I decided to throw this out there and see if anyone has any ideas. With our property being large and oddly shaped, there is not any easy way to get the water to the spots that need them, namely the fruit trees and eventually, the flowering, decorative trees and bushes. Things close to the house will be fine, we have hoses and faucets and can reach them. But further away and along the driveway, I need a way to carry larger amounts of water to those plants.
This weekend, since we didn't get any rain out there, I needed to water and it's just such a pain to walk around with buckets and then back to the faucet to fill up and then out to some trees and then back to the faucet, well, you get the picture. On the upside, I'm getting some great forearm strength, LOL, but it's more about time savings for me. I don't mind being hot, I just want to have more time to do everything and not spend two hours watering by hand.
This weekend, since we didn't get any rain out there, I needed to water and it's just such a pain to walk around with buckets and then back to the faucet to fill up and then out to some trees and then back to the faucet, well, you get the picture. On the upside, I'm getting some great forearm strength, LOL, but it's more about time savings for me. I don't mind being hot, I just want to have more time to do everything and not spend two hours watering by hand.
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| John Deere 10P cart |
I have this awesome cart that I can tow behind my zen machine. Every time I look at it, I think there must be some way to use it to carry water around the property. It has a hauling capacity of 600lbs (which is about 70 gallons). I've filled watering containers and carried them around but that still doesn't carry as much as I need, plus I have to stop at every tree, get off the mower and water and get back on and start it back up. I even tried using some water that was in it after a rain storm but all it did was slosh out over the bumpy yard.
John Deere DOES make a tow behind sprayer tank device but the dang thing is $400-$500. Um, no thanks, we could buy a bunch of trees with that money!
John Deere DOES make a tow behind sprayer tank device but the dang thing is $400-$500. Um, no thanks, we could buy a bunch of trees with that money!
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| Towable John Deere Utility Cart |
In my mind, I envision a large tank or something like it, that I can just put inside the cart, with maybe a spigot or hose on it. Then I can fill it up, ride up to a tree or plant and spray water on it just like it was attached to a faucet.
We're about to enter the (usually) wet season in the Fall and we only have another month of super hot weather, so I have time to work on something. It would be nice to have a solution ready for next Spring and of course before next Summer so that I can stop and fill up once or twice and go around watering. Therefore, I'm throwing it out there to all of you.
Any thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions?
Perhaps some device I haven't discovered yet?
We're about to enter the (usually) wet season in the Fall and we only have another month of super hot weather, so I have time to work on something. It would be nice to have a solution ready for next Spring and of course before next Summer so that I can stop and fill up once or twice and go around watering. Therefore, I'm throwing it out there to all of you.
Any thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions?
Perhaps some device I haven't discovered yet?
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