Near Intersection of I-35 & I-90 Southern Mn. | The picture helps a lot. I can see you have a Raven flow meter followed by a Raven Butterfly valve (the valve is mounted upside down as it is recommended that the cylinder should point up. The flow then enters a manifold which leads to three (only see two) section valves. The output from the section valves each lead to a section. I assume each section consists of 8 hoods. Apparently each hood has one tip for your situation.
It appears that the section hoses are those lying to the left in the picture. I would attach each of those to an 8 column set of flow columns such as shown in one of the earlier pictures. Each bank of 8 provides a method to distribute that flow to an 8 hood section and also a visual indication of the individual flow rates. Two other sets of 8 would be needed to handle the other sections.
Upon second look, I'm now guessing that there is a stand for the flow columns just to the left edge of the picture. The three sets of eight columns may have been mounted there with an individual hose running to each hood.
Depending on how the hoods are currently plumbed this could require some replumbing. The end results would be that you would have 24 flow columns each showing the flow for each hood. The section valves would give you the option of shutting some sections OFF for point row situations.
Part of my confusion is that the hoods I've seen were always for spraying a weed killer on the desirable crop and using a cultivator for the area between the rows. That is why each hood contained 3 tips. Apparently in your situation you are spraying just the area between the rows and one tip per hood is adequate.
Edited by tedbear 5/27/2025 09:02
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Visaguage flow balls
