As temperatures warm up, it’s time to put some water down. ABI’s redesigned 340 gallon and 550 gallon compact water trailers have an optimized frame, full drain tank, and are loaded with convenient features. Watch Matt give you an inside look at water trailer attachments that will make your watering jobs easier than ever.
Get an up-close look at our 340 Gallon and 550 Gallon Compact Water Trailers:
https://www.abiattachments.com/product/340-gallon-compact-water-trailer/
https://www.abiattachments.com/product/550-gallon-compact-water-trailer/
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0:00 Compact Water Trailer Features
0:57 Purpose Built Rugged Steel Frame
1:40 Water Trailer Plumbing System
2:07 Full Drain Custom Molded Tank
3:00 Fill Your Tank Up With Hinged Lid
3:42 Easy On/Off Flow Control For Garden Hose
4:20 Pond Fill Option
4:42 Rear Spray Bar For Distributing Water
5:46 Spray Hose For Distributing Water
(upbeat music) - Hi, everyone. Matt here with ABI Attachments. Welcome back to the "ABI Dirt." As you can tell, they let me
out of the warehouse today. We are out enjoying some
rare spring sunshine here in northern Indiana, and given
that it's spring, we thought that today would be a
great day to highlight some of the features on our
compact water trailer line. As it starts to warm up, you
might be thinking about oof, what happens when it gets really warm and I need to water around the property?
And we recently redesigned
our compact water trailer line so our 340 gallon and our
550 gallon water trailers. And I'd love to talk through
some of the features we've got on this line so that you know
if this would be a good match for you in all of your
spring and summer projects. First things first, on a list of features of this newly redesigned
compact water trailer line is the frame itself. And I know that may not be
the first thing you think of when you think of
the different features on th
e water trailer, but it's kinda like the backbone that
holds everything together. And for us, it was vital because we wanted to provide you a safer,
smoother experience by building a frame that
sits lower to the ground. A trailer that fits, frame that fits lower to the ground means that your water tank and all the water in it
is lower to the ground, it means you've got a
lower center of gravity and means for a safer,
smoother experience. So, when you hook this water
trailer up to your UTV, you c
an trust that you've
got all the control and the breaking power you need on your UTV to handle the
weight that's back behind you. It's gonna feel less like
the tail's wagging the dog. Another benefit of this
custom design trailer is that you've got incorporated plumbing into the trailer system. That means a lot of your
plumbing that's running from the the tank up to
the pump from the pump back out to the rear end
for that rear spray bar it's tucked up inside of that frame which means you've got
less dragging, less likely that any of those hoses or any of that plumbing is going to be punctured or damaged while running
around the property. Another benefit to a custom
designed frame means that it allows for a custom designed tank. So, on our 340 and 550 water trailers, we have got full drain tank
system, and that's only possible because the trailer is custom
designed to accommodate it. And that brings us to the tank. Couple of features here
in the tank itself. First, already mentioned, is
that full drain tank system. If you've ever had to
clean out a water tank or a flat bottom water
tank on a flat trailer, you know the headache that's involved in cleaning that bugger out, where that water is pulled from. If it's not full drain,
now you've got muck and gunk and possibly algae
and moss in the bottom. It's a massive pain. Some trailers even require you to unpin or unfasten the tank from the trailer, flip that tank over and get
it cleaned out on the ground. And now, that's just a w
hole
lot of muscle and time. Whereas on a full drain system, very simple to open up the top
cover, open up the full drain on the bottom, spray out the
inside, everything gets washed out to the bottom, and now
you've got a clean tank. So, now let's talk about getting this water trailer filled up because this can, for those of you who have never had a water trailer, this can seem like a huge tank that you've gotta fill
up to keep operational. So, three different ways that
you can fill your tank up
. If you've got some large diameter plumbing and piping connected
directly to your well, some of you have, maybe you have water storage
tanks that are elevated. Maybe you've got a well
system that allows you to distribute water through
a full two inch pipe. If so, the hinged lid up on
top of the tank is ideal. Pull up to the bar and
pull up to the water tank, pull up to where the well access is and you've got the ability to drop that two inch pipe directly in. That's a really quick
way to fill u
p the tank. If you've got more restriction
on size of plumbing, maybe you've just got a garden hose and that's the only way that you've got to fill up the system. You think, Matt, well
that's gonna take forever. No problem. We actually have a fill option right here in the front of the trailer,
allows you to quickly and easily connect your
garden hose directly to this auto shutoff and with
that auto shutoff valve that's on the inside of the tank, turn that garden hose on, walk away, let it sit ov
ernight because
as the water fills up the tank, the auto shutoff engaged and
you're not gonna be overflowing and water spilling out all over the place. That's a really quick set it, walk away, get some chores done and come back later. The third option to filling up is the pond fill option
that is attached directly to the motor and pump. That way you can connect if you've got a water source close by, you can throw that pond fill
hose into the water source, turn the valves onto that pump and now y
ou're pulling water directly from that water source. Let's say you've got a stream. Let's say you've got a pond close by, directly into the tank. So, now that you've got water in the tank, let's talk about how to
get water out of the tank. Two primary ways to get
water distributed outside of the tank. First up, is through the rear spray bar. So, we've made the rear
spray bar a trademark of all ABI water trailers because we work with a lot of
folks who have long driveways, who have gravel lots, o
r
who have horse arenas, or who are working on sports fields. In all of those scenarios,
you need some kind of rear spray system so you can hook up to a water trailer, take off and you can fan spray out large amounts of water to either take
care of that sports infield or keep the dust down
in the gravel driveway. Maybe you've got heavy compaction in that gravel driveway,
moisture's gonna loosen that up. Or, if you're in the equine
industry, you know how vital it is to keep your
horse arena well
watered so it gives you more purchase when you're out training and performing. So, that all requires a
rear spray bar out the rear into the trailer. No, that can be tricky if you've got a DIY trailer
because sometimes some trailers, some competitors out there,
have the rear spray bar set up that you've gotta actually
turn on that rear spray bar while you're standing
next to the water trailer. Then you get up in your tow
vehicle and you take off. We wanna give you as
much control as possible over
that rear spray bar because what we don't want to happen is for you to have to control
that rear spray bar from the front of the water trailer. That means that you're
gonna turn it on, engage it. That rear spray bar is
gonna kick into place. And no matter how fast you
are, it's gonna take a couple of seconds for you to get
back into your tow vehicle and start driving. In those amount of seconds,
you're dumping a lot of gallons of water right outside your arena or at some poor spot right in
the
middle of the driveway. To take care of that, we've
installed a ratchet valve on the system that controls
the rear spray bar. That means with that ratchet
valve connected directly up to a string that leads up to
your tow vehicle, you can sit in the seat of your tow vehicle,
yank on that cord, operate that ratchet valve, and you
can turn your rear spray system on and off while driving, while operating. That means you can put extra water down where it's extra dry. You can prevent water from going
down into places that's wet and no more puddles right outside your arena
or at some random spot in your driveway. Second method of distributing water out of this compact water
trailer is the spray hose. So, you can see you've got
this spray hose fixed here. It wraps right around the tank. Couple of things in the spray hose here. This is the anti-kink spray hose so you won't ever have to worry about things getting
kind of binded up there. You've also got the ability
to operate the spray hose, aga
in, from the seat of your tow vehicle. Just stretch this hose
out up by your front seat and then you can use that
handle, turn it off and on and you can see quick and easy storage. It actually wraps around the tanks itself, drops here in place,
straps in the position, stow and go, no need to haul heavy hoses and keep throwing 'em
into the bed of your UTV or the bed of your truck. So, if any of these features
have peaked your interest or you're wondering, man, that's, I wonder if this could fit o
n my property. I wonder if this would help me
get my work done around here. And you're curious as
to whether or not one of these compact water trailers
would fit your tow vehicle. Well, this is an ideal time for you to give our
product specialists a call. They get to talk about
water trailers all the time. They're excited to match people up with the water trailer
that best meets your needs. Specifically, we've designed
this compact water trailer line to work best with UTVs, subcompact tractors,
and compact tractors. But ,it all depends on what you've got going
on on your property, what kind of terrain do you have, how much horsepower and braking. And if you've hung out
with us any amount of time, at ABI you know how specific
we are in intentional we are about matching
up the right attachment with the right tow vehicle. So, give us a call. We'd love to hear about
what you've got going on this spring, this
summer as it heats up. We wanna make sure that your
property is getting taken care
of with all of your
water management needs. That's all I've got today, everyone. Hope that was helpful. Hope it starts to jog your thoughts as you're looking into warmer days of what you need to get
done around your property. If you are new to the channel
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