If APO's are needing that, then we're wasting waterSo, just fill your take halfway every morning before your first job.
Why is a cheap, weak suck ass truckmount considered..
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Dolly Llama
Number 5
What pumpout is this? Inquiring minds want to know.. Asking for a friend……
110vt.
cheap (relatively) to install an in-tank sewage pump if/when you run an extension cord to power it.
I did that with my Powermatic.
water tight electrical fittings and conduit thru the tank to plumb
..L.T.A.
Matt, I have your answer but I haven't had my coffee yet so I'll keep it short.So, just fill your take halfway every morning before your first job.
Prime under low suction, then it will pump out on full load.
hogjowl
Idiot™
Now see?
That right there is why Damon is tolerated here!
That right there is why Damon is tolerated here!
Prime? So during the job, stop what I’m doing, walk 300ft back to the truck, disconnect the hoses, and turn it on, connect the hoses, walk 300ft back to the wand. Yes you’re right. But I was never instructed to do that and yes I did do that, but I feel that if it needs to be primed, then it’s not made for me.
Are all the apo’s meant to be that way?
I didn't think you would get it. You can't grasp the concept of a filter.... which by the way, is even more important when using an APO.
Ok, so back to a serious answer. Yes, before you start your job, make sure your pump is full of water. If you are working and seeing that it isn't pumping, turn your machine to idle and let the water feed into the system. Once that's done you should be good for the rest of the day or week.
If you park in the Handicap spot you'll only need to walk 100ft.
Nate The Great
Member
Is Matt related to Daniel Costly? You guys remember him from Tennessee who would run his Everest on low, never running it on high ever?
Strange fellows..
Pretty much any APO you need to prime it without load for it to run..
Strange fellows..
Pretty much any APO you need to prime it without load for it to run..
KevinD
Member
Not sure of the design of this pump out you are talking about but I ran pump outs for years.
Always plumbed them in a way that kept the impeller flooded with water even with full vacuum.
Always plumbed them in a way that kept the impeller flooded with water even with full vacuum.
This was my first use of an APO and I was never told to prime it during all the reports I told him about it not pumping out.
And in conclusion to my testing, there was nothing wrong with it if it needs primed.
Now it's time to invent a APO that doesn't need primed for people like me who've never used one
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FB19087
Guest
No souls
Nate The Great
Member
No point in reinventing the wheel.. Now you know.. It's okay as everyone learns differently..
Desk Jockey
Member
and some never do.
hogjowl
Idiot™
Nephilim
Dolly Llama
Number 5
hogjowl
Idiot™
MAN I wish you and Coastie had never met
bob vawter
Grassy Knoller
Wrong kind
Lee Stockwell
FOJL
check valve
I changed the check valve out 3 times. That wasn’t the problem
Bob Savage
Member
No need for an extension cord if you have a small 12VDC to 110 VAC inverter connected to theTM battery!
Lee Stockwell
FOJL
It's counter-intuitive, but a SMALL diameter discharge hose works more reliably on that type of pump to overcome vacuum.
1/2"?
hogjowl
Idiot™
Is 1/2” smaller?
I had 3/4"
hogjowl
Idiot™
Then yeah
Idiot
Idiot
bob vawter
Grassy Knoller
Who runs check valves since the
Stagecoach days?
hogjowl
Idiot™
Who were you employed by back then Bob?
bob vawter
Grassy Knoller
Buckboard stage and valve co ltd!!!!
