Hi all,
First time poster here.
I just recently bought a second hand Kubota M9540 for some property I have in the Bahamas. Its a bit of a working hobby farm and having a tractor is new to us everything has been done by hand so far. So I'm kind of like a kid in the candy shop right now finding all the attachments I can get. However, being realistic, I'm trying to focus on what I'll actually use frequently.
The first attachment I want to get is a PTO driven pump. We have a number of freshwater ponds that we clean out every couple of months because they get filled with fine sediment and sand. In the past we have used just small honda gas pumps just to suction the water and then shovel out the silt which ends up being a couple day job. The other thing we have is a little marina entrance to the ocean that tends to fill up with sand after storms. In the past we've rented a 6" diesel pump from the local CAT dealer but they no longer carry the pumps in their rental fleet. I want to say it was a 600GPM pump but its been a couple of years since we rented it.
So I was thinking we kill 2 birds with one stone. We already have all the piping for the 6"pump so looking for something the same size. Am I right in saying that a trash pump suits this application? Does anyone know of a PTO trash pump that big? The M9540 spec sheet says the PTO has a max output of 84hp @540rpm. I haven't had all that much luck looking online.
Thanks in advance!
First time poster here.
I just recently bought a second hand Kubota M9540 for some property I have in the Bahamas. Its a bit of a working hobby farm and having a tractor is new to us everything has been done by hand so far. So I'm kind of like a kid in the candy shop right now finding all the attachments I can get. However, being realistic, I'm trying to focus on what I'll actually use frequently.
The first attachment I want to get is a PTO driven pump. We have a number of freshwater ponds that we clean out every couple of months because they get filled with fine sediment and sand. In the past we have used just small honda gas pumps just to suction the water and then shovel out the silt which ends up being a couple day job. The other thing we have is a little marina entrance to the ocean that tends to fill up with sand after storms. In the past we've rented a 6" diesel pump from the local CAT dealer but they no longer carry the pumps in their rental fleet. I want to say it was a 600GPM pump but its been a couple of years since we rented it.
So I was thinking we kill 2 birds with one stone. We already have all the piping for the 6"pump so looking for something the same size. Am I right in saying that a trash pump suits this application? Does anyone know of a PTO trash pump that big? The M9540 spec sheet says the PTO has a max output of 84hp @540rpm. I haven't had all that much luck looking online.
Thanks in advance!