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Brand New Headgate

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Dayphoto

Our old head gate was made of wood and many, many years old. A couple of times last year when I went to open the gate the wood broke off in my hand.

But this was the magic year…our canal was on the ditch companies to do list for maintenance!

We now have a new METAL headgate.

Terry fixed the carrier ditch so we are now good to go as soon as farming starts.

Pretty cool! Another sure sign spring is getting closer.

Linda

12 thoughts on “Brand New Headgate”

Fiona on February 17, 2011 at 8:59 pm said:

That was very interesting Linda.
I had to look back at your older post to work out what the heck a head gate was.
My first thought was a ‘head bail’ as in for catching cattle!
Now I’m on the right track.
Amazing irrigation setup. We irrigate a small hay patch here, more times irritation than irrigation!

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Lisa on February 17, 2011 at 10:19 pm said:

Very nice, will be a heck of alot longer lasting than the wood I bet! Oh yah, come on spring!

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Kath on February 17, 2011 at 11:40 pm said:

Spring will be here soon!!!!

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CottonLady on February 18, 2011 at 12:34 am said:

Nice to have things ready BEFORE they are needed! That doesn’t happen very much in farming.
Blessings!
CottonLady

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betsyfromtennessee on February 18, 2011 at 2:49 am said:

That’s great, Linda… A new metal headgate!!! I can tell that you all are getting ready for spring…

How’s your weather? Is it still on the warm side there —or colder? We are still warm here –and tomorrow, it may get up to about 70. That’s amazing for February…

Hugs,
Betsy

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Linda on February 18, 2011 at 3:35 am said:

It always amazed me how long the old wood ones would last. I see you don’t have much winter there anymore 😉

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Jody Blue on February 18, 2011 at 3:54 am said:

Yeah! I hope it helps the task easier to manage. Shiny and new can be such fun, even when it comes in the form of farm equipment.

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seniorhiker on February 18, 2011 at 3:56 am said:

Hopefully you will have no more problems with the head gate now that you have a new metal one. It really does look as if Spring may come this year.

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Lucy on February 18, 2011 at 12:25 pm said:

Interesting post! You have a life that I would love to have. I’m a farm girl at heart always yearning to get back to that life.

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Megan on February 18, 2011 at 1:14 pm said:

I’m glad you got it replaced! Soon you will have all the work that comes with spring on the farm, but it will be SPRING!!

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Far Side of Fifty Photos on February 20, 2011 at 7:21 am said:

Wahoo! I remember you had problem with that last year..improvements are nice:)

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thecrazysheeplady on February 20, 2011 at 2:41 pm said:

Wow – you are practically big city now ;-).

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