Drain Jetters

[Mr chips]

We are thinking of buying our own drain Jetter. Your thoughts on makes and models would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks.

 

[Will 1594]

ss mitchel rowlands
or homberg fentons bourne
would not look any further
we have ss 500 m full remote con and auto feed in out
getting towards mid 20 now

 

[Mr chips]

ss mitchel rowlands
or homberg fentons bourne
would not look any further
we have ss 500 m full remote con and auto feed in out
getting towards mid 20 now

Thank you.

 

[czechmate]

Thank you.

+1 for mitchel rowlands

 

[Agri Spec Solicitor]

We have just bought the Homberg advertised on the classifieds here at £7k.
A nice light idiot proof machine which seems to be a lot better than the ex bulk milk tank and a pump version that we used to hire. Jetter on the back, IBC on the loader. Seems ideal for our low cost operation.

 

[Fish]

ss professional from GMR.
Had ours almost 20 years, great bit of kit.

 

[czechmate]

We have just bought the Homberg advertised on the classifieds here at £7k.
A nice light idiot proof machine which seems to be a lot better than the ex bulk milk tank and a pump version that we used to hire. Jetter on the back, IBC on the loader. Seems ideal for our low cost operation.

problem is with the agricultural versions is the volume of water used. Mine would use an IBC in less than 15 minutes

 

[Agri Spec Solicitor]

How long a stretch of drain could be done typically if it’s light duty silt and ochre?
We have 4 IBCs which now seem a bit inadequate!

 

[czechmate]

How long a stretch of drain could be done typically if it’s light duty silt and ochre?
We have 4 IBCs which now seem a bit inadequate!

sucking out the ditch is best

 

[Agri Spec Solicitor]

No ditches for most of the farm. Seen the Dutch videos. Different job here, your wingman is a digger.

 

[czechmate]

No ditches for most of the farm. Seen the Dutch videos. Different job here, your wingman is a digger.

i do have an 8 cube tanker i use for it but of course weight is the issue this time of year. It gives a useful work time though (but not hours)

 

[Phil P]

This is our setup, generally not near any ditches so have to carry water. 1000L ibc + 250L in the jetters tank will usually last us a morning sorting problems. If we’re doing a lot I’ll fill the sprayer and use it to top the tanks up. Ours is a 3000psi pump though so doesn’t like dirty water!

 

[czechmate]

This is our setup, generally not near any ditches so have to carry water. 1000L ibc + 250L in the jetters tank will usually last us a morning sorting problems. If we’re doing a lot I’ll fill the sprayer and use it to top the tanks up. Ours is a 3000psi pump though so doesn’t like dirty water!

yes, that is a traditional Jetter rather than the agricultural ones, that use less pressure but much higher volumes. Mine runs at only 40 bar

 

[Phil P]

yes, that is a traditional Jetter rather than the agricultural ones, that use less pressure but much higher volumes. Mine runs at only 40 bar

Yes higher pressure and less volume means we don’t need carry as much water. This works well in our setup as we’re usually not near a water source which means a trip back to the yard.

 

[czechmate]

Yes higher pressure and less volume means we don’t need carry as much water. This works well in our setup as we’re usually not near a water source which means a trip back to the yard.

i used to have something like that in the uk. It used hydraulic pipe 3,000 psi, I can’t imagine 400/500 metres of pipe

 

[Phil P]

i used to have something like that in the uk. It used hydraulic pipe 3,000 psi, I can’t imagine 400/500 metres of pipe

We only have 100m pipe, our fields aren’t flat enough too get much more than 100m of fall in the same direction anyway

 

[GlennW]

How long a stretch of drain could be done typically if it’s light duty silt and ochre?
We have 4 IBCs which now seem a bit inadequate!

Our Homburg pump is 80 l/min, so an ibc is gone in less than 15 minutes
Could be in and out of a pipe in that time, or could have gone less than 20 metres, no two pipes are the same

 

[Badshot]

On.the marsh it's straight out the ditch.
On the hills, I dam the ditch and do it when the ditches are flowing well.
Herringbone system requires my 16 cube tanker but that still needs to be refilled regularly and definitely not a winter job towing that around the fields.

 

[benny6910]

I run a 2500l tank on the front linkage for water if I cannot suck out of the ditch, it’s a handy buffer for when the tanker has to go and refill.

 

[Mr chips]

Thank everybody for your interesting comments. We would hopefully have ditches to draw from. But have plenty of bowser capacity. As mentioned the problem would be getting it in the field . Another 17mm last night that’s taken us over 130mm this year so far.