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05-10-20, 08:26 PM
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The Forester would still get 28 mpg if I were to properly inflate the tires.
05-10-20, 09:25 PM
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I'm past due in my Jeep to change the transmission and T-case fluids, and to rotate the tires. I've also put off dealing with my oil pressure sensor that needs to be replaced because FCA, in their infinite wisdom, now requires half of the engine to be taken apart to change it- and that's only a slight exaggeration. But it's a Jeep- it's supposed to have that check engine light on, right?
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05-10-20, 09:51 PM
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I've had the most ridiculous time setting up zone 2 irrigation for the northwest lawn. I'm changing it from 4 sprayers to 2 rotors, so I ran some new pipe out to the corner of the lawn, plug all the Tees for the olde sprayers and flush the pipe for 20 secs. Then put the swing joint and rotor on the end, open the valve and there's not enough pressure to pop the rotor up. Urrggghh.
So I put a cap on the swing joint, remove a plug from an olde tee, open the valve and I got Old Faithful pressure. So I uncap the swing joint, open the valve and dribbles.
For the run to the corner, I tapped into an olde tee that was 1/2" thread, so it choked down to 1/2 through the tee and couple inches more for a connector and a street elbow that put it back to 3/4 pipe that was about 6' long and rose about 2".
Maybe the necking down to 1/2" and then opening up to an uphill 3/4" run is impacting pressure that much? Seems unlikely, and I was really close to sitting down and working out the fluid dynamics of such a situation, bit then I decided screw it, gonna cut that 1/2" crap out of the equation. Dug up the tee, cut it off, made the whole run to the corner 3/4".
Turned on the valve, and it's dribbling out the swing joint.
I finally got the idea to pull the swing joint and check pressure. Full blown geyser!
Turns out there was a damn pebble in the run that wouldn't pass through the swing joint, but didn't get flushed out upon the earlier flushing.
What a day.
So I put a cap on the swing joint, remove a plug from an olde tee, open the valve and I got Old Faithful pressure. So I uncap the swing joint, open the valve and dribbles.
For the run to the corner, I tapped into an olde tee that was 1/2" thread, so it choked down to 1/2 through the tee and couple inches more for a connector and a street elbow that put it back to 3/4 pipe that was about 6' long and rose about 2".
Maybe the necking down to 1/2" and then opening up to an uphill 3/4" run is impacting pressure that much? Seems unlikely, and I was really close to sitting down and working out the fluid dynamics of such a situation, bit then I decided screw it, gonna cut that 1/2" crap out of the equation. Dug up the tee, cut it off, made the whole run to the corner 3/4".
Turned on the valve, and it's dribbling out the swing joint.
I finally got the idea to pull the swing joint and check pressure. Full blown geyser!
Turns out there was a damn pebble in the run that wouldn't pass through the swing joint, but didn't get flushed out upon the earlier flushing.
What a day.
05-10-20, 10:07 PM
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05-10-20, 10:39 PM
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05-11-20, 05:48 AM
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I think that I told this before but I’m old and forgetful so here goes:
My wife still worked for a couple years when I retired and she would ask me every night when she got home what had I done all day so I started making a list to prove I wasn’t a slacker.
1. Did some grocery shopping (rode bike to the convenience store and got a cup of coffee)
2. Did some yard work (picked up a piece of trash or a stick in the yard)
3. Did some banking (hit the ATM at the convenience store while buying a cup of coffee)
etcetera, you get the idea.
My wife still worked for a couple years when I retired and she would ask me every night when she got home what had I done all day so I started making a list to prove I wasn’t a slacker.
1. Did some grocery shopping (rode bike to the convenience store and got a cup of coffee)
2. Did some yard work (picked up a piece of trash or a stick in the yard)
3. Did some banking (hit the ATM at the convenience store while buying a cup of coffee)
etcetera, you get the idea.
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05-11-20, 05:50 AM
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I've had the most ridiculous time setting up zone 2 irrigation for the northwest lawn. I'm changing it from 4 sprayers to 2 rotors, so I ran some new pipe out to the corner of the lawn, plug all the Tees for the olde sprayers and flush the pipe for 20 secs. Then put the swing joint and rotor on the end, open the valve and there's not enough pressure to pop the rotor up. Urrggghh.
So I put a cap on the swing joint, remove a plug from an olde tee, open the valve and I got Old Faithful pressure. So I uncap the swing joint, open the valve and dribbles.
For the run to the corner, I tapped into an olde tee that was 1/2" thread, so it choked down to 1/2 through the tee and couple inches more for a connector and a street elbow that put it back to 3/4 pipe that was about 6' long and rose about 2".
Maybe the necking down to 1/2" and then opening up to an uphill 3/4" run is impacting pressure that much? Seems unlikely, and I was really close to sitting down and working out the fluid dynamics of such a situation, bit then I decided screw it, gonna cut that 1/2" crap out of the equation. Dug up the tee, cut it off, made the whole run to the corner 3/4".
Turned on the valve, and it's dribbling out the swing joint.
I finally got the idea to pull the swing joint and check pressure. Full blown geyser!
Turns out there was a damn pebble in the run that wouldn't pass through the swing joint, but didn't get flushed out upon the earlier flushing.
What a day.
So I put a cap on the swing joint, remove a plug from an olde tee, open the valve and I got Old Faithful pressure. So I uncap the swing joint, open the valve and dribbles.
For the run to the corner, I tapped into an olde tee that was 1/2" thread, so it choked down to 1/2 through the tee and couple inches more for a connector and a street elbow that put it back to 3/4 pipe that was about 6' long and rose about 2".
Maybe the necking down to 1/2" and then opening up to an uphill 3/4" run is impacting pressure that much? Seems unlikely, and I was really close to sitting down and working out the fluid dynamics of such a situation, bit then I decided screw it, gonna cut that 1/2" crap out of the equation. Dug up the tee, cut it off, made the whole run to the corner 3/4".
Turned on the valve, and it's dribbling out the swing joint.
I finally got the idea to pull the swing joint and check pressure. Full blown geyser!
Turns out there was a damn pebble in the run that wouldn't pass through the swing joint, but didn't get flushed out upon the earlier flushing.
What a day.
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05-11-20, 06:13 AM
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05-11-20, 06:14 AM
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I've had the most ridiculous time setting up zone 2 irrigation for the northwest lawn. I'm changing it from 4 sprayers to 2 rotors, so I ran some new pipe out to the corner of the lawn, plug all the Tees for the olde sprayers and flush the pipe for 20 secs. Then put the swing joint and rotor on the end, open the valve and there's not enough pressure to pop the rotor up. Urrggghh.
So I put a cap on the swing joint, remove a plug from an olde tee, open the valve and I got Old Faithful pressure. So I uncap the swing joint, open the valve and dribbles.
For the run to the corner, I tapped into an olde tee that was 1/2" thread, so it choked down to 1/2 through the tee and couple inches more for a connector and a street elbow that put it back to 3/4 pipe that was about 6' long and rose about 2".
Maybe the necking down to 1/2" and then opening up to an uphill 3/4" run is impacting pressure that much? Seems unlikely, and I was really close to sitting down and working out the fluid dynamics of such a situation, bit then I decided screw it, gonna cut that 1/2" crap out of the equation. Dug up the tee, cut it off, made the whole run to the corner 3/4".
Turned on the valve, and it's dribbling out the swing joint.
I finally got the idea to pull the swing joint and check pressure. Full blown geyser!
Turns out there was a damn pebble in the run that wouldn't pass through the swing joint, but didn't get flushed out upon the earlier flushing.
What a day.
So I put a cap on the swing joint, remove a plug from an olde tee, open the valve and I got Old Faithful pressure. So I uncap the swing joint, open the valve and dribbles.
For the run to the corner, I tapped into an olde tee that was 1/2" thread, so it choked down to 1/2 through the tee and couple inches more for a connector and a street elbow that put it back to 3/4 pipe that was about 6' long and rose about 2".
Maybe the necking down to 1/2" and then opening up to an uphill 3/4" run is impacting pressure that much? Seems unlikely, and I was really close to sitting down and working out the fluid dynamics of such a situation, bit then I decided screw it, gonna cut that 1/2" crap out of the equation. Dug up the tee, cut it off, made the whole run to the corner 3/4".
Turned on the valve, and it's dribbling out the swing joint.
I finally got the idea to pull the swing joint and check pressure. Full blown geyser!
Turns out there was a damn pebble in the run that wouldn't pass through the swing joint, but didn't get flushed out upon the earlier flushing.
What a day.
05-11-20, 06:16 AM
#5460
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The person that owned this house prior to us did that gravel thing. It's forever, unless you pull a front loader in and dig down a foot or two. We fight it constantly, and it sucks.
05-11-20, 06:25 AM
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I figured it wouldn't be worth it just to save some time and effort on yard work. I don't want to shoot myself in the foot like that.
05-11-20, 06:29 AM
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R.I.P. Jerry Stiller.
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05-11-20, 06:40 AM
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05-11-20, 06:45 AM
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05-11-20, 06:48 AM
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We're in zone 5. No timers needed.
05-11-20, 06:50 AM
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05-11-20, 06:51 AM
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05-11-20, 06:51 AM
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05-11-20, 06:59 AM
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I assume that, if you want a gravel lot, you need to do something to stop things from growing. Sounds like a major undertaking.
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05-11-20, 06:59 AM
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05-11-20, 07:00 AM
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05-11-20, 07:00 AM
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05-11-20, 07:01 AM
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The rjones28 lawns have biodiversity. I just make everything the same height from time-to-time.
05-11-20, 07:02 AM
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05-11-20, 07:02 AM
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