Agitation Boat - Front Cannon!

Last week, I was fortunate enough to travel north with Dad to South Dakota and Minnesota. We visited two pumping sites in South Dakota that were running PCE Agitation Boats on dairy lagoons.

The first dairy we visited was being pumped by Precision Pumping, Inc. of Minnesota.  They have an early model of BOAT 2067 with a Cornell Redi-Prime® Pump. We delivered a front nozzle attachment for the "cannon" - the Gate 3 outflow above water. This outflow can be used to sink solids floating on the top, to wash down the banks, or to deliver fluid through a hose (if the boat is anchored to shore).

Upon arrival at the lagoon, there was 12"-18" of crust on the top of the lagoon, with 2 lagoon pumps agitating - one at each end.

Lagoon Condition BEFORE Boat Agitation

 Over a very short period of time using the front nozzle, the Agitation Boat broke through the thick crust in the center and traveled to the opposite end, where Dad shut down the rear agitation nozzles against the bank, and used the front nozzle under the water to rotate the boat left and right while running the front cannon above the water.  This unit moves about 4,000+ GPM.

Using the Agitation Boat as stationary agitation against a bank

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With the control to individually open & shut 3 different outflow gates, you have a lot of control over agitation. The gates can be utilized to control the amount of flow through each agitation nozzle by only partially opening or closing a gate. Throughout the video, you can see variations in flow out the front cannon as the other gates are opened or closed.