Water Wagon Irrigates Garden

Water Wagon Irrigates Garden FARM HOME Miscellaneous Craig McMillan uses a water wagon to irrigate his garden with creek water Plastic totes on an old camper frame transport up to 500 gal at a time “I like to eat so I raise a lot of vegetables ” laughs McMillan “I have a 2-acre garden down by the creek and my small one on a hill near my house ” While McMillan can irrigate the large garden directly from the creek he wanted a way to get creek water to the smaller one “I had a big old Holiday camper that my uncle and I stripped down for scrap ” says McMillan “It had a good frame which I floored with treated lumber I had been given ” McMillan found one 250-gal tank and a friend gave him a second He mounted both along with 2 Rain Bird sprinklers on the trailer bed He also mounted a 5 hp Pacer irrigation pump “I dammed up a spot on the creek for a place to drop a water line ” says McMillan “Using the pump I can fill the 500-gal tanks in about 15 min and pull the water wagon to the garden I turn a valve and I can use the same pump to operate the sprinklers The tanks give me enough water for 1 to 2 hrs of irrigation depending on how I set the throttle ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Craig McMillan 1249 Linersville Rd Buffalo S C 29321 ph 864 426-5266

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