Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Has anyone seen a "easy-out" tool to remove inground sprinklers?

Has anyone seen a "easy-out" tool to remove inground sprinklers, like Toro or Orbit or Rainbird? Our gr has grown thicker and taller over the years and now the sprinkler pop-ups don't clear the top of the gr. I know that the sprinkler just needs a longer riser to lift it up to level of the gr, however, you have to dig up all the gr and dirt to get enough leverage to uncrew the sprinkler body either by hand or with Channel locks. If the body is on tight , the channel locks just ruin the plastic as it is rather flimsy. I can get the cap off and I have the easy-out for the riser, but the sprinkler body is a real trick. I went to Lowes and got the ????????

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