Floating Intake Pipe

Floating Intake Pipe FARM HOME Miscellaneous It saves a lot of frustration when we need to suck water out of a farm pond says Chad Travis Drasco Ark who made a floating suction hose intake pipe He came up with the idea after struggling with various ways of keeping his suction hose free from debris I pump water from my pond into a tank that I use to irrigate my garden Unfortunately the suction hose laid in mud at the bottom of the pond and eventually the debris plugged up the drip hoses and sprinklers that I use in my garden says Travis The float is made up of three 2-ft long metal tubes welded together with a fourth tube at the center that pivots on a metal pin allowing the tube to move up and down The suction hose hooks up to a 2 1/2-in dia female adapter The suction tube has multiple rows of holes drilled into it creating a built-in screen The float holds the suction hose about 4 in from the top of the water so that Travis never has to worry about the screen plugging A nylon cord tied onto the unit is used to pull the float back It works great and cost almost nothing to build I used the center tube off a Deere combine bean head to make all the tubes on the float says Travis Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Chad Travis 574 Greers Ferry Rd Drasco Ark 72530 ph 870 668-3400

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