Shop Vac-Powered Water Removal

Shop Vac-Powered Water Removal FARM HOME Miscellaneous “I use an old 20-gal pressure tank and a shop vac to drain water out of the 1 000-gal storage tanks we use on our tobacco farm It’s easy to use and there’s very little cost ” says Emile Perron Adams Tenn Perron uses the big 1 000-gal tanks at planting time to fill sprayers At the end of the season he stores the tanks – which don’t have drainage valves -- in a shed He cut two holes 1 and 1 1/4 in dia in the top of the 20-gal pressure tank and welded couplings into them then attached nipples elbows and a short length of pipe on each coupling He connected a 5-ft long hose between one coupling and the shop vac and he connected a 25-ft long plastic swimming pool hose to the other coupling He also glued pvc pipe and a shutoff valve to the drain hole at the bottom of the tank He simply turns on the shop vac to suck water out of the 1 000-gal tank and into the pressure tank When the pressure tank gets full he shuts off the shop vac then opens the tank’s shut-off valve and drains the water onto the ground “The shop vac is still sucking up the water but it’s deposited into the pressure tank ” says Perron “A shop vac is designed to hold water so if the tank gets too full and water flows into the shop vac it won’t get damaged The tank and shop vac are light enough that I can throw them in back of my pickup and take them wherever I want I think the same idea would work with shallow water spills too ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Emile Perron 2560 Port Royal Road Adams Tenn 37010 ph 802 238-0561; havablas@hotmail com

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