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ArTurf · #11 09-09-2011, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by stebs

how do your costs compare between new valves and new valve-in-head irrigation heads?

Interesting thought, I might check into this. It would not save any labor though if I removed the old valve. I could leave the old valve in and leave in the manually on mode. There would be a little extra restriction but maybe not enough to matter.

Wet_Boots · #12 09-09-2011, 02:37 PM

How many service calls per month do the Buckner valves create?

ArTurf · #13 09-09-2011, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Wet_Boots

How many service calls per month do the Buckner valves create?

I've been working on this course for about the last 2 months a few hours at a time trying to get everything working. Fixed a variety of things; breaks, heads, wiring,controller and valves. Can't really say how many valves fixes per month will show up until I get everything going and work on it long term. Ex superintendent says he spent the majority of his time working on the system and I can believe him. Fix one thing and 2 others show up. Constant battle, perhaps the nature of the beast on a golf course.

Wet_Boots · #14 09-09-2011, 03:12 PM

If you are getting T&M then no worries

Mike Leary · #15 09-09-2011, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ArTurf

I've been working on this course for about the last 2 months a few hours at a time trying to get everything working. Fixed a variety of things; breaks, heads, wiring,controller and valves. Can't really say how many valves fixes per month will show up until I get everything going and work on it long term. Ex superintendent says he spent the majority of his time working on the system and I can believe him. Fix one thing and 2 others show up. Constant battle, perhaps the nature of the beast on a golf course.

Not the nature of the beast, those are old time valves and what seems like a low-ball, aged, install, where everything should have been replaced years ago.