connect a hose to an IBC tote

[bigtiller]

I run around with a 300 gallon tank on a 2 wheel trailer and use a 1-1/2 sump pump hose for my mulched trees. I carry a dozen 5-6 gallon buckets with a 3/8" hole in the bottom edge. The hose is big enough to fill the buckets fairly quick. Still, it is a lot of moving buckets from tree to tree but if I just left a bucket at a tree the hole would plug up to easy and i would be unplugging it all the time. Interesting thread and am looking to make my system even easier.

Next time, put the hole on the side of the bucket.

 

[Deere Dude]

Next time, put the hole on the side of the bucket.

Or move the original hole.

 

[justinramani]

I use an IBC tote and plumbed it to a 12v on demand pump. From there it's connected to a normal hose. I squeeze the hose nozzle and the pump self primes and pumps at around 40psi. Plenty of pressure. I tow the IBC on a trailer and pull it with the Polaris side x side. Longest time spent is filling up the IBC.

 

[justinramani]

I got my setup from watching this video:

Build A Spray Rig ~ START A BUSINESS ! - YouTube

 

[Mike Gibson]

If it has the camlock fitting you can get a male camlock to female NPT and reduce it down to accept a hose bib.

 

[Highland416]

If I remember right, there are three different set-ups for IBC totes. Camlock, 2"NPT and some square thread.

I got a 2" NPT to 3/4" hose thread adapter off of Amazon...not the cheapest but was the easiest for 2A.M. shopping! Wherever I got mine from had adapters for all three set-ups.

 

[Buxus]

Wow! I love this site! So many great ideas I had not even considered. I simply hoped to find out how to connect a hose. Had not even thought about all the other options. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

 

[Gem99ultra]

I also found an adapter for my tote. Volume through a water hose is no problem; you'll have plenty of pressure. Here's a picture of my adapter.

 

[747driver]

This is what I have for water supply in the back 40. Bought a rubber tub and put a kitchen sink strainer drain in it. So when it rains it goes straight to the tote. 5 gal. bucket fits under the spigot.

 

[drs1023]

We catch rain water from the garage and shop into 2 330 gal containers for watering the grass. Fittings into the ball valves were under 10 bucks at the local industrial supply house. Aluminum is cheaper than the plastic ones. I found an old swimming pool pump on Craigslist, hooked a 2"gise into it and came our with the 3/4" spigot head. Great for watering the lawn and flower beds. I use my skid steer to move a full tote to the garden and use a 2000 watt 12 V DC to 120 V AC inverter to run the pump at the garden.