No More T-Birds!

I had heard rumors about the dis-continuation of the Rainbird, T-Bird series rotors about 2 years ago, but it is official now and has been for the past few months.

This doesn't come as a total shock to me, considering the customer complaints that I received about the T-Bird rotors. The general issue with homeowners was that they were too difficult to adjust.

My favorite part about the T-Birds was the use of the "Rain Curtain" nozzle that are used in their popular R-50 rotor heads.

Although I do love the gear driven power of the T-Bird series rotor, it is time to move on and get with the program. There are a few other models of Rainbird rotors that will provide the same gear driven power, with Rain Curtain nozzles, and are a lot easier to adjust.

The 3500 and 5000 series are the suitable replacements for the old T-Birds. What is even better is that the "guts" or insides of these rotor models will fit inside the casing of the old T-Birds. So, there is no need to dig up that whole head when it has quit working, just replace the "guts"!

If you have no need for a gear-driven rotor, then I would still recommend the good old "R-50" model rotor sprinkler head. These closed case, water powered rotors are the most popular and widely used model of rotor lawn sprinkler heads around.

Scott Young
http://www.autolawnsprinklers.com