Photo: BauerIrrigation traveler
A reel machine, anchored at one end of the run, winds in its hose and pulls a gun cart down the field, the gun throwing water over the crop as it travels.
A Bauer Rainstar reel machine. Photo from Bauer. Trademarks belong to their owners; no partnership is implied.
- Reel and trailer
- Winds the hose in at a set speed, towed between fields since it needs no buried pipework.
- Hose
- Carries the water out to the gun cart and is wound back in as the cart travels.
- Gun cart
- Carries the sprinkler across the field as the hose is wound in, its wheels set to the row spacing.
- Gun
- A single large sprinkler throwing a wide circle, sized to the pressure the pump supplies.
- Anchor
- Holds the machine in place at the start of the run, against the pull of the hose.
- Pump
- Supplies the flow and pressure the gun and the travel speed need.
- Large or irregular fields
- Fields without buried pipework
- Pasture and fodder
- Farms that move one machine between fields
What the design looks at
- The length and shape of the run the machine will cover.
- The flow and pressure the pump can supply to the gun.
- The travel speed, which sets how much water each pass applies.
- Wind, which affects a gun sprinkler's throw more than a low sprinkler.
- How the machine is moved and anchored between runs.
We design the system, supply the equipment and install it, then start it up, check it and train the people who will run it.
Equipment we design with and supply: Bauer. Trademarks belong to their owners; no partnership is implied.
Drip irrigation
For planting beds, hedges and trees, and for row crops and orchards: water delivered at the roots.
Sprinklers, rotors and rain guns
For lawns and sports fields, and for field crops and pasture: wherever the whole surface needs water.
Centre pivot
For large, regular fields, with sprinklers and a control panel matched to the crop.
Pumping
From a borehole, a tank, a river or a reservoir, sized to the water the source can give, solar where it suits.
Filtration and fertigation
Filters that keep drippers and nozzles open, and dosing that feeds a crop through the water.
Valves and automation
Controllers and automatic valves, so each zone gets its water at the right time.
your project.
Send the location, the area, the type of site and the water source. We call you to talk it through and, if the project needs it, arrange a site visit.