the_jersey_lilly_2000 said:Ok....I have a question...or a statement....or somethin..
One of your pictures says you are leading the heifers to better wind protection. Then the photo of them goin "around the corner" looks like you are takin em out of a pasture that had 1 tree. Puttin em in a pasture with a fan :wink:
but seriously tho, with as few trees as you all have, and I've never seen any pictures from you that have "man made" windbreaks. What is in that other pasture that makes for better wind protection? More trees? (that we can't see in the photos?) or hills? I know how the wind can blow in flat country, and it really looks like it could zip right along in your country too.
the_jersey_lilly_2000 said:Ok....I have a question...or a statement....or somethin..
One of your pictures says you are leading the heifers to better wind protection. Then the photo of them goin "around the corner" looks like you are takin em out of a pasture that had 1 tree. Puttin em in a pasture with a fan :wink:
but seriously tho, with as few trees as you all have, and I've never seen any pictures from you that have "man made" windbreaks. What is in that other pasture that makes for better wind protection? More trees? (that we can't see in the photos?) or hills? I know how the wind can blow in flat country, and it really looks like it could zip right along in your country too.
alabama said:And another question: Why and how does the high wind shut the windmill off?
Soapweed said:alabama said:And another question: Why and how does the high wind shut the windmill off?
The tail of the windmill holds the wheel into the wind. When we shut off a windmill, a lever pulls down on a piece of #9 wire that is attached to the "shut off" mounted up high. This pulls the tail of the mill around 90 degrees, so that it is no longer perpendicular to the wheel but parallel. The wind can no longer push on the fan blades. In the "on" position, there is a spring that holds the tail perpendicular so that the blades catch the wind. With a high wind, the wind overpowers the spring which makes the tail run parallel in the "off" position. This is a feature that prevents a very high wind from turning the wheel too fast and wrecking something.
Soapweed said:alabama said:And another question: Why and how does the high wind shut the windmill off?
The tail of the windmill holds the wheel into the wind. When we shut off a windmill, a lever pulls down on a piece of #9 wire that is attached to the "shut off" mounted up high. This pulls the tail of the mill around 90 degrees, so that it is no longer perpendicular to the wheel but parallel. The wind can no longer push on the fan blades. In the "on" position, there is a spring that holds the tail perpendicular so that the blades catch the wind. With a high wind, the wind overpowers the spring which makes the tail run parallel in the "off" position. This is a feature that prevents a very high wind from turning the wheel too fast and wrecking something.