This auction is for 1 beautifully rebuilt rare 1960-80's's Rain Bird #808 Turf Bird. The 808 was the sprinkler of choice back when men called rain or water gangs would wear rain coats and water entire golf courses at night by hand moving this sprinkler from quick coupler to quick coupler. Long throw, light weight beautiful coverage. Not many of these have survived in rebuildable condition due to the heavy use. I have had a group of these sitting around for a few years that are completely frozen bearing and arm due to hard water running thru them for months due to leaky valves. Which ironically saved them from a lot of use. There are 2 ways to tell is you are getting a good 808, (1) lift the tip of the arm toward the sky and to the ground if there should not be much play and (2) look at the impact point the 808 will show wear there more than any sprinkler Rain Bird ever produced if it has a lot of use.
This 808 was completely disassembled worn or broken brass parts were replaced. The entire sprinkler was cleaned in our unique cleaning process. The aluminum body was repainted back to its original beauty. New washers and gaskets were installed and water tested at min and max psi to insure proper operation. This Turf Bird is ready to join your collection or be put back to use for years of trouble free operation.
11/4" male inlet
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Please bid with confidence. Since 1985, I have rebuilt and tested more brass impact sprinklers than anyone. Our customers have included many of the most prestigious golf courses, college and pro sports stadiums, farms, and ranches in the USA. Now because of the internet our new and rebuilt sprinklers, as well as repair parts and rebuilding services, are available to everyone. Recently a couple of sellers have popped up on ebay offering rebuilt sprinklers. Please don't assume that all rebuilt sprinklers are rebuilt the same way and are of the same quality. These other reconditioners are using high impact glass bead to clean the brass (like sand blasting); I can tell because back in the 80's I did the same thing( I don't care what they say yellow sprinklers = impact blasting). You end up with a nice looking, shiny brass sprinkler; however, I found that the glass bead removed small amounts of the brass which pitted the nipple and bearing. These pits held dirt, debris, and water deposits which did not allow the sprinkler to self flush, as it was designed to do. The sprinkler ends up freezing up or grinding down the washers and the bearing. Glass beading not only does not clean the most important part of the sprinkler, the inside, it makes the sprinkler bearing less rebuildable the next time due to the damage. I included a picture of brass nipples cleaned using my unique cleaning process that took years to perfect - glass smooth with no brass missing! If you buy a so-called "rebuilt" sprinkler from someone else and this spring you turn it on and, for whatever reason, it doesn't work, will they be there to help you? Do they have the inventory to replace it? I will. I do. Thanks, Frank |