A few pics of the things I've seen in the past weeks

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

Guys, I'm not going to lie to you all...This new job keeps me busy..From Tree work, going over to the Island @ 5am to doing 40 zone blowouts in the pouring rain..I have been busy..Getting paid very well, but still tired every day...Sometimes I have to push myself to take a shower..

Anyway I'm back on the Sprinkler crew doing blow outs...

Enjoy the pics....

Oh also I got a girlfriend that I will be moving in with in a few days....Hopefully..

All irrigation guys have a place to sleep on my couch in South Yarmouth MA

Edgartown in MV
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-01-4.jpg

The chipper I got to know real well on the island
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-02.jpg

back of the bucket truck chip box

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-03-4.jpg

Rough ride home from Oak bluffs on the boat back to the mainland
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-05-1.jpg

Oak bluffs steam ship Authority, also part of a scene from Jaws
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-06-5.jpg

me in my work pants/ boots notice clean, got my new uniforms collared button down shirts!!It feels good to go to work looking good...

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-07-4.jpg

Bubba driving the Bucket truck, Also the scene from Jaws when the boys were trying to set sail in "the pond"
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-09-2.jpg

Hook up to the 1 inch pvb notice the outdoor shut off
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-10-1.jpg

Blowing them out
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-11-2.jpg

can you say OLD!!!!!!
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http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-13-3.jpg

doing a blowout in hyannisport
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-14-2.jpg

beer break

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

The Grimer Schmidt compressor 185 cfm which got used fully today..both hoses rigged to do a 2 inch main on a 100 unit condo unit in Orleans South Eastern Cape Cod

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-15-2.jpg

Hyport
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-17-3.jpg

Blowing out some H/O drip irrigation..Basically funny pipe with holes poked into it..I laughed the rest of the blow out

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-19-2.jpg

Like some of you all, This old dog is still barking loudly...Not sure how it works...but it works...Freetime 4..Hydraulic Controller...I'd love to hear how it works from you old dogs..
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-21-3.jpg

Aslo on that job with the freetime 4, I was looking that the back zone (shown in next picture) some how ended up in a half assed secret room with a large safe in it,def the wrong room....

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-23-2.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-25-3.jpg

Same job, 1.5 inch copper and meter with reducer

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-27-2.jpg

[BrandonV]

i'm guessing 1985 ford f600 on the bucket truck

[Wet_Boots]

Moist O' Matic! When Sprinklers were Sprinklers.

[BrandonV]

it still says toro

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

doing the 100 unit blow out, shared main..40 zones...50 gpm zones..2 inch pvc main...Put in a long time ago by a hack..Notice the 220 wires for the 4 horse sub pump... This place is an abortion....but a great service account.. This def got me nerved..The ball valve is rusted off, and when I was shutting it off the thoughts of 220 going through my body was unfavorable...Thankfully I shut the pumpstart breaker off..but still...i was very careful

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-30-3.jpg

Oh yhea, think those bubbles might give us a problem next year on the turn on?

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-31-2.jpg

Running both hoses around 185 cfm....Tons of main to fill up..

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-32-1.jpg

The newer well..not as big with WM valves which stuck on more than one occasion today...

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-33-2.jpg

Douggie from the boat's shirt is hilarious
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/Library-3764-1.jpg

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

i'm guessing 1985 ford f600 on the bucket truck

I believe it was an International Rig 00 maybe....Falling apart already..

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

it still says toro

Show your dad that one!!! A swear will most likely come out soon there after Bran.

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

My first Vista Prune, on the Island

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/2008-317.jpg

guy that taught me how to climg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/2008-318.jpg

some miserable guy in the am from the boat
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/2008-319.jpg

nice day a coming
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/2008-320.jpg

5:30 am in early sept
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/2008-323.jpg

removal
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/2008-324.jpg

[Wet_Boots]

Freetime Four was a good controller! I have a few in the field.

[AI Inc]

Hey Cappy , one of my builders from Acton Ma uses you guys for his place down the cape.

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

Hey Cappy , one of my builders from Acton Ma uses you guys for his place down the cape.

for sprinks?

[Wet_Boots]

Either that or delivering seltzer water

[Mike Leary]

Nice pics, Eddie. That's a sweet compressor. :clapping:

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

Nice pics, Eddie. That's a sweet compressor. :clapping:

My partner is a wicked old school irrigator.. And I'm kind of a lets see what we can do irrigator...

So he let me try a additional hook up with the compressor to the other well feed.

Blew out the second half in record time..I did keep an eye on the water temp, which kept around 180....Have you used those before Mike?

[Mike Leary]

.Have you used those before Mike?

We own a 125, have rented the diesel 180; that's a damn good idea with the
double hoses.

[AI Inc]

for sprinks?

Yeah , not sure where his house is down there tho. But he mentioned Bartlett tree.

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

We own a 125, have rented the diesel 180; that's a damn good idea with the
double hoses.

It worked out great...Cause we only had a 1/2 hose feed to the well...And it was taking forever to charge the second half of the job cause of all that main was empty.When we discharged this main in particular i was able to get 3 zones to fire with all the pressure..It was insane...those compressors are def big dogs.

I love thinking beyond the average box when it comes to my job....

Its fun to try new things....

you start your blowouts yet mike?

[Mike Leary]

you start your blowouts yet mike?

We'll start the blowouts towards the end of October. Since you guys taught me how to post pics, I'll send some of my favorite site:The 150 acre Bloedel Reserve.

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

good lord mike..

i hope you get a golf cart for that job.....

[Mike Leary]

good lord mike..

i hope you get a golf cart for that job.....

Two trucks, All the clocks have remote pigtails, use the Rain Master,
turn the compressor up full. Takes us all morning & some of the aft.,
a million quick couples, too.http://www.bloedelreserve.org

[Big Goat]

Bro, Im a Cape guy too...are we friggin neighbors and dont even know it? What company are you working for?

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

Bro, Im a Cape guy too...are we friggin neighbors and dont even know it? What company are you working for?

Waterworks...

Where you coming from hoss?

[greenmonster304]

good lord mike..

i hope you get a golf cart for that job.....

I have a horse farm that is about 34 acres that has a pump house that feeds mains all over the paddocks for the big cannon. I has 2" ball valves stubed up all over the place. its fun because i get to drive the Mule all over the farm cracking open the valves. plus around the barns ther is another 26 zone system. In the link below it is all the fields north of Edge of Woods Rd
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=seven+ponds+towd+rd&sll=40.928867,-72.371793&sspn=0.008138,0.017874&ie=UTF8&t=h&layer=x&ll=40.928672,-72.371471&spn=0.008138,0.017874&z=16

[Mike Leary]

I have a horse farm that is about 34 acres

Piker........

[ARGOS]

Enjoyed the pics. What a commute.

BTW good luck with the girlfriend. No advice on that one.

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

Enjoyed the pics. What a commute.

BTW good luck with the girlfriend. No advice on that one.


Thanks Argos....Actually I think I'm gona demote her to just friend after this weekend..

mas pictures

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/2008-328.jpg

my first stump I "flush cut"
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/2008-333.jpg

a sneak shot of me in my uniform
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/2008-335.jpg

[Mike Leary]

[QUOTE=CAPT Stream Rotar;2532000]Thanks Argos....Actually I think I'm gona demote her to just friend after this weekend..[/QUOTE

So, Fimco's daughter still has a chance of snagging the notorious ROTAR?

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

And now some pictures of the Dune reclaim job..http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/2008-335.jpg

sweet pitch
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/2008-347.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/2008-348.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/2008-349.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/2008-350.jpg


top center of the pitch...Over 200 18 wheelers brought in sand up to the top of this hill for over a week straight...
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/2008-354.jpg

Nate, people call him Norman, with a box of pgp's..Took him to school and showed him how to match percip rate....I dont think he got it..

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/2008-355.jpg

Norman doing nothing
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/2008-356.jpg

the pipe laid above ground
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/2008-357.jpg

boxes
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/2008-358.jpg

the job permit able to be seen from sea
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/2008-359.jpg

the d1ckshow of trucks down a very long sandy hill..
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/2008-363.jpg

[Wet_Boots]

Norman's a slacker - tell him I said so. Nice shirts. Double flap pockets mean business. (unless they're polyester)

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

Norman's a slacker - tell him I said so. Nice shirts. Double flap pockets mean business. (unless they're polyester)

thanks boots..I love looking professional from foot to face...
the pockets are great to keep pens and my clip on small flathead for blowing out test cocks....And when the big boss isn't around an ipod! Don't tell Peter!!!

Norman is a spray guy who is learning irrigation.

[Wet_Boots]

Between iPods and cell phones, those flap pockets come in handy. Good for a memo book, too.

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

Between iPods and cell phones, those flap pockets come in handy. Good for a memo book, too.


Yes they do, and furthermore we are the only irrigation company who wears attire like that, I'm aware of.

[Wet_Boots]

You're at a good latitude for it. I do the long sleeves, as long as it isn't near a hundred. Comes in handy for crawling through the sticker bushes.

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

You're at a good latitude for it. I do the long sleeves, as long as it isn't near a hundred. Comes in handy for crawling through the sticker bushes.



Agreed, they also come in handy when I'm crawling in some basement sh1thole rat trapped dusty full of cobwebs corner that hasn't seen daylight since it was built...

And one can always roll them up in hot weather..

[Wet_Boots]

Also, the sun is not our friend, in the very long term.

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

Also, the sun is not our friend, in the very long term.

agreed mon amiee

sunglasses and hat @ all times......

[Big Goat]

I spent 13 years with Holmes & sons Irrigation, but I left in february.. I am now the Irrigation division manager over at Maffei Lanscape contractors, Ill tell ya its been hard gettin used to all the other stuff going on here, I definitly miss working in a Irrigation only environment.

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

I spent 13 years with Holmes & sons Irrigation, but I left in february.. I am now the Irrigation division manager over at Maffei Lanscape contractors, Ill tell ya its been hard gettin used to all the other stuff going on here, I definitly miss working in a Irrigation only environment.

Dude,Jake?

its Eddie from Vetorinions!!

I used to work with Senior remember!!!

Hey you know the fireman that works with holmes n sons?

[Big Goat]

Eddie!!! we need to talk bro!!! how can I get your number?

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

Eddie!!! we need to talk bro!!! how can I get your number?

I keep missing you hoss...

I'll Pm you my digits....

We should totally get up!!!

Not sure how to pm you....send me an email, bresnch@hotmail.com

ed

[Wet_Boots]

Dear bresnchathotmaildotcom,My name is M'kata M'bogo, and I am a retired oil minister in Nigeria, and am seeking your kind assistance in transferring seventy-two

million dollars into a secure US bank account......

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

ahh I already get spammed..I could care...


i dont open sh1t that people who i dont know

[Mike Leary]

Dear bresnchathotmaildotcom,and am seeking your kind assistance in transferring seventy-two million dollars into a secure US bank account......

So sorry,I meant billions, will you forward any e-mail account numbers so they may share in this windfall. Who knows, you might help what I understand is a faltering economy. Say hello to my friend John Wayne.

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

Blow out charge-12 dollars a zone
Hunter Remote-300
Having a entire neighborhood remote ready


http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-25-4.jpg


http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-20-2.jpg

Priceless

[Mike Leary]

Priceless

Great first pic.

[Wet_Boots]

Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows......

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

Great first pic.

thanks mike
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-23-3.jpg


Hip Hop hooking up to a 1 hp well
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-04-6.jpg

Very Professional set up- this also a trash shed...hats off

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-05-3.jpg

Blow outs on Commercial Street Provincetown
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-07-5.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-08-3.jpg

Commercial st P-town
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-11-4.jpg

[crazyboy]

Very Professional set up- this also a trash shed...hats off

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-05-3.jpg

[/IMG]

Dayum! Love lookin at the pics :)

[Mike Leary]

Very trash ]

No conduit?

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

No conduit?

Mike that clock is crooked......

conduit is for outdoor applications..

I hate people that use it in a garage...looks poor.

[WalkGood]

Mike that clock is crooked......




Nah, it's the photographer that's crooked! I mean not on the level. Umm, errr... unbalanced. :rolleyes::laugh:

[Waterit]

Nah, it's the photographer that's crooked! I mean not on the level. Umm, errr... unbalanced. :rolleyes::laugh:

::::waits for the Learyistic response::::

[Mike Leary]

::::waits for the Learyistic response::::

A old friend once said, "brain damage is what we were after, the chromosome damage is just gravy."

[Green Team Landscaping]

How's Martha's Vineyard doing with erosion? Nantucket isn't doing well at all.

[Mike Leary]

How's Martha's Vineyard doing with erosion? Nantucket isn't doing well at all.

We expect snow in the Cascade Mountains tonight.

[DanaMac]

We expect snow in the Cascade Mountains tonight.

Snow showers here Sat/Sun.

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

How's Martha's Vineyard doing with erosion? Nantucket isn't doing well at all.

Very bad..

A bunch of old bomb's are washing up on shore with the latest storms we have had..

erosion= still bad

[Mike Leary]

A bunch of old bomb's are washing up on shore with the latest storms we have had..

Is FIMCO one of them?

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

Is FIMCO one of them?

not yet amigo


Although he might explode when he winterizes a irrigation system.

[Wet_Boots]

Very bad..

A bunch of old bomb's are washing up on shore with the latest storms we have had..Is FIMCO one of them?FIMCO never washes....
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:YpZ7P068l7LBpM:http://www.snoopy.com/comics/peanuts/meet_the_gang/images/meet_pig_pen_big.gif

[WalkGood]

No conduit?


Here's one for your approval....




http://www.hobby.armaghelectrical.com.au/page89.html

http://www.hobby.armaghelectrical.com.au/img_0285-001.jpg


:rolleyes:;):dizzy:

[Mike Leary]

Here's one for your approval

Just keeps getting better and better. :dizzy::drinkup:

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-02-3.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-03-6.jpg

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http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-06-7.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-07-6.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-08-4.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-10-4.jpghttp://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-18-6.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-11-5.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-13-6.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-14-5.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-17-5.jpg


http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-19-6.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-20-3.jpg

[Waterit]

Nice pics Eddie, work looks great!

[Green Team Landscaping]

I know this is an older thread, but here's how bad the erosion was last year...

[Mike Leary]

Talk about overspray.

[Green Team Landscaping]

Yeah, just a bit lol.

[Waterit]

Back yard has 100% coverage!

[Green Team Landscaping]

Can you say waterfront property? ***was

[DUSTYCEDAR]

they wanted to be on the beach

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

they wanted to be on the beach



I see so many houses like that..

Houses built on sand....

WTF

[Mike Leary]

I see so many houses like that..

Houses built on sand....

WTF

:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

[DanaMac]

A couple from this week of winterizing.

Nice tall PVB.

Old double decker copper manifold.

[DanaMac]

This one is a new one we winterized for a client that has 7 rentals. I need to inform her of this crap, and it needs to be taken care of before we work on it again. PVC inside the home. and then the outside manifold/valves. ugly.

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

I sense Wet Boot's work

i know it anywhere...


http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-11-6.jpg

[Mike Leary]

A couple from this week of winterizing.

Nice tall PVB.

Old double decker copper manifold.

Looks like a plumber did it; not too bad.

[DanaMac]

I sense Wet Boot's work

i know it anywhere...


http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o16/windoraphan/LastRoll-11-6.jpg

Why not hook straight into that hose bibb past the pvb?

[DanaMac]

Looks like a plumber did it; not too bad.

PVB is still not above highest heads in front lawn.

Manifold has the old green Lawn Genie/Richdel HR(?) series

[Mike Leary]

Why not hook straight into that hose bibb past the pvb?

Take me out of my misery, please.

[DanaMac]

What the F**k. :dizzy:

Not sure what you're getting at......

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

Not sure what you're getting at......

me neither..

we do that to get the water out of the bonnet and poppet there was no drain before the bf

[DanaMac]

there was no drain before the bf

gotcha....

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

gotcha....

I don't like doing that but sometimes there is no choice

[DanaMac]

I don't like doing that but sometimes there is no choice

You watchin the Sox?

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

You watchin the Sox?

Okijima looks fair...

Becket did ok

Tek hit well..

I don't want to say anymore but

yes i am

[DanaMac]

Tek hit well..


Nice HR. First hit of the series.

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

Nice HR. First hit of the series.

good timing

bay took 1

[WalkGood]

This one is a new one we winterized for a client that has 7 rentals. I need to inform her of this crap, and it needs to be taken care of before we work on it again. PVC inside the home. and then the outside manifold/valves. ugly.

I always have copper inside to the MV outside. Then to a PVC manifold and then to poly. Never see PVC anywhere on residential just outside on commercial.

Not that I would do it, but why is PVC inside a bad thing?

[DanaMac]

I always have copper inside to the MV outside. Then to a PVC manifold and then to poly. Never see PVC anywhere on residential just outside on commercial.

Not that I would do it, but why is PVC inside a bad thing?

Well, it was against codes when I got my cross connection license. and I'm not fond of glue joints inside the home, especially done by a hack homeowner.

[Waterit]

Well, it was against codes when I got my cross connection license. and I'm not fond of glue joints inside the home, especially done by a hack homeowner.

Better than a threaded PVC connection, though.

[WalkGood]

Just for conversation, what about threaded PVC joints? Whats the plastic pipe used in some homes.... CPVC? Sumthin like that.

I've been thinking that using 1" PEX for the irrigation tap would make doing the tap go faster. Then transition with a copper stub out the wall to outside.

[Waterit]

Just for conversation, what about threaded PVC joints? Whats the plastic pipe used in some homes.... CPVC? Sumthin like that.

I've been thinking that using 1" PEX for the irrigation tap would make doing the tap go faster. Then transition with a copper stub out the wall to outside.

CPVC usually used on hot water side (here, anyway).

Why transition? Don't fully understand everyone's copper obsession. It corrodes, can be difficult to repair once wet, and requires extra tools. What does copper offer that SCH. 40 (or 80) PVC can't/doesn't?

[WalkGood]

CPVC usually used on hot water side (here, anyway).

Why transition? Don't fully understand everyone's copper obsession. It corrodes, can be difficult to repair once wet, and requires extra tools. What does copper offer that SCH. 40 (or 80) PVC can't/doesn't?

Maybe tradition? Customers expect something solid like copper? It does withstand repeated hits from weedwackers/mowers better than PEX and especially cold PVC. Gues it could be sleeved with larger PVC.