Reducer to garden hose for the threads on a 250 gal tote-

Pop uses a couple 250 gal totes to collect rain water in, but hasn't had any luck with the hardware store trying to find fittings.

Does anyone know what thread the big female fitting is on the discharge valve on those totes? Is it some standard thread?

The totes are under gutters up hill from the garden, and for now he has to use a 12 volt bilge pump to get a siphon going to pump the water out and send it downhill. Sure would be nice to just open the valve and let gravity do the work.
 
Not all of them are pipe thread. Some of them came with a flanged ring, and a valve. Never did figure out what the threads were on them. Anymore the totes are popular enough, you ought to be able to find them with pipe threads.
 
Garden hose thread and 3/4 in pipe thread are
different. Pipe thread is just a little bit finer.
Adapters are available from places like big box
stores and TSC type places.
 
farm fleet , Thiesens and other farm stores will have adapter . . Most of the outlets on them are cam lock type fitting. Some have threads for a cap , more of a safety cap than any other use . I usually have 15- 20 of these totes on hand to sell for rain barrels etc . Some folks go with the cam lock fitting and big hose to get it close to where you need it , then adapt big hose end to garden hose .
 
Sometimes they are 2" standard pipe thread - if you are lucky.
They may also be 2" acme pipe thread - corser thread but easier to hand tighten.

There may be a clamp on the valve which you can take appart.

I've been lucky with a couple and was able to reduce down with the pipe thread bushings. I also have a 12 volt pump set up on one with 3/4" hose outlet - this is good for the tractor too, I can piuck it up with the forks and move to where I want.

Good luck. Grant
 

The female fitting on the valve is NOT pipe thread. It is 2 7/8" by 6 threads-per-inch. The male end of the valve is standard straight pipe thread.

If your tank is missing the shut-off valve, the best fix is to get one. It adapts that odd-ball 2 7/8" X 6 TPI male end on the tank to a male standard pipe end.

I've got a doze of those tanks I use for maple sap. I have all sort of valves and quick disconnects set up for them to hook to garden hoses or gas powered pumps.
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Female thread? The three common type I've seen are male
threaded, not seen a female threaded.

Common is a real fine thread that is just a dust cap, it actually
has a 2 inch cam lock groove on it, very common in any farm
supply store. Got mine at Runnings, female 2 inch cam lock,
reducer fitting to 3/4 inch, and a 3/4 to garden hose adaptor.

Another is 2 inch pipe threads. Similar adapting, common ag
spray stuff.

A third is a course thread, similar to 2 inch pipe but different
thread count. You have to search a bit for that, not as common
anyhow 'here'. I have one of these totes, have not happened
upon the adaptor yet myself.

Paul
 
I'm not sure exactly what sort of tanks are being discussed since the original poster did not completely describe.

I've got near twenty of the 250 gallon cube-shape tanks that were originally used for molasses, cider, etc. Square shaped and originally had a steel cage around them so they can be stacked on top of each other. I see them all over the country. Every one of them that I have, has a male stub on the bottom of the tank that is 2 13/16" OD with 6 threads per inch. The shut-off valve that is usually screwed onto the tank has 2 7/8" female with 6 threads-per-inch that goes onto the tank.
 
I have one with the odd ball threads. I had the original cap for it so I drilled a hole and put a garden hose to pipe thread adapter in it with a rubber washer on the back side. The thin nut was from a electrical conduit connector. It worked out pretty good.
 
Eric:

Try this:

www.containermanagementservices.com

1.800.406.9377

8435 NE Killingsworth
Portland, OR 97220

Doc
 
Wow, go do some work today and come back to a myriad of posts!

The totes in question ware rectangular as JDmaris describes, they had honey in them originally. They have a big valve with a plastic handle on them.

Unfortunately they are 1400 miles from me, mad dad's eyesight is so poor he could not measure for me. I was hoping there was a "standard" measurement but it looks like there is a ton of variation.

We have one at work used for waste oil and it measures a tad over 2 inches across, and may not be exactly what is on dad's totes.

Thank you all for your responses, looks like there is a solution one way or another.
 
(quoted from post at 06:12:46 10/05/13) Pop uses a couple 250 gal totes to collect rain water in, but hasn't had any luck with the hardware store trying to find fittings.

I've seen these tanks all over the south and north-east and all had the thread setup I described. The shut-off valve (if there) has the pipe threads. Not the tank. The ones I'm talking about are the same as in this ad.
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[i:654c4848f0]I've seen these tanks all over the south and north-east and all had the thread setup I described. The shut-off valve (if there) has the pipe threads. Not the tank. The ones I'm talking about are the same as in this ad.[/i:654c4848f0]


Just because that is the only one you have seen; or it might even be the most common; does not mean that is the only one they make.
The tank will have a buttress thread. 6mm thread for the 2 inch size or 8 mm thread for the 3 inch size.
To this you can screw on many different valves. American 2 inch valves will most likely be NPT but if the tote came from Europe it will be a 2 inch buttress thread.
You can buy adapters that adapt 2 inch buttress to 2 inch NPT so you can use American pipe on it.

Then they have that crazy 3 inch china valve. It looks like NPT but is not the same. I find it easier to just replace the valve with one I can work with.

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