Im setting up a tote for the first time, and noticed something while i was hooking up to the outlet. This might be common knowledge, but thought i would share. And if there are other options, feel free to add them.
The outlet is 2 inches, and the threads are molded into the tote. It uses coarse threads, that dont match up with typical pipe threads.
I have two totes, and they each had a 2" ball valve screwed onto the outlet. One was a Banjo, and not sure of the other one. @Racer talked about checking the internals of all your fittings in one of his videos, which has caused me to inspect everything to check for restrictions. Sure enough, when i compared the opening of the outlet to the ball valves, the ball valves were significantly smaller.
Here i have a piece of tube that has a 1 3/8" external diameter… and as you can see, it just barely fits in the opening of this banjo 2" fitting. I drew an arrow to where the internal opening is.
The other fitting looks even more restrictive.
Here is the same tube in the outlet of the tote, and it has plenty of room around it.
I went to a farm supply store, and asked if they had anything that would screw onto the tote threads that had no restrictions. He said there was an adapter he could order, that was around $20 i think.
I did some google searching, and saw a few people asking about how to hook up to the tote, and someone suggested a fernco 2"x2" fitting that is often used in plumbing. $4.44 from Lowes.
Hooked it up, and it leaves the opening completely unrestricted… simply cut a piece of 2" pvc pipe, clamp it in, and make whatever connections you want. Cheap easy fix, and if you ever need to take it off, it only takes about a minute to remove.
