One of the major benefits of the traveling gun system is that it can be installed quite rapidly. Simply set up the traveler, place aluminum (or buried PVC) pipe from the pump to the traveler, and turn on the pump. The major drawback of the traveling gun system is that it is quite labor intensive - only movable, solid set irrigation systems require more hands-on labor to move and set up the system. Other drawbacks include the relatively high cost per irrigated acre of the system (when compared to center pivots and some drip systems) and the low application efficiency of the system.