Home-Built Liquid Manure Tank
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We recently completed a project that may be of interest to your readers. We built a liquid manure tank using a 1960 Metro Military 5-ton "bridge" truck with a 6-cyl. gas engine. We put a 5,000 gal. tank on it with a high-volume pump. The pump puts out 1,200 to 1,500 gpm through a 6-in. discharge to the spread nozzle and sprays a 180-degree pattern that is 30 to 40 ft. wide.
We power the pump off the truck's pto. It runs between 540 and 1,000 rpm's depending on the engine rpm's and gear selection. The pump also swings open for easy cleaning.
We put the truck, tank and pump together at our shop in Little Falls, Minn. We'd be happy to consider similar projects for others. (Ray VanAHercke Jr., Ray's Body Shop, Inc., 405 15th St. S.W., Little Falls, MN 56345 ph 320 632-9271)
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Home-Built Liquid Manure Tank MANURE HANDLING Equipment 24-3-34 We recently completed a project that may be of interest to your readers. We built a liquid manure tank using a 1960 Metro Military 5-ton "bridge" truck with a 6-cyl. gas engine. We put a 5,000 gal. tank on it with a high-volume pump. The pump puts out 1,200 to 1,500 gpm through a 6-in. discharge to the spread nozzle and sprays a 180-degree pattern that is 30 to 40 ft. wide.
We power the pump off the truck's pto. It runs between 540 and 1,000 rpm's depending on the engine rpm's and gear selection. The pump also swings open for easy cleaning.
We put the truck, tank and pump together at our shop in Little Falls, Minn. We'd be happy to consider similar projects for others. (Ray VanAHercke Jr., Ray's Body Shop, Inc., 405 15th St. S.W., Little Falls, MN 56345 ph 320 632-9271)
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