Wet And Dry Vacuum Made Easier To Carry

Wet And Dry Vacuum Made Easier To Carry FARM SHOP Handy Hints 25-1-28 Tom Williams Machine, Inc., HCR 1, Box 1-A, Aurora, Mo. 65605 (ph 417 678-3723; fax 417 678-6000): "We made our 5-gal. wet and dry vacuum easier to carry by bolting a pair of small brackets to the sides of the vac and attaching a 5-gal. pail handle to them. Without a handle, the vac is awkward to carry, especially when it's full. "I also mounted a pail handle on top of a 3-gal. pump-up spray tank and mounted a 1-in. dia. PVC pipe alongside the tank for storing the sprayer wand. I ran a No. 8 wire band around the tank and secured the pail handle to it. I also ran a wire band around the bottom of the tank and used plumber's tape to attach the pipe to the band. The tank was originally designed to be carried by a metal hand loop secured to a circular lid. However, if you accidentally twist the lid as you hold onto the loop the lid can unlock and fall into the tank. To solve the problem I installed a smooth wire lock around the raised base of the pumper to keep the lid loop from accidentally turning. I also made and inserted a filter under and inside the pump-locking device in order to keep weed seeds and small trash, etc., from getting inside the pump tank."

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