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On 5 sep, 19:25, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
Earlier, Roy Bourgeois wrote:
I am looking for an inexpensive and lightweight water
meter to measure ballast. Any suggestions?

The last time I crewed a Nationals, we tried one of those cheapie
plastic hose meters like you get at a nursery or garden shop. It was
inaccurate to the point of uselessness. Then we bought a water utility
meter like the one between your house and the water main - basically
what Paul Remde sells. It was no cheaper than Paul's price and it took
us a couple days to find and obtain it. Were I to do it again I'd just
order whatever Paul or Tim sells and be done with it.

Bob K.


Simplest thing is to fill out of 25 ltr cans and put stripes or marks
at each 10 liter level
Easyest way to measure how much you put in each wing

jhvdl







I am not so sure about that being the simplest... To me the only thing
"simple" about it is that you don't have to buy a water meter. With
your system, you have to tote several of the cans, or make multiple
trips, come up with a plan for carrying them in your vehicle, tend to
the filling constantly by holding the cans and pouring into a funnel,
etc., or rigging some other Rube Goldberg apparatus. A simple rooftop
bladder, valve, and meter (with optional standpipe, if needed) is all
that you need for accurate and EASY filling. The bladder and everything
collapses into a small box in the front of the trailer.



My $0.02



Larry

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