Toro 4045 - Connecting to Drilling Fluid Sources; Setting Up the Drilling Fluid Mixing System; Setting Up Pump for Natural Water Source

Figure74
1.Rearstabilizers
11.Pressthe2rightstakeleversintolowerandspinthe
rightstakeaugeruntilitseatsfully(Figure75).
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Figure75
1.Left-stake-raise/lower
lever
3.Right-stake-raise/lower
lever
2.Left-stake-spinlever
4.Right-stake-spinlever
12.Repeatstep11fortheleft-sidestake.
ConnectingtoaDrilling-uidSource
Whendrillingandreaming,youpumpamixtureofbentonite
clay,water,andsometimesotheringredients,collectively
calleddrillinguidor“mud”,throughthepipeandintothe
bore.Thisdrillinguid,or“mud”,doesthefollowingfor
yourbore:
•Lubricatesthedrillhead
•Loosensthesoilintowhichthedrilliscutting
•Penetratesandbindsloosesoiltokeepitfromcollapsing
ontheborepipe.
Important:Donotoperatethedrilling-uidpump
withoutapressurizedsupplyofdrillinguid,ordamage
tothepumpingsystemwillresult.
Thespecicmixtureyouneedwillvarydependingonyour
soiltypeandtheoperationthatyouareperforming.Referto
yourmixingsystemOperator’sManualfordetails.
Conversely,forsomejobs(dependingonthesoiltypeand
distance),youcanpumpscreenedwaterfromanaturalwater
source,suchasalakeorriver,throughthedrillinsteadof
mixeddrillinguid.
•Toconnectthemachinetoamixingsystem,referto
SettinguptheMixingSystem(page66).
•Toconnectthemachinetoanaturalwatersource,referto
SettingupthePumptoUseaNaturalWaterSource(page
67).
SettinguptheMixingSystem
Setupyourmixingsystemnearthedirectionaldrilllocation,
preferablydownwind,sothatfumesfromthemixingsystem
enginewillnotbotheryouwhileyouaredrilling.Followthe
instructionsprovidedinthemixingsystemOperator’sManual
forsettingitupandusingit.
Completethestepsfollowingtoconnecttheexithosefrom
themixingsystemtothedrilling-uidpumponthemachine:
1.Raisethecam-lockleversonthepump-inletcap,and
removethecap(Figure76).
Figure76
1.Cam-locklevers
2.Pump-inletcap
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