Recall that we set our tankers up to use their air systems to help clean the hose for about 20+ feet from tanker towards pump, when loading/unloading the slurry. 

Attached is a picture of the air setup on rear of tanker.........but primarily it shows the amount of spillage that we have had after moving about 900,000 gal.

You can see the shutoff valve at the top of the exit pipe, then the air intake valve, then down further the air release valve, and then the bottom of the exit pipe.

The spillage behind the tanker, at the exit pipe, is the "real spillage", and basically comes from the juice that is inside the cap that we fasten to the end of the exit pipe during transport, just as a safety precaution against the valve being accidentally opened, etc etc.   In other words, it is the juice that drains down the exit pipe and collects in the covering cap............unavoidable........maybe a cup or two a load.

The spillage in the upper right, about even with the center of the tanker.........is from the load before when yours truly---------my first load--------let the tanker overfill, and juice squirted out of the overfill valves on top.

Note the two yellow-tipped rods at the top and center of the tanker-----our fill indicators---------the shorter one is hooked to a float.......when it starts its travel up, tanker is about full.  When even, totally full. 

I did not realize the tankers would fill as fast as they do-----------4-6 minutes........so I was basically asleep at the switch when the indicator started to move............and was not near the tractor or valves when it started.

An indicator of the power of the air-------At the field, where the juice is pumped from tanker thru loadstand to applicator..........we were going to move the set up to a different field.   Merely left the air on from the tanker, and it pushed the slurry all the way........probably 100ft of hose plus the loadstand...........thru the pipe from the tanker, thru the pump, and up the loadstand.........in other words, it cleaned out the whole system.

Summary.........the use of the air and rear hookups has been exceedingly efficient........and clean.

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