Landy drain jetter-how do you rate it?

[Chalky]

I have read all previous threads on this-just wondered if there were many more up-to-date comments.

Have used normal low vol/high flow reel jetters, and industrial lower flow/high pressure on farms. Both do the job.

Our problem is we are all herringbone systems, so we can only do the mains(which is of course useful) BUT we do a fair bit of clear & fix in field, and there are domestic issues in rented properties as well.

Will it desilt(given the time) a half filled 4 inch pipe, shift OSR roots etc??

Interested in the any feedback.

 

[quattro]

A good one will do above no problem

 

[Wombat]

We have had one for 2yrs and will do all of the above. We tend not to run it at max pressure and let it take its time. Every now and then in clay pipes if they have moved a way it will work it’s way up between them and back to the surface but it normally means they needed looking at anyway, for the price we are happy with what it does.

 

[JLLM]

Bought one in the spring, not done much with it yet but it was clearing 3" plastic that was full to the top with a black gritty deposit which I presume was manganese. It gets hard work if you have to push it up the pipe or if your on your own winding in. For the price though it's handy to have.

 

[milkloss]

Can I ask what pipe type, length and nozzles you use when jetting?

 

[JLLM]

Can I ask what pipe type, length and nozzles you use when jetting?

I think it's 100m of pipe, no idea what size nozzles.

 

[milkloss]

I think it's 100m of pipe, no idea what size nozzles.

Thanks. Basic heavy washer pipe or the specific lightweight jetting hose?

 

[Ffermer Bach]

Thanks. Basic heavy washer pipe or the specific lightweight jetting hose?

it is a jetting hose, so slightly more rigid than a washer hydraulic hose

 

[Ffermer Bach]

I have found it has it's limitations, but also if far cheaper than a bespoke drain jetter, so for the price very useful. I have found I use it far more as a pressure washer than a jetter

 

[JLLM]

I have found it has it's limitations, but also if far cheaper than a bespoke drain jetter, so for the price very useful. I have found I use it far more as a pressure washer than a jetter

We tried a bespoke jetter once but the hydraulic arm that carried the pipe was very cumbersome, all our ditches are fenced and we found that we had to cut the wire to place the arm.

 

[Ffermer Bach]

We tried a bespoke jetter once but the hydraulic arm that carried the pipe was very cumbersome, all our ditches are fenced and we found that we had to cut the wire to place the arm.

I have never tried the bespoke jetter, but I know that I have never managed to get to the pipe 100m up the drain and I just presumed the purpose made kit would manage that, I have two drains excavated at the moment ,where the jetter came to a standstill (but this was due to broken concrete drainage pipes - so no fault of the jetter there!)

 

[Hilly]

I have one , beats draining rods !

 

[Muddyroads]

What sort of money are they?

 

[JLLM]

What sort of money are they?

£1500 back in March.

 

[Old Tup]

About 70mtrs is max in a 3” pipe….much more than that you are struggling to push it up the pipe due to friction etc.
Tank size limits use….always seems to run out about 3/4 of an hour before lunch time…after a winter mornings use.
A lot depends how high a pressure you run it at.
Excellent portable Pressure Washer Is a bonus.

 

[czechmate]

I have never tried the bespoke jetter, but I know that I have never managed to get to the pipe 100m up the drain and I just presumed the purpose made kit would manage that, I have two drains excavated at the moment ,where the jetter came to a standstill (but this was due to broken concrete drainage pipes - so no fault of the jetter there!)

My bespoke Jetter is still marching up the pipe at 300 mts. Only stops then as that’s as much pipe as I have

 

[czechmate]

Can anyone put up a link to what this thread is about though, please?

 

[JLLM]

P.T.O mounted Drain Jetter and Pressure Washer

This model is set up to run as a drain jetter and a pressure washer. The drain jetting hose is mounted on a hose reel as standard and is available with a hose reel for high pressure washing hose.

www.landypressurewashers.com

 

[Goweresque]

I would say the landy is a step up on drain rods, but its not a commercial grade machine that you'd want to try to do miles and miles of heavily silted drains. I bought one about 2 years ago, and used an old spray tank on the front linkage as a bowser:

Having the whole thing in one mobile unit makes a huge difference, not having to go backwards and forwards with IBCs on pallet forks etc. Its been very useful for clearing odd blockages here and there, but I' wouldn't want to try and use it to revitalise a whole field drainage system, I think that would need something with a bit more oomph.

One problem I've had with it is that when jetting clay or concrete pipes if you get one thats dropped and there's a lip, the end of the nozzle seems to just hit the lip constantly and you can't get past. I have improved that by making a sleeve out of an old plastic post that slides over the nozzle and has a shallow angle front and back, this lifts the pipe up off the floor a bit and it can get over a lip of up to about an inch.

Also as mentioned above getting the full 100m up a pipe is pretty much impossible. I managed to get about 90m out once, and that was in a 6" new smooth bore twin wall pipe that had somehow developed a blockage, in 3 or 4" clay you'd probably get 50-70m max. No experience of how it goes in plastic coil as all my old drains are clay or stone here.

 

[Rs chunk]

We have a landy here think it’s a brilliant thing. Has a 100m hose but I’ve only once nearly had it all rolled out. initially we had one tractor with water bowser and another with pump but that was a pain in the butt so we mounted the pump on bowser drawbar and then the reel at the back, it’s a lot handier now. You get what you pay for it’s a simple low cost machine you have to give it time to work and help manipulate the hose as it gets further up the pipe but don’t work the hose like draining rods brute force won’t get you far best going slow and twisting the hose one way then back the other way. it will break up dirt better than rods and not ride over dirt the same. Has anyone tried a different nozzle on them. We are on our second and it’s about had it