I got sick and tired of filling buckets and hauling them around in the cart to water trees around our property. Ive been wanting to do this for project for a couple years and since my wife decided to bring home 7 new 15ft trees a couple weeks ago the time was now.
We use buckets on each tree either with holes in the bottom to drain slowly or with water spikes to get the water into the ground better. So basically I just need a quick and easy way to fill the buckets. This is what I came up with. I made the frame from scrap metal left over from various projects. The wife scored a free barrel. I bought two wheels, a trailer coupler, and a $17 bilge pump from HF. And some PVC and black hose from Lowes. I probably have <$50 into the whole thing. I can fill a 5 gallon bucket in about 20 seconds without getting off the tractor as the switch for the pump is just under the front of the seat
Do you have a rain collection / gutter rerouting system to fill the drum next to the garage?
I am picturing a butterfly valve and a pipe to fill the drum.
I have this little guy on the back of the shop. Its an old 250 gallon Nalgene chlorine tank my father in law got out the an old building at Ithaca College.
I dont have a picture of it, but there is a gutter outlet near the top of the big tank that flows out into the yard.
Dan
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found this
FYI: the big band around the middle is to hold it together. To remove it from the building it was in it had to be cut in half. I made this band strap, then used gutter sealant to keep the water in. Doesnt leak a drop.
EDIT2: and yes, i did sand it down before installing it. I just couldnt put it out back with over spray all over it.
$$$ idea for ya: I just bought a beach cart for my jetski and it was about $600. And that’s on the cheap side. Certainly the balloon tires add cost but if you could produce something similar and sell at a lower cost you might be able to really make some money.
