My Super Sucker in Action

[wmoguy]

I've had quite a few people PM me about my super sucker, how it works, etc.... I ended up using the Super Sucker for a different use tonight as my transfer pump on my transfer tank crapped out on me. I needed a way to remove WMO fuel from the transfer tank to put in my pickup fuel tanks. So I used the super sucker to remove fuel, pump it back into my centrifuge barrel, so I could pump it into my pickup tank. Kind of a laborious process and abnormal use, but it served as a good chance to shoot some video of this thing in action.

Sorry, I broke it up into 3 separate videos to keep it from getting boring with long wait times between the next step in the process.

Video 1: Super Sucker being charged up to collect fuel

http://youtu.be/owZqty_FU_w

 

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Video 2: Super Sucker "sucking" fluid at a blistering pace

http://youtu.be/XGnoNy1Bdk4

 

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Video 3: Discharging the Super Sucker

http://youtu.be/FLAvdU_F9sc

 

[ADV]

Thanks for showing us how your super sucker works that is a slick unit!

JOHN

 

[wmoguy]

Thanks for showing us how your super sucker works that is a slick unit!

JOHN

You bet!

One piece of advice for anyone that decides to build one. If I were doing it over again, I'd use something smaller than 1" ID hose. This size hose is nice because it moves a large volume of oil quickly. The downside is that it's probably in excess of 115lbs of hose weight alone. The tank and hose alone is probably around 150 lbs w/o oil in it. Given the shape of the tank, its a real PITA to get out of my pickup bed empty. Between the weight, and it's akward shape to lift, that is an annoyance in my book.

 

[ADV]

would it be posible to use the vaccum pump on the truck for your super sucker?

 

[wmoguy]

would it be posible to use the vaccum pump on the truck for your super sucker?

great question, and I really dont know. If it can suck down to a solid 20" of vacuum, and you could make the right adapters for the air connections I wouldn't see why it wouldnt work?

 

[subway]

would it be posible to use the vaccum pump on the truck for your super sucker?

according to the other videos that i researched out the answer is yes, i plan on trying this for my setup. guys just run a hose tapped into their brake vacuum line to their trunk or bed tank and by the time they get there they are ready to go. when i get home i have my compressor to push it back out.

 

[ADV]

I don't know if it would be needed but if there is a special fitting that you would need to tap into the vacuum pump I am a machinist and can make what ever would be needed. If you need something just let me know.

 

[WilltheThrill]

great video, I feel allot better about my super sucker now, its not as good as yours but it has potential.

 

[WilltheThrill]

I also need to get the vacuum pump I screwed my little cheap compressor sucking from the breather.