Posted by Bill VA on July 30, 2016 at 07:46:03 from (216.98.66.63):
My POS boom sprayer is giving me fits again. It draws the liquid from the top, like drinking from a glass with a straw. The tank is vertical, 55 gallon, the pump is a low mileage roller pump, mounted on the tractors PTO. I have replaced the pump, more than once, all the lines, replaced the suction line with one that has a wire spiral to keep it from collapsing, yet when I get between 1/2 and 1/4 tank, the pressure drops and I'm done. I don't think the suction side of the pump can overcome the head.
I've got two options on the table right now:
1. Take the sprayer off, borrow a machine gun, fill it full of holes, then pour gasoline on it - light it off and then use dynamite to disperse the remains of this POS sprayer.
2. Try putting a fitting on the bottom of the tank to eliminate suction head and keep the pump primed via gravity. The wrinkle is - this crap sprayer has a plastic tank with a molded or welded in place top. I can't just reach down and tighten a bulkhead fitting.
Question is - does anyone know of a BLIND bulk head fitting that I can adapt to a tank bottom (or side), somewhere one might could such an animal on a weekend?
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