I have a 20' x 35' garden. Would this sprinkler be overkill? Would it spray water outside of the garden boundaries?
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In terms of its 'reach,' it may be more than what is needed for that use. My recommendation would be to get a good 'up and over' sprinkler as it would water in a better rectangle-like pattern for your needs.
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I agree with G.R. I have this sprinkler and it's probably better suited to a bigger area than what I use it for. (My front yard)
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In terms of its 'reach,' it may be more than what is needed forthat use. My recommendation would be to get a good 'up and over'sprinkler as it would water in a better rectangle-like pattern for your needs.
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This model can be adjusted to various heights and distances which I have done on my lawn. Also, the volume/distance of water can be reduced by slightly closing the faucet that controls the flow of water.
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It should work fine on a small garden. I only use it inside my house, garage, and enclosed back porch because it rains a lot here, and the rain will wash away the application. Since you water a garden, you may have to use a lot of the product quite often.
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We have not used it very much to give an answer for this. I primarily wanted it to water a small garden I have near the patio. I was pleased how it works for small and odd shaped areas. I am not disappointed we purchased.
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my property is not flat either and it works great. The grade of the land won't have much affect. The sprinkler is quite heavy and has some pretty good teeth on the wheels. What will have more impact is the amount of hose it starts to drag behind after a couple hours.
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It all depends upon water pressure. During times when less people are watering, it covers an area of 40' X 20' using the full oscillating position. Much less during peak water usage.
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Mine covers a width of a little over 40 feet and length of about 37 feet. I love this sprinkler and highly recommend it. It is built to last and works great.
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I'd do some trial and error and see. If you're just spraying some dirt or grass I wouldn't focus on those areas. If it's a perimeter with a fence or block wall you could spray the crevices, etc. Focus on the exterior areas directly near the home. The patio, shed, cinder block walls, sprinkler boxes, etc.
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it will, but depends on how much watering youre going to be doing .. if you need to run a sprinkler for a couple of hours to cover a huge area you need a bigger pump, i dont think this should be looked at as a 'constant duty' pump ... for instance, if you have a little 8X8 area you want to soak down for a few minutes it should be fine ..
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The answer to both your questions is yes. This sprinkler is my favorite out of the 4 different types I own.
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I guess it depends on how small your yard is. I've got a large yard, but am using this sprinkler to water only a 25x50 foot rectangular seedbed. With the sprinkler in the middle of this area, I've got it adjusted so the spray distance varies from about 13 to 25 feet. I think it could service an even smaller area if I turned down the water flow.If your yard is smaller, and is not very irregular in shape, you might want to use a small oscillating sprinkler. Keep in mind that impulse sprayers, like this Gilmour, are designed to shoot water fairly long distances because they aim in one direction at a time. The oscillating sprinklers provide more even coverage for smaller areas. I guess it depends on how small your yard is. I've got a large yard, but am using this sprinkler to water only a 25x50 foot rectangular seedbed. With the sprinkler in the middle of this area, I've got it adjusted so the spray distance varies from about 13 to 25 feet. I think it could service an even smaller area if I turned down the water flow.If your yard is smaller, and is not very irregular in shape, you might want to use a small oscillating sprinkler. Keep in mind that impulse sprayers, like this Gilmour, are designed to shoot water fairly long distances because they aim in... » Read More I guess it depends on how small your yard is. I've got a large yard, but am using this sprinkler to water only a 25x50 foot rectangular seedbed. With the sprinkler in the middle of this area, I've got it adjusted so the spray distance varies from about 13 to 25 feet. I think it could service an even smaller area if I turned down the water flow.If your yard is smaller, and is not very irregular in shape, you might want to use a small oscillating sprinkler. Keep in mind that impulse sprayers, like this Gilmour, are designed to shoot water fairly long distances because they aim in one direction at a time. The oscillating sprinklers provide more even coverage for smaller areas. « Show Less
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Three would work fine if the area covered is of shorter distance to the sprinkler. With two on a zone I can spray about 30 feet from each sprinkler..
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The unit has a gear drive that is powered by the water going through it. I travels along the hose that you lay out and set the unit on. The coverage is controlled by the position of the sprinkler arms and the water pressure, which also controls the rate of travel. The unit has two speeds, and can be taken out of gear and set in one location. It can be used in any area that has clearance for the arms to be able to rotate, about 30 inches. By positioning the arms you can adjust the coverage areas from about ten feet to twenty feet from the unit On bare ground I would say that it can only go about 50ft before the weight of the hose will cause it to dig into the dirt, and stop the unit. On grass it can pull enough hose to move about 100ft. Effectively you would be dragging about half of that length of hose. It can follow curves that have a 10ft radius or greater. I would not think it would be too good in a flower bed where the hose bend would be moving along behind the unit, unless there was sufficient room between the plantings. I have a large back yard with a bare area that has trees on both sides, it is about a 140ft run. By laying out a 100ft hose I can water the whole area and the trees, but I do have to go pull the hose up when it is about half the way through.
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It has serpentine tines which are long and pointy. I think that they would cut through PVC sprinkler lines before you realized. If the sprinkler lines are over 6" deep, then I doubt that you would reach them though, so it may be ok to use. A bigger tiller would probably be more likely to damage the lines because it goes deeper.
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I double checked the spray width this morning...it rangews with the single brass nozzle, from a single stream all the way to a mist.. practical watering might be a three foot wide adjustment... It's be nice for someone to manufacture a unit like this with that used a can of compressed air for the pressure... Hand pumping has to be done over every few minutes of use.
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It has a fair amount of adjustments both width and length of coverage...pretty good sprinkler for the money.Good luck.Scott
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Jimmy, It is the best sprinkler I have ever owned...and you WILL be playing with it, lol!
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I've got this pump sitting at the bottom of my rain-barrel pushing water through a "DIG" micro-irrigation kit that is watering over 20 plants/bushes spread out amongst 100' of tubing, and its got plenty of umph, so I can't imagine you'd have any problems moving water 4.5ft.