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5 year old buck +
So I purchased a 3" high pressure pump 2 years ago to help irrigate my pumpkins using a large sprinkler.
I have the opportunity this fall to supply a local grocery chain with pumpkins for Halloween and want to utilize this pump and build an irrigation system that can double to water trees I have planted directly next to my pumpkin patch. I currently have 350' of 3" lay flat hose and 300' of 2" lay flat hose that I've used and it does a pretty good job supplying enough water to the sprinkler to shoot about 100'. I wan't to work smarter and not have to deal with that length of hose as it takes forever to move.
My question(s)..
I want to have a main line that will feed lateral lines then neck down to supply sprinkler heads.
I've been trying to source 3" pvc pipe on facebook marketplace but missed out on an opportunity already.
The only thing I've been seeing for irrigation pipe is 6" pipe. Can I feed a larger diameter pipe and then neck it down on the lateral lines?
My thoughts are that it would fill the 6" pipe, and maintain the pressure as it would have smaller outlets off of that.
I've read that smaller diameter pipes lose a lot of pressure and flow rate, so I'd like to keep it as big as possible. Otherwise I will be forced to lug around lay flat hose and suck it up until I find a good deal on 3" pvc pipe.
I have the opportunity this fall to supply a local grocery chain with pumpkins for Halloween and want to utilize this pump and build an irrigation system that can double to water trees I have planted directly next to my pumpkin patch. I currently have 350' of 3" lay flat hose and 300' of 2" lay flat hose that I've used and it does a pretty good job supplying enough water to the sprinkler to shoot about 100'. I wan't to work smarter and not have to deal with that length of hose as it takes forever to move.
My question(s)..
I want to have a main line that will feed lateral lines then neck down to supply sprinkler heads.
I've been trying to source 3" pvc pipe on facebook marketplace but missed out on an opportunity already.
The only thing I've been seeing for irrigation pipe is 6" pipe. Can I feed a larger diameter pipe and then neck it down on the lateral lines?
My thoughts are that it would fill the 6" pipe, and maintain the pressure as it would have smaller outlets off of that.
I've read that smaller diameter pipes lose a lot of pressure and flow rate, so I'd like to keep it as big as possible. Otherwise I will be forced to lug around lay flat hose and suck it up until I find a good deal on 3" pvc pipe.