8/31/2014 10:08 PM
Greetings;
I remember, I think about 30 years ago, we pulled wire on three fairways and we installed - I think they were called 91DRs. Somebody from Rain Bird was going to put the sprinklers on but no one ever came so we did it. The water came out really nice but not one would turn. Every arm got stuck and you needed a sledge hammer to close the arm and still that was impossible. Same thing - we never heard of that. Same BS they tell you now.
I later found out that many golf courses in the south and west had the same problem. Rain Bird was fixing their sprinklers because they needed to water more than we in New England at that particular time. Rain Bird had used a cheaper plastic and that screwed up the sprinklers. Like Washington they lied to me and others. They sent out spare parts and asked if we could replace all the sprinklers and they would give the club I think it was $10.00 per sprinkler. Were still waiting for the money. The dealers in our area were helpless. I threatened Rain Bird and told them I was going to put this in the New England Golf Course Superintendents Association Newsletter. The VP of Rain Bird said they would sue me. I told them they had an inferior product and they would lose. I never wrote it up in the Newsletter because other superintendents had the same problem and word of mouth was just as good as printing something in the Newsletter.
I was really dis - appointed in Rain Bird. All they had to do was give an explanation of what happened and work with us to correct the problem. But NO - they had to come up with lame brain excuses and lie about it. That's water over the dam now. However, when I read the above posts I couldn't help but think Rain Bird is playing dumb again about what happened.
Capt. Kirk
Retired Alien
Needham Golf Club
Needham, MA