Revised on 03/28/22 Copyright © March28th, 2022 by Kifco
®
Inc.
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Water
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Reel Start
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Up & Operation
The success of the Water
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Reel irrigation system depends a great deal on the operator's understand-
ing of the proper pull out and start up procedure. Do not attempt to operate this Water
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Reel until
you read and understand the preceding section titled "Handling the Polyethylene Tube"!
Decide on the proper nozzle size to be used for the irrigation run which thus will also determine the
irrigation lane spacing that will be needed (see pages 21
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22 for sprinkler performance).
Set the desired arc to be used on the sprinkler gun.
NOTE: Arc settings where the sprinkler never distributes water forward of the gun cart (towards
pull), could create undesired tracking results. This is caused by the continuous thrust of the sprinkler,
which pushes the tube towards the Water
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Reel. It is recommended that the arc be set to create
some tension on the tube greater than 180°).
Note: Your Kifco Water
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Reel is equipped to irrigate on a gradual arc if necessary. Arced irrigation can
only be performed after the first 25% of the tube is pulled out straight from the machine and then the
gradual arc cannot exceed 90 degrees over the remaining 75%. Depending on the soil or vegetation the
gun cart may or may not follow the arc back to the machine. Higher friction (furrows, tall grass) will
greatly assist with the gun cart tracking the arc.
Failure to observe this limitation can also place an excessive side load on the Level Wind mechanism
which could result in equipment failure and/or tube damage.
