Foot-Operated Root Washer (DIY)

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As promised, in this video my engineer buddy David Ladnier joins me to break down the new foot-operated root washer at Rough Draft Farmstead. David helped me to design this to increase efficiency in our wash/pack area and I wanted to get all the nitty gritty details so you could build one yourself at your farm. It is open sourced, so below are all the pieces and parts. Let us know if you have questions and also tag us with your versions!
Interested in washing root vegetables efficiently? This may be your tool.
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@notillgrowers 3 года назад

Great comments so far, everyone! If you get a comment from @Dlextown, that's David. And a few people have asked about the impact and it roughly breaks down like this: I say "cut by half" in this video, but the time savings are generally more than that and I get faster the more I use it. It depends on conditions (mud or bad leaves) and the variety but 200 carrots cost us about $39 to produce before wash (~$0.19 a bunch--and this is on the high end). Labor before for washing was 1.25 hours (for not too dirty carrots) so $17.50 for 200 bunches. That made carrots $0.28/bunch. Labor now with the new washer is about .25 - .30 hours or ($3.50 - $4.70). So it's a labor savings at the station of at least $12.80 per 200 bunches. So on the high end, $0.21/bunch. And so at our goal of 6000 bunches per season, it's a cost savings of roughly $420 a year. Just on carrots. That's a little back-of-the-napkiny because I haven't done a full analysis yet, but not too shabby for a small change in the system.

@TheEmbrio 3 года назад

Wow. One and a half hour to wash 200 carrots previously ? I'll time myself from now on... I might be spending days a year washing produce...

@44wolfpacker 3 года назад

And don't forget opportunity cost!

@chrislangdell117 2 года назад

Cool the labor savings is great. Making more time available in the day is a big deal. If your saving .25 minutes per 200 bunches now also apply that across beets, radishes, spring onions, leeks, turnips if you grow them. Your saving about 1.5 hours a day on your harvest days before market. Walk in to any manufacturing plant and tell them you will save them 1.5 hours per day in their current process and they might laugh at you. Show them how it's done and you will be employed for life if you so choose.

@dickdenisse9960 3 года назад

I love that you open-sourced this idea. That's how to change the world for the better. Kudos.

@caseyfletcher3720 3 года назад

Home gardener here. Last year I grew 25 pounds of ginger. I cleaned it all with my garden hose. It was ridiculous. I was soaking wet. The ground became a messy bog. I trashed a raised bed trying to figure out how to clean it all. I was so proud of my ginger but the mess was incredible. As I used it throughout the winter/spring I realized, my process didn't even really clean it all that well. There was still a ton of soil in the nooks and crannies that I then had to clean some more. This looks like it would work for so many different projects. Heck, rinsing out transplanting pots and trays would be so much easier with something like this! Thanks!

@cpnotill9264 3 года назад

So agree Casey! I'm a home grower as well and really enjoy useing some of Jesse's techniques and love it! Congrats on growing all that ginger also.

@kathynix6552 Год назад

Soaking the ginger rhizomes before spray rinsing might help dislodge the dirt in the nooks and crevices too.

@mickdhein6180 3 года назад

More David, I love hearing an engineers perspective on these and other issue that occur on a small-scale farm.

@barizeiger2585 3 года назад

Love the development of farmer-conceieved appropriate technology for small, diversified farms that improves quality of work rather than replaces workers!!

@3crowsfarm16 3 года назад

I built something like that 10 years ago, but the pedal was heap plastic and only lasted a year. Was an excellent device until it broke! A couple things i did was for the vertical pipe. I used a rigid pex pipe for the vertical, then heated it w a heat gun and curved it 180deg like a candy can at shoulder height. I attached a garden style quick release coupler so i could swap heads or even attach a short hose So glad u reminded me of this project and found a cheap metal pedal, gonna build it again!

@byronboswell5774 3 года назад

You could take a plastic 50 gallon drum split it down the middle and use it and use it underneath as a trough and keep it on a pitch and have it dumped into a another 50 gallon drum or half of one with a filter on it because you're going to get too much sediment in your drainage Rock overtime really cool though nice build I want one

@FlylightD 3 года назад

Great idea! I like everyone’s two cents. Extension so you don’t kill your back. Pre wash idea seems good. Leg guard, etc… It’s hard not to share your 2 cents when you’re a problem solver.

@chrislangdell117 2 года назад

A touch of genius. Any engineering projects that can reduce time on a small scale farm is a huge win. Would love to see him come back and design or redesign any tool or process on the farm. Time management is huge on human powered farms. I'm sure every subscriber would enjoy and even greatly benefit from his knowledge and the open source sharing of this channel

@44wolfpacker 3 года назад

Love it! Already ordered my pedal. I'm going to build mine on a portable wooden stand/frame so it can move with my wash table. We are only 0.4 acres of produce so we can easily move our wash table to be right in front of the block of beds we are harvesting from so we can wash 5-10 bunches at a time as we harvest. Keep up the good work! This is gold.

@kathynix6552 Год назад

Oh great idea to have it mobile. The dirt and water can go straight back in the beds.

@Smokie1969 2 года назад

Great video, apologize if it's been previously mentioned as there's heaps of responses. Perhaps adding a horizontal bar against the bench that acted like a linkage to push down on the pedal valve also. To alleviate foot cramps for large harvests, and give the operator 2 ways to use the station. 🙏🇦🇺

@denisewilson8367 3 года назад

i like the basic idea. but would definately make some changes to your system. the nozzle would need to come closer to me bcuz i have short arms, and lower bcuz i'm short. maybe even come down from overhead would be a better option. a wider board or maybe wide pavers to attach the pedal to, to make the pedal more stable as your skinny, long board is shifting under your foot pressure. under your work station, it would be a good idea to install a drain tile with landscapers fabric around it to collect the water, and filter the sediment out. then have it go to a storage tank to be used to water plants, buckets, carry baskets for harvesting. maybe farther to the right or around the corner from your wash station. btw i liked your duo rack from your old wash station better than the single flat rack. not sure why you changed that. good luck! also p.s. sharkbite pex fittings are known to leak and do not tollerate weather tempature changes very well. you should use the pex bands they are much better. and they will expand when the pex line expands & will shrink when the pex line shrinks. just incase you live where the temps get very cold, or very hot.

@TheEmbrio 3 года назад

In Europe restaurants have to have hands free handwashing stations. Knee operated, elbow or foot for example. Stainless usually. So people interested can go to those suppliers.

@StarChaserRanch Год назад

This is fantastic. I have been looking at different ways to use my hose to wash my crops and couldn't come up with a viable solution that was both convenient and user friendly to save time.

@tngrichnow4202 2 года назад

I enjoy hearing David talk and break down some of the engineering perspectives and systems thinking was especially good. great idea to add to a wash station! thank you for this.

@coombabaykelpiesltf5494 3 года назад

Wow just great! Thanks for your generosity in sharing these things!

@Holly-hl1vm 3 года назад

This is great! Thank you for all the details. I have a wash stand that’s been needing this sort of system for years. Now I know what to do.

@timothythompson9625 3 года назад

That whole set up is awesome! Simple and genius.

@jamiemelton6527 3 года назад

Another fantastic video. I love guys like him. I am a nerd with it comes to production numbers myself. Thanks for your efforts.

@karrah1705 Год назад

We are literally JUST about to start building our root washing station! Thanks for the inspiration and all the information you share Jesse!

@tiffanychristy1004 3 года назад

Love this idea. Definitely bring him back to show any new modifications.

@janew5351 3 года назад

Foot peddle currently not available ! Any other source?

@Isaacmantx 3 года назад

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@mspnick7990 3 года назад

Pressure washer nozzles are all 1/4 npt and you can get them at most hardware stores. In metric yours would be 3.5mm orifice and 30* spray. Could experiment with many different nozzles.

@coopsblooms5824 2 года назад

Tried the pressure washer nozzles and they do not create enough velocity for me.

@tan2230 3 года назад

Simple but yet so amazingly effective! Thanks for sharing!

@Writer10389 2 года назад

Wow that is so cool! Great work, David

@marcnazario681 3 года назад

I’m only 4 minutes in and I’m learning so much. Thank you for sharing! This definitely is a game changer. Glad I subscribed.

@olsonoutdoors783 3 года назад

the first thing I would do is lower splatter guard to protect shins and feet. I love the idea of having a swing out auxiliary arm for clean up of crates buckets harvesting containers I Mean they're right there. this is a great proof of concept. with pex I would even have a lower jet spraying up and away for versatility. shade shed but no back splash, let the over spray water some greens or spray away from the body. I saw this efficiency on the PowerSplit wood splitter but never made the cross connection for this application. love the video and Thanks for the amazing idea.

@cpnotill9264 3 года назад

Great time saver Jesse and I would say a piece of tin that keeps the spray of water under your table from hitting your legs as well as water collection. Must really be nice being able to use both hands now! 👍

@YouCantEatTheGrass 3 года назад

What a great system, thanks for sharing

@stevenlyerla9670 3 года назад

Great video today Jesse! Keep up the great work.

@TheMujiFuji 2 года назад

Beauty design! More engineering projects please! Awesome stuff to share👍🏼

@NanLovesFood 3 года назад

I'd love to see the next iteration! This is awesome!

@pickone8142 3 года назад

Put a Quick connect adapter on the elbow then you could attach anything you wanted too.Then you can wash vegetables, totes, and 🤔

@billie-b 3 года назад

Thank you so much for sharing this! We are definitely going to try this.

@janjoslyn4593 3 года назад

I'm a new subscriber and love your channel. Davis is great; I vote that you bring him back! Thanks for your content.

@GoingGreenMom 3 года назад

Love this idea! I would kind of even like this idea for hand washing dishes.

@janniktraavikmennen7203 3 года назад

So cool! Now to find the equivalent euro parts😅

@scotthuey1981 3 года назад

Absolutely love it! thank you for sharing with us chief. ✨🔥💚🌱🙏

@CS-bn4un Год назад

Well done! Thanks for sharing such helpful tips!

@veronikaskok7804 3 года назад

Genius idea

@ohanastrand5793 3 года назад

Great job guys!

@prairieriverhomestead1535 3 года назад

Great idea

@CoachLexie 3 года назад

Great idea with the pedal - though I would make it a bar parallel to the edge of the washing table so that you can stand to either side and use either foot to find it easily - that way you could more easily keep your foot out of the spray - especially when you move the nozzle further out from the wall :)

@2089maca Год назад

really great guys

@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920 3 года назад

Absolutely brilliant 👏

@Connor-tv5gu 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing this!

@kevinjmellis 2 года назад

Absolutely awesome!!! Sooo good!

@bkershaccount 3 года назад

Thanks guys. This is great.

@duaneh7127 3 года назад

This is such a great idea! Thanks!!

@jtamsmom5 3 года назад

This is a great idea door future shows.

@bobfdpayne 3 года назад

awesome! I'm going to try it.

@peterbristow8693 3 года назад

Awesome idea! You could also catch the water to reuse it on the farm :)

@EmadiAcresFarm 2 года назад

really cool, thanks for the info

@johnjude2685 3 года назад

Good setup much as a shower and operate with foot adding a savings account on water we don't like to waste Thanks

@mushethecowboycook9353 3 года назад

Thanks Farmer No Till. I started thinking about it the other week when I saw it, now this has really ramped up the wheels in my brain. Say hi to Josh. Thanks again

@notillgrowers 3 года назад

Sattin Hill Farm gonna get one of these now, Gene????

@mushethecowboycook9353 3 года назад

@@notillgrowers foot pedal on order and working on other tweaks

@TheLowCashHomestead 3 года назад

That's a nice system I think it certainly would cut down on time. The two main issues in my wash station are picking up the sprayer over and over and over again and water getting hot in the line

@ThaGodprintNation2024 2 месяца назад

Luv this‼️💚

@ohanastrand5793 Год назад

Bring David back anytime. Fertigation has always been a struggle with drip tape and pressure regulators.

@clarkansas6590 3 года назад

Outstanding

@pozil-youtube Месяц назад

Thank you so much

@cchurch5037 3 года назад

Very slick 👍. Got me thinking about a similar set up for toddler bath time tbh 😉

@kathynix6552 Год назад

Hehe like a bidet for those poopy bums😊

@nathantweeddale9057 3 года назад

more David!

@harmonyintegration6612 Год назад

Great video. I like Pex, but I prefer the Pex A vs Pex C. In Pex C, the connection is the weakest point and a flow bottleneck and I've seen the clamp fail in outdoor well pump setups in high humidity/salty air. With Pex A, your water flow is not restricted by the connections and the connection is the strongest point. Very well suited for freezing climates. I visited the Uponor manufacturing plant and it was mind blowing. Two words, molecular memory. Milwaukee makes the expansion tool. I understand that this is past most peoples budget, just wanted to mention for the super pro types that want the best of the best.

@angeloangelilli7976 3 года назад

Great ! Thank you

@BeeKindHoney 3 года назад

great info great idea great video

@SugarCreekOffGrid 3 года назад

Awesome!

@aenorist2431 3 года назад

Time and motion studies, people. Do a Toyota on your farm. We don't need to take all the poisonous BS from conventional Ag, but we sure can take bits of efficiency from it (or other industries) and implement them to get better. Its not that all cutting of corners is bad, you just need to know which ones you can safely cut, and which ones have bad side effects.

@chantallachance4905 3 года назад

Wow I love the idea 🍅🌶🥬🫑🍓🥕 I no nothing about plumbing 😌

@lifeandliberty0172 3 года назад

Yes, I had this same "Epi-fanny" when I saw these cables online while looking up something else for my wash station...two hands free.....

@parkerbender09 3 года назад

Freaking amazing

@r.perkins2103 Год назад

I would think most airline blowers or tyre inflators could be adapted, and are probably cheaper than the water fittings. The quick disconnects could be useful too. Water collection to a sump would be a good idea but will silt up.

@TheEmbrio 3 года назад

At 0.47 minutes... Break out, break down, break up, break in, break from, brake, oh God this heat and this English language makes me coo coo

@PaulMaschka 3 года назад

Wow! Jesse. Brilliant! Out here in the West where we have very little rain fall this will be time and water saving device. A couple of questions come to mind? Why is this the first video I've seen to address this problem? I guess it might show farmers are so busy they don't have time to get innovative. Another thought is to implement this idea at the hand wash stations at the farm, heck why not in the house kitchen sink for washing dishes. Might sound crazy but how about in the shower. Thanks for putting in the time on this.

@notillgrowers 3 года назад

Both great questions, Paul! I genuinely have never seen a system like this on another farm. Could be a great way to reserve water. Foot-operated everything! Hope all is well out there

@slaplapdog 3 года назад

There is an excellent Instructable that connects the lever arm a self-closing shower valve with a cord and wooden pedal to turn an indoor shower on and off.

@kathynix6552 Год назад

Foot pedals are used in portable toilets and on airplanes

@stephendreher2799 3 года назад

Thank you signed x a first year grower

@JoLynch0 3 года назад

This is awesome. Thanks for sharing! Also, put a hook on your table to securly hold your hose sprayer when you are still using it! Costs almost nothing and saves many frustrations!

@JoLynch0 3 года назад

and have you tried pre-soaking your root crops? It has better than halved our wash time! Absolute game changer.

@notillgrowers 3 года назад

Only when they are super muddy

@kathynix6552 Год назад

Instead of a hook attach a rod so don’t have to waste time trying to find the hook

@pyramidion5911 3 года назад

Genius 👍

@barizeiger2585 3 года назад

I've used hands free sinks working as a prep cook, I wonder if the nozel could be swapped out for one with higher velocity like this one- the sinks themselves are kind of pricey but it also gives the option to channel water from the sink to a basin or direct it to another outlet rather than dripping onto the ground

@elementalearth5096 3 года назад

Thanks for sticking it to capitalism and making this open source. That being said, we did buy the baseball cap and living soil handbook to support your crew. But it was out of love and appreciation and choice, not because we had to. Love that you include lgbtq and bipoc farms.. what you are doing us one step forward in the right direction for humanity. I am grateful 🙏 ✨ 💛

@notillgrowers 3 года назад

🙌

@robertswilder 3 года назад

Yeah sticking it to capitalism.... with affiliate links on amazon for the supplies. This wash station is great but your comment is totally useless.

@audreybarnes6527 3 года назад

Not enough pressure for two jet heads, one for each hand? Great to see Jesse getting some help and support.

@kathynix6552 Год назад

Or one from the top and the other staying upwards?

@deborahstewart6435 Год назад

How could I have missed this? I only just saw this AMAZING video, and wow! This idea is FANTASTIC! I do have a suggestion: you mentioned in the video getting soaked by its use, which is inevitable. Why not install a custom piece of plexiglass between you and the water? You could still reach over and around it, but you would not be soaked, and it would also direct the water to your water catchment system instead of onto you.

@kathynix6552 Год назад

Was also thinking something along this line

@luisj.serrano5821 3 года назад

Great, in fact the pedal is available in Europe too...

@karenmccleary7616 3 года назад

I like the foot pedal system...wonder if a motion dector fauce would also work? Great post. Thanks

@Floreypottery 3 года назад

Needs a splash shield infront of the table that way no wet shoes or pants

@kathynix6552 Год назад

Could install a splash shield on top too designed with enough room for easy movement of produce

@simonskold6686 3 года назад

It's getting harder and harder to find stuff like this from other vendors than Amazon, would it be possible to (in the future) include links to unionized alternatives? If at all possible. Also, love the concept :)

@TheEmbrio 3 года назад

Restaurant need foot operated sinks, so a local plumbing shop for pros might have it.

@ChrissieEdgeworth Год назад

Hi there! Awesome video and concept. Question - has anyone had success securing the foot pedal to the ground? Love this whole idea and tool. Although, we have a concrete floor and I'm wondering if there is something sturdier than a piece of wood connected to the bottom of the foot pedal that won't get kicked around, but can still be mobile if need be. Perhaps pavers of some sort. But wondering if there are other ideas! Thank you!!!

@theAncientGardens 3 года назад

Please sell kits! This is amazing

@jameskniskern2261 3 года назад

On drainage. I can totally envision a raised floor catchment basin to recycle that water. And also if you don't already have a drain setup. Sediment also isn't a problem, and I'm sure that some of that would be much happier moved back out to your growing areas. :)

@dlextown 3 года назад

Good point about taking the sediment back out to the garden. I was thinking it might clog or damage some types of pumps.

@harmonyintegration6612 Год назад

@@dlextown Landscape Engineer Pro Tip: Use a pond pump or utility pump. They are rated to handle debris like leaves and even rocks up to a certain diameter. I like the "Everbilt" submersible utility pump for a cheap diy option at home. It's not what we use in commercial ponds due to runtime, but the price is right for my home garden and the thing moves the muck!

@tylersingleton9284 3 года назад

Seems like it is too far of a reach and your back would be dead by the end. For an early iteration it is 1000x better than a hand held hose though. Great idea!

@cpnotill9264 3 года назад

Thinking that too, ergonomics next phase.

@monkeymon1327 3 года назад

I love it! Maybe i would try to built it similar with a water tank under the desk and try to use a normal garden shower instead of the nozzle :) I would like more content how to improve the efficiency in a market garden setup. Greatings from Germany :)

@kathynix6552 Год назад

Garden shower may not have enough pressure to dislodge dirt clumps

@earlshine453 3 года назад

I bet if you had a pre-spraying station on the left for the incoming box in order to pre-clean the upperlayer, you only have to fine tune at the last manual cleaning. Hope this helps

@coopsblooms5824 2 года назад

That’s how we’ve set ours up because we haven’t been able to create enough velocity yet. So we wash with blue wash gun from johnnys or modified pressure washer for things like turnips and then finish as necessary with the foot peddle sprayer. I hope to figure out the velocity issue this week.

@eastbrookcommunityfarm9873 Год назад

Thank you for sharing this set up! A discrepancy in the parts links vs the video: at 9:49, David says the flow rate of the nozzle is about 2 gpm at 40 psi, but the link is for a nozzle with a flow rate of 2 gpm at 20 psi. Which one is correct? Thanks again!

@rubytuby6369 2 года назад

Nice…

@bradical2723 2 месяца назад

Now you just need a basin for it to drain into, then you don't waste any water, and you don't get wet or make the ground a mess.

@dianamolo5218 3 года назад

Ok, so I just purchased everything except the pedal because it's out of stock. But, if I were to get something to extend the "faucet", what would I use? Thank you so much for this video. I can't wait to get it all put together!

@dlextown 3 года назад

You would need a 1/2 NPT pipe nipple of a length of your choosing. www.mcmaster.com/pipe-nipples/pipe-size~1-2/brass-and-bronze-pipe-and-pipe-fittings/standard-wall-brass-threaded-pipe-nipples-and-pipe/. And replace the 1/2 male x 1/4 male adapter with a 1/2 female x 1/4 male adapter www.mcmaster.com/50785K614/.

@nedcramdon1306 3 года назад

It's important to keep your root well washed..

@stephendreher2799 3 года назад

I love you

@ashleywynn4923 3 года назад

Just need a catch basin system so you could use that water again for watering the plants.

@ronaldcummings6337 3 года назад

This looks like it could be modified a bit for cleaning microgreens trays as well. When I build one I will message you with my system.

@notillgrowers 3 года назад

yes indeed please tag us and let us know what you come up with. We definitely clean trays with it--another great use

@kathynix6552 Год назад

How did you go with the micro green tray cleaning

@cattiebrownfield-fitzgeral4074 3 года назад

Awesome! Very interested in more design ideas. Would pressure from a gravity flow water collection source be enough? I could see this as a mid-section outlet to water collection system if could solve it.

@jameskniskern2261 3 года назад

Probably not, but adding a pump to pressurize to 40 psi is not a difficult addition to your system. Also add a pressure switch to the pump so that the pump doesn't run constantly.

@dlextown 3 года назад

You get about .4 psi per foot of water height, so it would be about 90 ft to get to 40 psi. But 15 or 20 psi might get you a functional sprayer. We could use an adjustable regulator at Jesse’s farm to see how low you could go and still work.

@parkerbender09 3 года назад

I need a no till hat. Where can I buy one?

@jenclark1418 2 года назад

Hi Jesse! I am currently drawing some mock up designs of a vesion of this I want to make.. I need it to be moveable and I am hoping to design in a catch basin to redirect water for irrigation. I just had a few questions though. Have you made any modifications to yours yet? Have any farmers sent you photos of theirs? Do you know what fitting I might use to extend it out further? I am a short female and would need it alot closer. Thanks for the great ideas!

@notillgrowers 2 года назад

We did bring it out six inches, but I can’t find the link at the moment (I’ll ask David). We will likely add a valve that allows me to hand spray sometimes so that I can wash bins and other random things. Also if the pipe is going to be exposed at all use black plastic instead of PEX as PEX is not as weather resistant. Lots of farmers have sent photos of their set ups but they were all instagram stories. Maybe I can put together a highlight reel of them this morning.