Well, I made the attempt to roll it out yesterday. My young son helped and it was a blessing he was there to help. We simply did it by hand. I cut the straps and hugged the roll, kinda bouncing and spinning it as he pulled and walked away from me.
It at times was tricky, roll wanted to unravel, tube was curving around the farther he walked, it was getting heavy for him. Eventually he could not pull the line after maybe 200 ft. I then with the remaining roll in my arms, I walked backwards from our starting point unwinding the roll to give lots of slack. The more pipe that came off the easier it was to work with. I guess I walked backwards another 200ft. and then left the roll on the ground. I went to the front tube where my son was and started pulling until we reached the farthest back tree.
We have both ends anchored, mainline is off the ground the full distance, cheap ratchet strap holding it taunt right now, some wire ties in place. Too cold to stretch the tube to its permanent stiffness. More work to do on it, but I feel the worst part is over.
Thanks for the great posts giving suggestions, it gave me the strength mentally to tackle it, lol.
Cant wait to firm it up and get some saddles and laterals attached !!
Thanks everyone.
Terry
Last edited by TerryEspo; 02-14-2016 at 07:43 PM.
2011- 35 taps, ,,,milk juggs and buckets-propane turkey fryer !!
2012 -75 taps,,,,, 40 on tubing into buckets, and 35 buckets - 3nd hand Homemade arch, brutal.
2013- Just over 115 taps and still adding more.
2014, new SS flat pan and new arch built, guessing 75-100 taps this year.
2015, 50 taps on Shurflo pump.
2016- Getting a line across my creek this year.
2017-took a year off, Jamaica was fun !
2018- 45 trees tapped, keeping it fun !