cut to the size he
needed.

He has a cabin somewhere near you in Utah. This part was for his lawn
sprinkler system, next door to me.

On Sat, 09 Jun 2012 21:08:15 -0400, Home Guy wrote:

Ashton Crusher wrote:

Any consensus on what's the best brand of sprinkler heads? I've
got Hunter brand and every couple years I have to replace 20% of
them because they no longer will pop up

At $Dayjob, I believe a sprinkler system was installed in 1999, and it
had all Hunter sprinkler heads (about 3 or 4 dozen of them).

About a dozen of them have been replaced over the past 2 years. Not
because they don't pop up (they always pop up). They stop rotating
through their pre-set pattern (they stop at one end of their rotation
sweep and fail to reverse direction). For smaller areas, they've been
replaced with heads that don't turn.

All my heads are just the simple non-mechanical type with a 15' throw.
They just pop up and spray and you can adjust the spray anywhere from
0 to 360 degrees.

On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 08:10:30 -0700, "Steve B"
wrote:


"Doug" wrote in message
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On Sat, 09 Jun 2012 16:27:16 -0700, Ashton Crusher
wrote:

Any consensus on what's the best brand of sprinkler heads? I've got
Hunter brand and every couple years I have to replace 20% of them
because they no longer will pop up and then the lawn gets brown spots
all over the place.


Usually mine last about 10 to 11 years before needing replacement.
Usually when they act up prior to that age, I spray WD-40 around the
exposed head and then try to pop it down. In most cases that does the
trick for a couple of years. I also watched when I had mine serviced
by the pros and bought the same shovel so when I do it myself, I
disturb less grass area.

How did you get them to sell it to you? Didn't they need it for the next
job?

Steve


When I say same I didn't mean it literally... I meant identical. And
I think I got mine from Walmart then.

On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:23:59 -0500, "Doug"
wrote:

trick for a couple of years. I also watched when I had mine serviced
by the pros and bought the same shovel so when I do it myself, I
disturb less grass area.

How did you get them to sell it to you? Didn't they need it for the next
job?

Steve


When I say same I didn't mean it literally... I meant identical. And
I think I got mine from Walmart then.

Steve was joshin' you. Now I'm interested in how you bought an
"identical" product at Walmart.

Twins separated at the factory? G

On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:48:58 -0700, Oren wrote:

On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:23:59 -0500, "Doug"
wrote:

trick for a couple of years. I also watched when I had mine serviced
by the pros and bought the same shovel so when I do it myself, I
disturb less grass area.

How did you get them to sell it to you? Didn't they need it for the next
job?

Steve


When I say same I didn't mean it literally... I meant identical. And
I think I got mine from Walmart then.

Steve was joshin' you. Now I'm interested in how you bought an
"identical" product at Walmart.

Twins separated at the factory? G


Never mind, I made up the whole story and don't have any underground
sprinkler or even a home. I live in a cave now G !!

"Oren" wrote


Never, ever, mention bacon around Arnold. He gets self-conscience :-\

Wiki has a nice article about Green Acres, as well as some others that give
a lot of depth to explain many of the things that happened on the show.
There was a LOT of things behind the scenes that never got told.

Arnold was one of about six pigs used on the series. One was even spotted,
but no one really noticed. And one was female, with obvious external
equipment.

Gawd, I loved that show.

The really long article with all the short stories is a very interesting
read.

Steve