Filling slurry tanker with water.

[Netherfield]

Re design the draw bar, possibly make it stronger and extend underneath further to get rid of the strut, and refit the axle to lower the back end, still be cheap as long as the pump is good.

 

[puppet]

Re design the draw bar, possibly make it stronger and extend underneath further to get rid of the strut, and refit the axle to lower the back end, still be cheap as long as the pump is good.

Surely talking £1000+ to do that as I doubt the OP has the tackle or skills.
Or hire someone with a tanker. 9000l would take an hour with a small tanker.
Or just fill it with a hose.
Or just wait until it rains.

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

Surely talking £1000+ to do that as I doubt the OP has the tackle or skills.
Or hire someone with a tanker. 9000l would take an hour with a small tanker.
Or just fill it with a hose.
Or just wait until it rains.

You could be right? But where can you buy a galvanized tanker as tidy as that one looks for £1600?
Hiring someone for an hours not going to be cheap and if waiting for it to rain was an option then the tanker wouldn't have been bought.

 

[farmerm]

5000 apple trees, ground is variable so there's probably 500 that need help at the moment.

Planning on doing 3 trips a day so 9000l per day. Not ideal but better than nothing.

so about 18L/tree in which case I suggest loosing the water out of a hose rather than using the spreader plate, minimise the area that is wetted will minimise the significant evaporation losses. Aside from the pump being in the wrong place, looks like a bargain of a tank.

 

[JJT]

I think the easiest way - if needing the pump to work - would be to extend the drawbar stay to angle the drawbar down, so the tank is sloping to the back when hitched to a tractor, then add a hydraulic drive to the pump and forget the PTO shaft.

 

[TripleSix]

What tractor have you got @Hjcarter ?

Might be as easy to find a European hitch to go on it!

 

[Hjcarter]

What tractor have you got @Hjcarter ?

Might be as easy to find a European hitch to go on it!

Mf4255 or JD1630

 

[Hjcarter]

so about 18L/tree in which case I suggest loosing the water out of a hose rather than using the spreader plate, minimise the area that is wetted will minimise the significant evaporation losses. Aside from the pump being in the wrong place, looks like a bargain of a tank.

Probably alternate so put about 40l / tree on every few days. Build up over a week it should amount to a bit.

Better than standing out to 3am with ibcs and a pump!!

 

[Wisconsonian]

How do you want to fill it?

 

[guernseydonkey]

get a sludge pump or similar and top fill it, wont take long as it isnt much bigger than a coke can, be a lot easier than fannyassing about with drawbars, pto's etc,

 

[Hjcarter]

Tank arrived on Saturday, as good as it looked in pictures!!

Looking at the drawbar, what are films views in putting/ fabricating a continental style pick up hitch in the back of my little JD (1630) and leave the bar/ pump where they are.....

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

There's a firm near taunton called Quantock farm machinery, They import tractors and have a base in France as well I believe, would be surprised if they weren't able to help you easier and cheaper than getting a drawbar made

 

[Happy hillbily]

1. If your going to spend some money, sorting the drawbar would be better. More steel but less engineering so possibly cheaper. It will then fit any tractor you will have, and if you have a change in tractor, you won't need to make a new continental hitch for it. If you want to sell the tanker on in the future, it will be more valuable as it will fit UK pick up hitches so you will have a larger group of buyers.

2 never used a continental puh but as it hitches at or above the centerline of the rear axle, it may make the steering light ?

 

[JJT]

How much are those hydraulic conversations for PTOs?

 

[Lazy Sod]

I've never understood the high continental hitch position. Prior to when roll over protection became a legal requirement in the seventies, there were many fatal tractor accidents where someone attempted to pull something with a chain attached to the top link clevis. the tractors tipped over backwards. The hitch should always be be below the axle

 

[Hjcarter]

How much are those hydraulic conversations for PTOs?

£800 to £1200 from what I can see.

Can't justify that for the use it will get....

 

[Highland Mule]

Just buy one of these

Hyundai 35mm 1.5'' Petrol Clean Water Pump, 35m Total Head, 8m Lift, 250L/min Flow Rate, Lightweight | HYWP4300X

The HYWP4300X is a lightweight and portable 2-stroke petrol water pump from Hyundai, ideal for transferring clean or fresh water from garden ponds, pools, hot tubs, flooded areas or any drainage or irrigation need. Available now.

hyundaipowerequipment.co.uk

@JP1

 

[JP1]

Just buy one of these

Hyundai 35mm 1.5'' Petrol Clean Water Pump, 35m Total Head, 8m Lift, 250L/min Flow Rate, Lightweight | HYWP4300X

The HYWP4300X is a lightweight and portable 2-stroke petrol water pump from Hyundai, ideal for transferring clean or fresh water from garden ponds, pools, hot tubs, flooded areas or any drainage or irrigation need. Available now.

hyundaipowerequipment.co.uk

@JP1

Brilliant bit of kit

 

[Highland Mule]

Brilliant bit of kit

I knew you had one! If only it wasn’t 2 stroke - not nice for the environment compared to 4 stroke.

 

[JP1]

I knew you had one! If only it wasn’t 2 stroke - not nice for the environment compared to 4 stroke.

It's noisy too but very reliable. It's a tiny engine so to my mind it's all relative