As requested by rrocket2002..
Not sure if there is any DIY's on here about this or anywhere else, but decided to try this out to wash my sand on a larger scale than a 5 gallon bucket and a hose.
Put together a little PVC piping and hose connections so I could get the water to flow from the bottom to actually float the crap out instead of using the hose to just stir it up. Â What do you think of it?
I was washing about 50 gallons at a time rinsed it about 4 times each and did 300#'s total. Â Worked pretty good, Â and really didn't lose to much sand either. Â Let it fill up to the top and run over for a minute or so, and then dumped it. Â Agitated it by sticking my hands in there and stirring it up manually, but a tee in the main hose would work better to have another hose on hand to agitate it a bit more.
I lost the most sand when I transfered it to 5 gal buckets to take it to the tank and give it one last rinse.
I have no money in the setup because I had all of the parts, Â but it could be easily put together for $5-10 for the pvc and brass adaptor. Â

Not sure if there is any DIY's on here about this or anywhere else, but decided to try this out to wash my sand on a larger scale than a 5 gallon bucket and a hose.
Put together a little PVC piping and hose connections so I could get the water to flow from the bottom to actually float the crap out instead of using the hose to just stir it up. Â What do you think of it?
I was washing about 50 gallons at a time rinsed it about 4 times each and did 300#'s total. Â Worked pretty good, Â and really didn't lose to much sand either. Â Let it fill up to the top and run over for a minute or so, and then dumped it. Â Agitated it by sticking my hands in there and stirring it up manually, but a tee in the main hose would work better to have another hose on hand to agitate it a bit more.
I lost the most sand when I transfered it to 5 gal buckets to take it to the tank and give it one last rinse.
I have no money in the setup because I had all of the parts, Â but it could be easily put together for $5-10 for the pvc and brass adaptor. Â
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