Semi-automatic sprinkler by homemade farmers

A farmer in Dong Thap province has made a semi-automatic water spraying machine with the advantages: when spraying evenly water (replacing rain), reducing labor, fast and less fuel consumption.

Mr. Nguyen Van Khu, 46 years old, a farmer in Tan Thanh commune, Lai Vung district, Dong Thap province, spent a lot of time researching, designing and successfully manufacturing a semi-automatic sprinkler spraying machine used in history. use at home garden . His semi-automatic sprinkler machine mounted on a jam (small ferry) only one operator, operating by a type engine F5, F7, NT80, NT85 or D12 .

Depending on the diameter of the water pipe of type 4 or 5, a cow head has 2 water pipes, two 'increase' to move the two nozzles at will and the nozzle like triangle, The nozzle is about 2 inches long, 6 to 8 cups wide, from the 'boosting' tree to adjust the tilt of the spray nozzle, creating pressure to push the boat to automatically move to. This sprinkler is very suitable for gardens with many ditches. Investment capital for a semi-automatic water jet machine is VND 7.5 million.

Mr. Khuyen said: ' In the past, with 1.6 hectares of gardens growing pink tangerines, the stage of caring for watering was very hard, each time watering plants with Kohler with 4 people and starting from 7am to 15pm accomplished. Since using this watering machine, I have shortened the time for the entire garden area for tangerines, only one user for 2 1/2 hours is finishing irrigation. Save 15 million VND each year in watering plants '.