It never seems to fail that we receive snow around irrigation blowout time. The snow would be fine if we had an electronic irrigation system, but because it is all manual (turning on heads and valves), the snow makes it more difficult to find them. We marked a majority of the heads before the snow came, as the forecast was calling for some.
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| Snow on the course before blowout |
We did not get them all done unfortunately. That's where the buffalo turbine comes in handy. We knew a general area where the heads were, so clearing them was a breeze.
The following day, once it snowed more, we went out in the morning to blow around the heads and valves so that we could start blowout. Blowout takes 2 days if done properly.
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| Blowing around flagged heads |
