I just got a tractor water sprinkler from my grandma who passed and I'm really excited about using it, except for the simple fact I can't get it to work : (. I rolled the hose out and placed the tractor at the end of the hose and faced it to where it will follow it's own hose back to the hydrant. It keeps stalling out and the hose kinks killing the pressure? Any tricks/tips/hints? I am in a conundrum.
2007-03-08 13:50:47 · 3 answers · asked by james_spader_jr 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Ah - tractor waterers, you gotta love um or hate um. I own two, would have three but one decided to jump the hose and wander into a busy street, CRUNCH!! - $65. One of the survivors pulled the same stunt but this time a nice officer of the law rescued it and fined me $50 for improper watering -OUCH!! Larry has the weight thing figured out but light weight 1/2" hose isn't big enough to guide the front wheel. 3/4" works great as a wheel guide but as Larry says it gets too heavy and spins out or jumps the hose and heads for the damned $$ road. Spin outs can be just as amusing as hose jumping. When a tractor spins out and "digs in" it can hydralically mine a hole the size of a moon crater. Ah - the memories, I can hardly wait for summer. Now for some sage advice. I use two sizes of hose, a 50'- 3/4"from the hydrant for steering and a 50'-1/2" to the tractor for a lighter tow weight. If you need to do any fancy cornering do it at the begining of the run when the tractor is pulling less weight and is less likely to jump and run. A friend, actually the previous owner of one of my tractors added weights to his to cure the jumping and spin out problems. It cured the spinning but not the jumping, it took a walk, broke the hydrant loose, snapped a plastic waterline and flooded his finished basement - OOCH!! I think your grandma will me looking down on you this summer and smiling, if not laughing out loud. RScott
2007-03-09 01:00:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are in need of a lighter, more flexible garden hose to get the benefits of this thing !! What a lot of people tend to forget is that other than simply doing the job it is set out to do-- all the way thru its "travel" it is pulling a heavier and heavier load with the weight of the hose increasing the farther it goes on its path !!
Lighter and more flexible--- you'll be in business here !!
2007-03-08 22:03:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a hose that will not kink. more expensive ones wont do that.
2007-03-08 21:54:17 · answer #3 · answered by george 2 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋