oliver28472
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Never mind that. It's a food plot not a garden. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
watering and spraying rig
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jeffinsgf
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PTO Pump would be more efficient for both jobs. One pump can be fit to different barrels quite easily, for either watering or spraying chemicals.
kuby
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kuby
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kuby
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kuby
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Watering trees in a row or shelterbelt
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MACHINIST01
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The only reason I wanted to use a bilge type pump is because they are easy to get ahold of.
JRP
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One question is how big is your tractor?
Attached is a photo of my water tank. It is a $40 300 gallon container that was used for a food additive. Poly plastic with galvanized box, plastic pallet, and plastic 2" ball valve. With a 2" valve you could easily gravity flow to empty. A 2" PVC header with 1/2" holes would empty pretty quick. Eliminating a pump would cut costs a lot and allow you to put more into the trailer. I tried to set up a hose with rope such that when I pull the rope the end of the hose is above the tank top = no flow. When I let out the rope the hose drops below the valve = water flow. Cheap valve. It did not work well but was an implementation problem, not an idea problem.
Anyhow, if you are making a trailer you could move 300 gallons at a time. A small tractor could pull the trailer. I use my container on a 3pt forklift. It is 2400 lbs full so I know it is back there. I water oak trees.
You could use a 2" water pump to fill the tank in about 3 minutes. You can leave the pump at the water hole and not have to pull it with tank.
You can clean a sprayer tank with amonia and not worry about contaminating your water with roundup.
Email me if you want a pic of the hose valve. It was made to water trees. Turns on/off the water without getting off the tractor.
jrpoux@tisd.net.
Attached is a photo of my water tank. It is a $40 300 gallon container that was used for a food additive. Poly plastic with galvanized box, plastic pallet, and plastic 2" ball valve. With a 2" valve you could easily gravity flow to empty. A 2" PVC header with 1/2" holes would empty pretty quick. Eliminating a pump would cut costs a lot and allow you to put more into the trailer. I tried to set up a hose with rope such that when I pull the rope the end of the hose is above the tank top = no flow. When I let out the rope the hose drops below the valve = water flow. Cheap valve. It did not work well but was an implementation problem, not an idea problem.
Anyhow, if you are making a trailer you could move 300 gallons at a time. A small tractor could pull the trailer. I use my container on a 3pt forklift. It is 2400 lbs full so I know it is back there. I water oak trees.
You could use a 2" water pump to fill the tank in about 3 minutes. You can leave the pump at the water hole and not have to pull it with tank.
You can clean a sprayer tank with amonia and not worry about contaminating your water with roundup.
Email me if you want a pic of the hose valve. It was made to water trees. Turns on/off the water without getting off the tractor.
jrpoux@tisd.net.
