entry for Boots' antique irrigation museum

[Mike Leary]

I miss the old days:

[FIMCO-MEISTER]

Boots Buckner used tailpieces without washers for a long time. The washers were a screw up anyway. They caused the head to hang up more. Find a moody head.

[Wet_Boots]

If you can get a photo of the Hall tailpiece, you can compare. I know that Moody bodies did have the washer, and a cast top like the Buckners. It wasn't until Royal Coach came into existence that they started with the no-washer design, with a thinner tailpiece that would fit the modern sch 80 PVC nipples.

[FIMCO-MEISTER]

Still waiting on that moody but I'll get Henry to send another pic. You have some responsibility to produce evidence and not compare the hall head to an imaginary head.

[Wet_Boots]

I would apply Occam's Razor and conclude that all of the Hall equipment had a single source, especially noting that the popup head had a nozzle that was not a Buckner. I only installed a handful of the Moody popup bodies, and I know I have none of them in my cache of brass goodies.

[FIMCO-MEISTER]

Ever seen a RB head with an irritrol nozzle? The bottom line is you are wanting your occult razor theory to be treated as an absolute with no corresponding evidence.

[Wet_Boots]

I see no evidence whatsoever that ties the Hall equipment to Buckner. You could just as easily claim that the popup bodies were Rainbird.

[FIMCO-MEISTER]

Originally Posted by FIMCO-MEISTER

I don't know boots. Henry says they are buckners. I think he's right. Sure look like notches to me. Sure looks like its a buckner head.

Are you blind?
http://www.lawnsite.com/showpost.php...8&postcount=38

[Wet_Boots]

If you are thinking about the notches on the top of the head that a spanner engages, so what? Name one brass popup head that does not have those notches. Moody brass bodies had the same cast lettering that you see on a Buckner body. Rainbird bodies also had the same look. Nothing you can see in those photos makes the Hall head a Buckner product. The Hall nozzle is definitely not a Buckner product.

[FIMCO-MEISTER]

Show me a moody. The RB can be tossed out because they had a different stem and popped up higher.