Not Those Nelson Twins
Sure, everybody loves the Nelson 360 Degree Pulsating Sprinkler – until it puts you out of a job.
I’ve been landscaping going on 23 years now. Started as a shovel
grunt, digging holes and spreading manure. Worked my way up to mower
jockey, then pruner, and finally the ‘scaper’s highest aspiration:
waterer. I was the best hose man in the Upper Midwest. The work was
easy, I had winters off, and nobody minded if I showed up under the
influence. As long as the grounds got watered, I lived like a rock star.
But
then, this year, the tap ran dry. I was all psyched up for the start of
another landscaping season, waiting for the call. The weather got
nicer. The phone stayed quiet. Finally I rang up my boss Todd, and he
says none of our clients are asking for watering this year. Todd says
with the economy all tore up how it is about now, they’re all using the
Nelson 360 Degree Pulsating Sprinkler.
They like how you can
string a bunch of ‘em together off of one faucet. They like the
adjustable sprayer head, the 90-foot spray diameter, the weighted base
and stabilizing spikes. Most of all, Todd says they like being able to
buy a bunch of them and use them all summer, for what they’d pay me for
one day’s watering.
But Todd says he needs a manure guy. So
I’m back out here with a shovel, spreading the BS and HS and
who-knows-what S, just like I did when I was 19. Here’s the thing,
though: these medium-duty sprinklers might be durable, but not durable
enough to withstand a well-placed smack with a shovelhead. I figure a
few “accidents” like that every week and I’ll be back on the hose by
the 4th of July. Nice try, Nelson 360 Degree Pulsating Sprinkler. But
you don’t survive 23 years in this business without learning a trick or
two.
Warranty: 1 Year Nelson
Features:
- Large Rezimar head sprays water in a circular pattern up to 90 feet in diameter
- Ergonomic adjustment grips on the sprayer head control the distance and spray pattern
- 1 pound weighted Rezimar oval base with 2 metal spike stabilizers
- Metal ergonomic swivel coupling
- Full or partial circle adjustment
- Series connection allows multiple sprinklers in a row
- Metal ergo swivel coupling for easy hose connection
Additional Photos:
In the box:
- 2 Nelson 360 Degree Pulsating Sprinkler
- 4 Metal Spikes
