I'm what I'd call a semi pro; work for the feds. @ a national fish hatchery. Our crew of five PW'd almost 40 hours last month one man on one machine each time (but not always the same man or the same machine); cleaning 23,600 sq feet of concrete of fish containment units, so it's a big part of our time as part of rearing trout from eggs to 9 inch fish, but PW'ing is not our business but allows us to keep our business running to control algae growth which glogs screens and that could over flow a containment unit and kill fish.
We have two machines, belt driven, Honda GX390s, each fed from a 330-gallon IBC tank as the only water supply; we have no spigot access in our outside fish culture area. The area is about 80 yards wide X 500 yards long; making the use of water hoses impractical as it's another 50 yards to the nearest spigot near our hatchery building. Also, we get our city water given to us from another agency and so we can't start using it for PWing, as that would require a new property contract. We have each tank and machine set up on a separate fork-liftable platform. We have no truck or trailer that can handle that much water weight. The tanks are refilled when they are near empty using a 2 inch line and 80gpm pump that we also use to fill fish-hauling trucks. When we put both machines in operation at the same time, we'll go to different locations in the area, and so that's why each unit is self contained.
Unlike a real pro, I'm very limited on what I can do or try equipment wise or how much time I spend with set up, but I did manage to get our platforms built and now no one can imagine going back to our old set up of taking multiple trips to set up for cleaning.
Now for the question: How do I figure out which pumps would be compatible as a replacement for a Mi-TM JCW-3504-2MHB with an AR RKA4G; it's 3.7 gpm, 3500 psi, 1750 rpm?
I'm trying to decide how high to go with the gpm as a replacement, psi could be as low as 2900, but gpm is not only limited to my 13 hp engine, belt-driven, but also, as a tank of water must last long enough to complete on containment unit, which currently takes about 1 hr., 45 minutes.
Of course, as the gpm goes up, the time will get less, but I'm thinking that if we go above 4.5, we'll likely lose the time gained by going back for a refill, because I'm thinking that, at some point of higher GPM, we'll get less efficient with our water use.
But I'm stuck with looking at all these pumps and can't tell what specs that I need to reference against my current pump.
Alternatively, we could rebuild the current pump, but I'm pretty sure the boss would authorize up to $500 for a new pump that could possibly speed up our work.
This also could be a time to try a turbo tip, but the videos I've seen with their use did not go faster than our current pace. What could speed us up the most is a wider spray pattern with acceptable PSI. We get lots of help with rinsing via continuously running water through our containment units while cleaning and a .5% slope and unlimited recovery issues due to a waste-water treatment system downstream of our work via drain valves. Twenty-five degrees is as wide as we can go with our current 4/4000, w/o having to do alot of re spraying.
Are there turbo tips that'll spray a wider pattern?
We have two machines, belt driven, Honda GX390s, each fed from a 330-gallon IBC tank as the only water supply; we have no spigot access in our outside fish culture area. The area is about 80 yards wide X 500 yards long; making the use of water hoses impractical as it's another 50 yards to the nearest spigot near our hatchery building. Also, we get our city water given to us from another agency and so we can't start using it for PWing, as that would require a new property contract. We have each tank and machine set up on a separate fork-liftable platform. We have no truck or trailer that can handle that much water weight. The tanks are refilled when they are near empty using a 2 inch line and 80gpm pump that we also use to fill fish-hauling trucks. When we put both machines in operation at the same time, we'll go to different locations in the area, and so that's why each unit is self contained.
Unlike a real pro, I'm very limited on what I can do or try equipment wise or how much time I spend with set up, but I did manage to get our platforms built and now no one can imagine going back to our old set up of taking multiple trips to set up for cleaning.
Now for the question: How do I figure out which pumps would be compatible as a replacement for a Mi-TM JCW-3504-2MHB with an AR RKA4G; it's 3.7 gpm, 3500 psi, 1750 rpm?
I'm trying to decide how high to go with the gpm as a replacement, psi could be as low as 2900, but gpm is not only limited to my 13 hp engine, belt-driven, but also, as a tank of water must last long enough to complete on containment unit, which currently takes about 1 hr., 45 minutes.
Of course, as the gpm goes up, the time will get less, but I'm thinking that if we go above 4.5, we'll likely lose the time gained by going back for a refill, because I'm thinking that, at some point of higher GPM, we'll get less efficient with our water use.
But I'm stuck with looking at all these pumps and can't tell what specs that I need to reference against my current pump.
Alternatively, we could rebuild the current pump, but I'm pretty sure the boss would authorize up to $500 for a new pump that could possibly speed up our work.
This also could be a time to try a turbo tip, but the videos I've seen with their use did not go faster than our current pace. What could speed us up the most is a wider spray pattern with acceptable PSI. We get lots of help with rinsing via continuously running water through our containment units while cleaning and a .5% slope and unlimited recovery issues due to a waste-water treatment system downstream of our work via drain valves. Twenty-five degrees is as wide as we can go with our current 4/4000, w/o having to do alot of re spraying.
Are there turbo tips that'll spray a wider pattern?