This is Jake. After high school he joined the military, fought overseas, and came home to Manning to raise his family. He can fly the United States flag as he'd like, and he certainly makes sure there is one on his tractor. POW on one side, Stars & Stripes on the other.
This fall he's quite consistently pumping over 2,500 gallons per minute. When I took these photos he was right over 3,000 - about 3020 GPM most of the time.
At a local finishing barn, his crew had a Lead Pump at the site, and a booster pump in the field. Both were set up with MobileStar.
Lead Pump - a 550hp 13.5L John Deere with a 6NHTB-19 Cornell pump using a PCE Self-Prime system.
Booster Pump - PT 5069 - same engine and pump as the lead.
Mainline Hose: 8 inch
Drag Hose: 6 inch
On the tractor he has a PCE Tractor-Mounted Swing Pipe with a PCE injection bar set up with Dietrich 70 Series Shanks to inject 5-6 inches deep.
This is a PCE text-book turn-around: making a "golf-club" swing, placing the bar back into the ground along the fence line, and slowly turning back to a 45 degree angle across the field. No backing up.
Pretty....even when covered in Manure.
When it comes to friction loss in hose, it takes 7 lengths* of 8" hose to equal the friction loss in 2 lengths of 6" hose. That friction loss is equal to 0.85 lengths of 5 inch hose.
***friction loss is still an estimation based on flow through materials similar to hose.
