POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes,

designates and appoints Bruce Karsk, Rick Parod and Dave Downing as the

undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to act for and on behalf

of the undersigned for and limited to the following purposes:



a.  To execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's

capacity as an officer and/or director of Lindsay Manufacturing Co., a Deleware

corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and

the rules thereunder;



b.  To do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned

which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any individual or

group filings under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and timely file such

forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock

exchange or similar authority; and



c.  To take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the

foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,

in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being

understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of

the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and

shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in

such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and

authority ot do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,

necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers

herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might

or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or

revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact shall

lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of theis Power of Attorney and the

righs and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the

foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the

undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of

the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the

Exchange Act.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the

undersigned is no longer required to make filings uner Section 16(a) of the

Exchange Act with the respect to the undersigned's holdings of the

transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by

the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-

in-fact and the Secretary of the Company.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be

executed as of this 8th day of October, 2004.



Tim J. Paymal

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