How to stop dragging manual sprinklers around a large yard
Covering a large yard requires constantly dragging multiple sprinklers and timers to dozens of different areas every single day. This grueling physical labor leaves homeowners spending hours managing equipment and dreading the daily chore until they finally invest in an in-ground irrigation system.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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- 1Installing an in-ground irrigation systemDid this help you?
- 2Using multiple sprinklers with timersDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Props on dragging that sprinkler around such a large yard. That’s commitment!”source ↗
“I only did the 5k sqft right in front of the house. I used 5 sprinklers and some timers while I was at work. But I had to drag em in out every day. Glad it’s over.”source ↗
“For real when we moved to our house I had to move 2 sprinklers to 10 different areas for 2 years. Finally got an irrigation system then it was the last time lol, pricey but worth it”source ↗
“I feel your pain in my back yard, best decision of my life was spending for in ground out front.”source ↗
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