Think this will work?

nickmarch

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Hello All!

I'm bored and thinking about making a dredge nozzle/setup a little bit different than usual. Not sure if it will work but I'm going to find out!

The picture below shows what I have in mind.

There will be a 3" hose from a 4" pump to the J-Pipe that will be used as the jet. The suction nozzle is also 3" The 4" pump can do 427 gpm.

I plan on putting 2 jet nozzles outside the intake on the suction nozzle. http://www.buy.com/pr/product.aspx?sku=204597887&sellerid=33529263

Any suggestions?
 

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:tongue3: When LL freezes over. In over 40 years a dredging and 55+ years a mining I've seen dozens tried and NEVER seen a single goldfarb work in dual headed dragons. PSI rules the dredging world as jets restrict flow and mandate MUCH more psi to fly-John
 

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Hoser John said:
:tongue3: When LL freezes over. In over 40 years a dredging and 55+ years a mining I've seen dozens tried and NEVER seen a single goldfarb work in dual headed dragons. PSI rules the dredging world as jets restrict flow and mandate MUCH more psi to fly-John
WOW John. You said LOADS in a short post. I'm paying more attention to your posts! Tnx. TTC
 

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nickmarch

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Hoser John said:
:tongue3: When LL freezes over. In over 40 years a dredging and 55+ years a mining I've seen dozens tried and NEVER seen a single goldfarb work in dual headed dragons. PSI rules the dredging world as jets restrict flow and mandate MUCH more psi to fly-John

As far as jets go: http://www.vortexdredge.com/products-dredge-jetter-kit.html

As I said... I'm going to use a 4" 427gpm pump a 3" dredge needs less than 200gpm.
 

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I know what your trying to do but in my opinion adding another hose just complicates things. Some time back a jet was produced called the couple jet. it is mounted on the dredge and all you deal with is the suction hose. I have a 2 1/2" and its super powerful. The guy who invented them. (GOLD DIVERS DREDGES) used to be in Carson Nevada said it would suck a 8 ounce weight straight up a 100 foot hose.
Some thing too look at anyway if your bored.2
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Sold Date: 09/16/2007
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Used 6" Gold Divers Couple Jet. This unit is in excellent condition. I completely disassembled, inspected and cleaned the jet. Thought by many professional dredgers to be the best jet assembly ever made. The couple jet is adjustable for any engine, pump combination. It only requires losing 2 adjuster nuts and moving the barrel in or out until you achieve the maximum pressure. It's 360 dregs. inlet provides unbelievable suction and will smooth out the jet flow to reduce plug ups. The way these units were made, the 2 barrel parts are almost the only ware items. These are available from pipe suppliers. The large cast aluminum main body should last a lifetime if you don't drop it out of your truck. These jets haven't been in production for several years and even when they were very few of the big 6" units were ever sold due to the high price. A complete Couple Jet unit sold for over $1,000.00 from some dredge shops. This one is as good as new, with only slight rust on the barrels.
 

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