This something different and the little spray heads could be a lot of work like you said because of the very small inlet hole to the nozzle. When you showed the catalogs, memories came to me as I had that 1976 Moody catalog. Thank you for sharing this.
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.
Wow sweet video was in a rush to get to the shop when your video came on started watching for a second then had to sit down to watch the whole thing!......awesome
You son of a gun. You’ve done the birth of overhead irrigation from the 1800’s, and it’s your home system. Then you pulled out a Moody part that worked with this style. I had no idea they were even involved in this style of irrigation. I’m sure you’re aware that some of these were able to oscillate, too. I wonder what decade these were installed out there? I have questions. Watch your inbox. This is the best historical irrigation video. Hands down.
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….
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.
Nice system! Neat little misting sprinklers, reminds me of my small brass propagation misting heads.
Thank you
This something different and the little spray heads could be a lot of work like you said because of the very small inlet hole to the nozzle. When you showed the catalogs, memories came to me as I had that 1976 Moody catalog. Thank you for sharing this.
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.
Wow sweet video was in a rush to get to the shop when your video came on started watching for a second then had to sit down to watch the whole thing!......awesome
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching…
You son of a gun. You’ve done the birth of overhead irrigation from the 1800’s, and it’s your home system. Then you pulled out a Moody part that worked with this style. I had no idea they were even involved in this style of irrigation. I’m sure you’re aware that some of these were able to oscillate, too. I wonder what decade these were installed out there? I have questions. Watch your inbox. This is the best historical irrigation video. Hands down.
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….
Do you think adding a drip filter could prevent them from clogging?
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.