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At one time I also wanted to run PTO driven pumps. Gave the Idea up after the last price hike in fuel. Right now the price is about $3.50 per gal. US. [lm] Just before I built the diesel pump I was using 13hp honda moters and spending nearly $50.00 per day in fuel, not to mention when hot water was involved. Keep in mind that was not including the truck fuel costs.
Today, the isuzu uses about $30.00 per week in diesel and has paid for its self in only a few months.
Keep in mind when fabricating you need a back up system. Be prepared for lots of break downs untill you figure out all of the growing pains. To be honest the diesel unit took about 2 months to be trouble free. At the time of fabricating I was tired of wet or slipping belts, and constantly adjusting to keep maximum performance.
So I direct drived the wash unit using a love joint. Had to make custom bracketry to bolt to the belhousing and learn how to fine tune the alignment via shims. But now, it would be very easy to duplicte the process. In fact I plan on doing it again with another truck using a older reefer moter.
I think the most important thing to fabrication is the process, if an idea fails just try to tweek the system untill you succeed. It may invole countless hours but the reward is worth it.
As for pictures of the tanker, I have a new process to figure out. How to upload to this site!!!