Overview
Wide-mouth chemical jug with cap, 6 gallon (approximately 22.7 litres). Sapphire part number 68-056S.
It is the on-board chemical container for a truckmount's injection system — heavy-duty, wide-mouthed so it can actually be filled and cleaned, and supplied with its cap.
Why the wide mouth matters
Two practical reasons, both to do with what happens on the van rather than in the catalogue.
Filling. Decanting concentrate into a narrow-necked container on a moving van floor is how chemistry ends up on the deck. A wide mouth takes a funnel properly, or takes the pour directly.
Cleaning. A chemical jug that cannot be cleaned out gets topped up instead, and a jug that has been topped up with three different products over a year is a jug nobody can tell you the contents of. A wide mouth means you can get a brush in it and start again.
Operating advice
Label it, and label it for what is actually in it. An unlabelled chemical container on a work vehicle is a workplace health and safety problem before it is a housekeeping one, and "the blue one" is not a label. If the product changes, change the label.
Do not mix chemistry in the jug. Beyond the obvious safety point, a jug carrying a residue of the last product changes the dilution of the next one in ways you cannot see or account for.
Flush the injection system, not just the jug. Rinsing the container and leaving the old product in the line achieves very little — the line is where the deposits form and where metering pumps and flow meters fail.
Secure it. Six gallons of liquid is roughly 23 kg, and unrestrained in a van that is a load-restraint problem as well as a spill risk.
Check the cap seal. A cap that no longer seals lets the contents move and lets vapour out into an enclosed vehicle.
Related
A floor-mount chemical jug holder is sold separately. Ask us — if the jug is not restrained, the holder is the part that makes it safe.
Frequently asked questions
What capacity is it?
6 gallon, approximately 22.7 litres.
Does it come with a cap?
Yes.
Is a holder included?
No — the floor-mount holder is a separate item.
Is it compatible with my chemistry?
It is intended for extraction chemistry and suits most chemical injection systems. If you are running anything unusually aggressive, tell us what it is and we will check before you order.
Can I use it for water?
You can, but do not alternate a container between chemical and potable use.
Setting up a van's chemical system? Tell us what you dose and how, and we will make sure the jug, holder and injection parts work together.
