Bit another bullet.

[Josh Carmack]

Bought another 55 GPH fuge yesterday to decrease processing time, bit the bullet, I normally don't care for extra capacity unless it is a gun. With my now limited schedule, I need to process more in less time so probably will buy another in a few weeks to make it a trio of fuges, wonder how that will sound. I'm figuring that there's going to be lots of hetrodyning between the two and then three of them. After purchasing my big fuge next year, I'll have those up for sale. Anyone interested?

 

[Shadetreemechanic]

I might be.

 

[Josh Carmack]

So where is Monteagle? I'm in Ashport, nearest incorporated town being Ripley. way way over here literally right by the Mississippi. I can see the river bank from my kitchen.

 

[sle2115]

I might be interested in one as well.

 

[leswhitt]

How much fuel are you processing that you'll need to run 3 fuges?

 

[Shadetreemechanic]

So where is Monteagle? I'm in Ashport, nearest incorporated town being Ripley. way way over here literally right by the Mississippi. I can see the river bank from my kitchen.

I am an hour west of Chattanooga. A ways from you.

 

[Josh Carmack]

Leswhitt. not so much I just have very little time to process, and I'm not willing to walk away from anything and let it run til I get steel braided lines to plumb everything up with. I'm currently running 250 PSI air line and thats a disaster waiting to happen. Currently about 40 Gals a week.

 

[Josh Carmack]

Leswhitt. not so much I just have very little time to process, and I'm not willing to walk away from anything and let it run til I get steel braided lines to plumb everything up with. I'm currently running 250 PSI air line and thats a disaster waiting to happen. Currently about 40 Gals a week. Also don't like the fact that most of my pump output get dumped right back into the drum. Lots of electricity being wasted in the motor as it has to pump the 3 or 4GPM of oil at 90PSI regardless of how much I'm actually using.

 

[leswhitt]

I gotcha, my plumbing on the pressure side is only steel pipe so I'm a "flip the switch and leave for my office for 10 hours" type 'fuger.

 

[Blind Driver2]

I gotcha, my plumbing on the pressure side is only steel pipe so I'm a "flip the switch and leave for my office for 10 hours" type 'fuger.

You still need a flexible line or that pipe is going to vibrate and crack.

 

[leswhitt]

You still need a flexible line or that pipe is going to vibrate and crack.

Why's that? The pipe isn't supporting any weight, it's free to move with the 'fuge, and I've probably ran it for over 200 hours with no sign of fatigue. I should post a picture but I'd call mine a floating setup in that everything is resting on top of my tote and not bolted down. The only flexible line (heater hose) I have is on the suction side and although I thought the oil would deteriorate it, it hasn't leaked either.

 

[Josh Carmack]

Naw, fatigue cracking from pump and fuge vibration will almost never be a problem in that setup. I have worked Maintenance in factories that had galvanized and black pipe running hydraulic and other equipment under higher pressures 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for 15 years and more.