Anyone every tried using a electric clutch on a pump (8gpm/3k) before?
Tim,
Very nice set up. You mentioned, that you are always seeking to improve your rig. From the looks of it there is not much more you can do, except to maybe automate it. Have you considered that?
Sounds like a good idea.
Tim have you thought about hydraulics off a big motor to run all the pumps. i thought about doing that a while back. I think some of the izusus are set up with pto for hydraulics. i have seen some lawn spray trucks with hydraulics running some big bean pumps. Black knight makes some sweeper trucks that run hydraulics off the main motor to the sweeper. the electric clutches just dont look tuff enough to me.
I have looked into a few proportioners and lost interest. If I had more time to spend on things like that I would like to put something together. Hydraulics, I like the sound of that. I saw someone here with a very impressive flatwork trailer that ran hydraulics. I am going to look into it, thanks for the input. I'm not real excited about running those kind of hours on my truck, as far as a pto goes. I am going to talk to guys I know about hydraulics, thanks for pointing that out.
Your truck would sitting a little above idle wouldn't it?
Tim I does absorb a lot of your time (talking from experience), especially if the discipline being investigated is not your "cup of tea". I think it maybe worth finding a company that specializes in in-line chemical injection and allow then give you a quote for what you want to accomplish.
Think about it............ no on-site mixing, just a barrel of each concentrate and water, 2 electrical chem injection pumps and one supply pump. You may not need hydraulics. One engine driver, driving one pump and generator.
I too have looked into hydraulics, but budget constraints make it only a dream. Here is one of the hydraulic sites that is interesting:
http://www.fosterhydraulics.com/Pages/Diesel Complete/Diesel Complete Larger.html
They run machines from isuzu's all the time. I'd bet that it can be done cheaper than you think. ( and done right)
I was thinking of doing it. There are a lot of possibilites