I had the perfect opportunity this afternoon to capture some decent footage of this beast of a Nelson Irrigation F200 Big Gun, watering a large corner of a cornfield where the nearby center pivots aren't able to cover. Unfortunately, the adjacent road traffic was a bit more excessive than I had hoped for at the time when I recorded these video clips, though I feel that despite the occasional passing vehicle, everything still turned out fairly well in the end.
This is Nelson Irrigation's largest, dedicated full circle Big Gun sprinkler in their 200 Series product line - the F200. This particular sprinkler has a 1.6" taper bore main nozzle installed, along with a smaller (3/8") secondary nozzle located at the base of the elbow that adds extra coverage up close to the sprinkler. Both nozzles have a combined flow rate of approximately 800 GPM at 100 PSI, with an average range of coverage in this particular application of about 240 feet under average weather conditions with minimal wind interference. If not for the light wind we were experiencing at the time thar this video was recorded, it would be capable of throwing out to a maximum of around 260 feet.
11 сен 2024
