Made-It-Myself Foam Marker
“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.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, John Ruffin, 7029 Yatesville Hwy., Yatesville, Ga. 31097 (ph 770 584-7775; ruffinfarmandtrucking@gmail.com).
Made-It-Myself Foam Marker SPRAYING Miscellaneous “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 ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup John Ruffin 7029 Yatesville Hwy Yatesville Ga 31097 ph 770 584-7775; ruffinfarmandtrucking@gmail com
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