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"Giraffe" Lawn Sprinkler Covers A 110-Ft. Circle
“Just for kicks I came up with this 9-ft. tall giraffe sprinkler that hooks up to an ordinary garden hose. I use it to water my 1 1/2-acre yard. It rides on a 4-wheeled cart and covers a 110-ft. dia. circle at a time,” says Ken Grazier, Havre, Mont.
  The giraffe’s frame is made from metal pipe and is covered with tin. A metal hose runs up the giraffe’s body to a sprinkler mounted on top of its head.
  The giraffe is light enough that Grazier can easily pull it by hand. The tail is welded to the rear axle but is free to swivel back and forth where it attaches to the animal’s rear. The back legs swing freely at the hips.
  “It’s kind of a weird setup but it works, and it draws a lot of attention,” says Grazier. “It works better than a traveling sprinkler because it doesn’t get stuck like they often do, and because it covers a much wider area. In fact, it’ll replace at least two tractor sprinklers. I leave it in one place for 2 to 3 hrs. at a time before I move it again.”   
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ken Grazier, P.O. Box 1746, Havre, Mont. 59501 (ph 406 265-7670).



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2012 - Volume #36, Issue #2