DC70,
4 years with a skid steer, that is an amazing accomplishment! Incredible! That is some first class work! I understand the concern in having a pipe through the dam. I have made previous comments in this thread about systems that could possibly work for anyone no matter their location. I know that your design does work and has been doing so for quite a while. Let’s say that you had a large dozer and it could be completed in under a month. What if anything, would you have done differently? I like Rainman’s idea of being able to manually start the siphon and having access to the vent pipe and a valve through the larger vent supply pipe that reaches the surface of the top of the dam with a grate. I really love what you have done with the irrigation pipe. You got me thinking is there a way to run the irrigation pipe without piping through the dam?
Thanks,
Heppy

Last edited by Heppy; 09/24/18 11:01 PM.