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Thank you for the great comments. I thought it would be worthy to demonstrate the 2 options that this particular sprinkler could do coming off the shelf. Being used in a block of heads or the normally open hydraulic valve in head independent use. Thanks for watching…

Thanks for your comments. I don’t know if there were any other manufacture that might have produced the cast bronze adapter. However, I do have some other older champion lawn sprays that seem consistent of an older type of cast bronze castings. Thanks for watching…

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@@NelsonBigGunP200Fan Thank you for the comments. I think in today’s world, that pretty much everything is in electric. The toro head you had seen in the video is from 1982. At the time there still some hydraulic systems out there. So I would say (without seeing it) at your golf course location that it’s a safe bet that it’s possibly a computer electronics system with the VIH models. Good luck in getting your Rainbird eagle 950. Thanks for watching…

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Forgot the 670. Blank them, too, but I’d love to see one. 😉

Bill, thank you for your comments! We did not have a lot of Toro turf products where I used to work. Toro was introducing the 640 series back in the 70’/80’s and they were in their infancy. The ones we did get did not hold up well at all under the constant pounding they were getting under our heavy athletic fields usage and quickly found them to be a maintenance headache. So we put back the Buckner, Thompson turf sprinklers that could take the pounding and be so much more vandal resistant. Thanks for watching!…

I did the same. I could watch them for a long time… Thanks for watching

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I have a full 1” water main with the city street pressure (115/120# pressure with no regulator) for my irrigation system coming to my property with a full flow 3/4” garden hose Bibb and full flow 3/4” garden hose. So I get the maximum water supply which of course works great with this type of sprinkler. Thank you for the comments and for watching…

@@oldschoolsprinklers9000 how did you build the base to fit that rotor? If I may ask.

I built a portable sprinkler stand manifold from galvanized pipe and fittings with various size risers including 1”, 3/4” and 1/2” to accommodate whatever size I need for the particular sprinkler that I am featuring. Each riser has an independent valve on it to control them on or off independently. The entire manifold is supplied with a 3/4” hose to pipe connection.

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It is surprising of how good of a spray it gives. This 120 does not have a flow adjustment screw. I will have to look for a 122 and note the comparison. I could see it being a clogging issue. Maybe to install a fine mesh inline filter on the line could be helpful. Thank you for your comments and for watching…

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Thanks Bill, they were really putting out a nice coverage!

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These brass Thompson sprinklers stand the test of time. All they really need is an occasional cleaning of the screens of debris. I have known these people for a very long time being very close friends of the family. Thank for the comments and for watching…

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They can really create a fogging effect with very high pressure. Thanks for watching…

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Thank you for the comments. These type of strip sprays do have a nice coverage like a vertical fan. As hot as it has been here, I have used it to cool off at times. Very convenient!! Lol

Thank you for the comments. Back in the day, these type of spray heads were very plentiful and they really did the job. As a demonstration, I open the valve up all the way to show how they can over mist. That is typically not the best to water. Normally keeping the pressure down somewhat to not mist is the best. Thanks for watching…

Thank you Bill for the comments. For whatever reason out of nowhere, I just thought about raising the height this morning just to see how it looks. I think it’s hit! We will probably be seeing a few more episodes with them in place! Thanks for watching…

Thank you for your comments. I do have several of these in storage. Yes, it would make a great view of them running together. Thanks for watching…

I was just lucky to come across this one. You never know where or when one of those will show up.

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Thank you for the warm greetings from Germany! Here is warm greetings right back to you from the west coast of the USA, the Los Angeles area in particular. You also have a wonderful history of irrigation which I find very interesting indeed…. I do not know who was first with this kind of system or who copied who. Of all the information that I could find on Charles Skinner was he had developed this type of system in the late 1890’s. His primary purpose was to find an easier way to irrigate his farm that he had. Yes I would be very interested in the pictures and brochures and will contact Bill. Thank you for the great comments and for watching!…

I like the movie set idea!! Thank you for your comments and for watching!…

Thank you for your comments. I had discovered that I had these Thompson misters at a forgotten place in my garage. Thought it would interesting to display them along with the Spraying systems heads as a comparison. Thanks for watching…

Thank you for your comments. Yes, you are correct! The spraying systems heads could most definitely be mounted upside down. They would work just fine that way. Thanks for watching…

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Thank you for your comments.. Yes! The Thompson heads just seem like to run fine for a very long time. That’s why I choose them for this system. It’s no wonder they were made for many decades. The original controller that was installed with this current system was a 12 station “Irritrol” controller. Before that was either a “Intermatic, Lawn Genie or Richdel” (not sure which one) electro mechanical controller when I installed the new system back in the 90’s. It has now been replaced with a newer updated controller that can be programmed and operated thru a cell phone app. It’s very convenient when checking the sprinkler operation conditions in the field without having to keep going back and fourth to the controller. Thank you for watching..

Thanks for your comments. I do believe that the internal parts are worn out and need replacement. Those parts are not available. I suppose that if one had the time and the resources, you could make the new parts and get it operational again. Thanks for watching…

Thank you for the comments. It was a very special treat to come back and still see everything working nicely. Thanks for watching…

Thanks for you comments. Yes it could run on lower pressure and still get the job done. This was only a 10 foot piece of pipe. Very short as in comparison on the bigger installations back in the day with often hundreds of feet long at a time. This was still done with galvanized pipe. Very impressive and efficient at the time. Thanks for watching..

Thank you for the wonderful comments! Along with that, a big thank you Bill for sending the copy of the 1927 Skinner Catalog that I was able to add into this video. It was really a great addition which helped make it complete as possible within my limits of being a videographer. Thanks for watching!!

Thank you for your comments and for watching. Yes you can thread various PVC items and it sometimes could be tricky. Care was sometimes needed as to not to tear the threads…..

Thank you for your comments. Back in the day, Charles Skinner invented the automatic oscillator to put on the skinner piping to do the movement. It was very effective in the day and yes, I do believe that it was the precursor to the modern oscillator sprinkler that you can still get today to put on your garden hose. This was a fun little project that I thought it was worth doing.

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Thank you for your incredible compliments!! After I had bought my house back in the early 90’s, I was pretty heavily involved in a lot of irrigation industry work….My yard needed a complete redo in the sprinkler system. So when I was redoing my yard I wanted to incorporate a lot of those systems with all the various sprinkler heads from the industry I was currently working in. I loved every aspect of it at that time including servicing the “Skinner Piping Systems”. So that’s when I installed the “Skinner Piping” on the slope in my yard along with some Rainbirds on galvanized risers in the grass area and some pop up lawns sprays on others areas. I’m sure you will be seeing some of these in the future videos…..I have seen some skinner systems that did oscillate back in my childhood years. There were countless skinner line piping systems along freeway slopes in the Southern California Los Angeles area that was built in the 50’s/60’s and I remember most all of them working back in the 60’s/70’s. After that period they were slowly being phase out for other type of gear driven rotors/brass impact heads…. I have not been able to find the “Moody” swivel union in any of my catalogs. But it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist. I’m sure that there other manufacturers that did as well. I may still find something in the future as for I have approximately a 2 foot stack in catalogs that I’m still going thru and often get surprised in the items there. If you looking for some particular items from different catalogs, let me know. I’m only glad to help keep the history alive in this great industry. Thanks again for your incredible comments and thanks for watching….

Thank you for your comments. I have noticed over the years of maintaining these types of systems, that the more the system is in continuous use, the better of not needing as much maintenance was needed. It kept the water flowing and the interior of the piping stayed cleaner. Glad you enjoyed the catalogs and thanks for watching.

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It probably would not hurt. But usually most of the clogs come from mineral scaling from the water building up in the nozzles causing the problem. Some of it is also rust from inside the galvanized piping as well and finally believe it or not, I’ve seen ants and other insects actually crawling thru the nozzles building the nests inside clogging them up. Thanks for the great comments and thanks for watching.

Yes I have several other #40’s and noticed some slight variations as well. I will be posting a video of them as soon as I make some repairs them. Thanks for the comments and for watching