Elevated Rain Gauge Easy To Read
Larry Wood used to mount his rain gauge on a post in his back yard. The problem was that he couldn’t see the gauge from his house and he got tired of mowing around it. He fixed the situation by mounting the rain gauge on his house.
“I removed the top part of the rain gauge and remote-mounted it on the roof over my back porch, just above the roof line. I used some light gauge aluminum to make brackets and glued a small funnel to the bottom of the rain pickup. Then I attached a 3/8-in. dia. clear plastic hose that runs about 3 ft. down to the rain gauge tube, which attaches to a post under the porch roof.
“It works great and now I can see exactly how much rain we got by looking out the back door. I bought the oversize rain gauge at Rural King. It detaches quickly to empty it after a rain. I’m sure you can find something similar online.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Larry Wood, Waldo, Ohio (lawpressman@aol.com).
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Elevated Rain Gauge Easy To Read BUILDINGS Houses Larry Wood used to mount his rain gauge on a post in his back yard The problem was that he couldn’t see the gauge from his house and he got tired of mowing around it He fixed the situation by mounting the rain gauge on his house “I removed the top part of the rain gauge and remote-mounted it on the roof over my back porch just above the roof line I used some light gauge aluminum to make brackets and glued a small funnel to the bottom of the rain pickup Then I attached a 3/8-in dia clear plastic hose that runs about 3 ft down to the rain gauge tube which attaches to a post under the porch roof “It works great and now I can see exactly how much rain we got by looking out the back door I bought the oversize rain gauge at Rural King It detaches quickly to empty it after a rain I’m sure you can find something similar online ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Larry Wood Waldo Ohio lawpressman@aol com
