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T-L Irrigation Co. announces the availability of aluminum pipe spans for their center pivot and towable irrigation systems. Aluminum can provide extended system life in certain corrosive water conditions. Using extra-thick Marine Grade 5052-H38 aluminum tubing, the loaded weight of the 6″, 158′ span is 20% lighter than T-L’s standard 6 5/8″ galvanized steel span […]

A half century after he founded T-L Irrigation Company, President LeRoy Thom remains enthused about both agriculture and irrigation. Reflecting back, he observes, «It’s really been fun to help in the development of center pivot irrigation. When I first started selling hand-move systems we talked about 80-to 100-bushel an acre corn. Now we talk about […]

Round and Round the Pivots Go Idaho’s high mountain desert Two Dot Ranch at Leadore, Idaho didn’t voluntarily implement the use of pivot systems 25 years ago. They had to change irrigation routines because they could no longer find the necessary skilled manual labor to continue flood irrigation. What seemed like a roadblock at the […]

The labor cost, hard work and time lost working with hand move and hard hose irrigators are a thing of the past with T-L Irrigation Company’s newest innovation in one-span linear irrigation systems. The new T-L Linear Docking System, available from T-L Irrigation dealers, utilizes an innovative pipe valve system, equipped with a series of […]