Yeah, I live about 30 minutes from Auburn University, and see them in their Ag School's fields all the time. Fascinating to watch, too. They always remind me of huge, skinless, 1920's monoplanes trying to take off.
"As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
--H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920
That system was invented, years ago, in Israel to irrigate the Negev Desert’s fruit trees and other produce. They can draw-down a spring-fed pond very quickly, depending upon the pipes’ linear footage and pumps’ hp. I like your analogy to “huge, skinless, 1920’s monoplanes trying to take off”... I can see that scenario! LOL.