Made-It-Myself Foam Marker

Made-It-Myself Foam Marker SPRAYING Accessories “I don’t farm a lot of acres so I couldn’t see myself spending up to $400 on a commercial foam marker for my grain drill Instead I made my own ” says John Ruffin Yatesville Georgia He started with a 4-ft length of 4-in dia pvc tubing and installed a cleanout “T” near one end to add water and foam agent End caps enclose both ends of the tube He drilled a hole in the “T” end of the tube and threaded it then installed a 1/2 to 3/8-in dia MIP adapter that connects up to a 12-volt portable air compressor mounted behind the drill He also capped and threaded the other end of the tube and installed an adapter for a 3/8-in dia nipple Foam comes out of a 10-in length of flexible plastic tubing attached to the nipple “It works like a charm I can plug the compressor into my tractor’s power connector or clamp it directly to the battery ” says Ruffin “It really comes in handy when reseeding pastures or hay fields where it’s not always easy to see where I’ve already planted I go clockwise around the pasture and the foam drops down behind the tire I elevated the foam-producing end of the tube on a pair of wooden blocks in order to keep water from shooting out of the tube along with the foam ” Ruffin says it doesn’t take much pressure to push foam out of the tube and through the nipple so a small compressor works fine “You can buy portable compressors like mine at Walmart for $15 or $20 I think the same idea would also work on a small sprayer ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup John Ruffin 7029 Yatesville Hwy Yatesville Ga 31097 ph 770 584-7775; ruffinfarmandtrucking@gmail com

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