boggen
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- Joined
- Feb 22, 2011
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- Location
- Trivoli, IL
- Tractor
- SSTT (Sideways Snake Tain Tractor) and STB (sideways train box) tractor, dirt harvester
Thanks for the advice. As for draining for winter, not sure where you are from but its gets to -40C here, I set up the pumps on the back if you look closely for the following: I need to winterize with RV antifreeze, so on the back of the sprayer there are 2 valves (2 spots to suck from) 1 is the tank, and the other is just a hose hanging there to put into a pail of RV antifreeze. so what I did was to winterize was the following
you should not need to use RV antifreeze... it looks like 1/2" or smaller inside diameter hose you are using. you should be able to just blow it all out with an air compressor.
air velocity is what you need. say 10 gallon or larger air tank, so you have air capacity to deliver a higher CFM for a few seconds at 90 PSI or higher. should give you a high enough air velocity through those hoses and pipes. to clear them of majority if not all water. the few droplets of water will not harm anything. "pipes full of water yes" less than half full (looking at cross section view of a hose/pipe) you shouldn't have a problem when and if the water/chemicals freeze. as long as the water has some place to expand to. it will not put forces on things to cause a break/crack. water only expands so much. it is not spray foam. that expands 10 plus times of what is put in.
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my issue has been with dust, bugs getting into a garden hose between uses, chemicals left in tank and water evaporating some, leaving a crusty residue. all of things causing issues with boom nozzles to hand gun nozzles.
and of course dog hair. still surprises me sometimes where i end up finding there hair. shaving them, brush them, bath them, groom them. and still there hair finds there way into odd places.