Garnet "Wand" removal systems, anyone try? (BART or Xtractor Gun)

[alpinems]

We're finally sick of the shovel method of garnet removal on our one waterjet (Omax 2652), and have been looking into lower-cost removal options. We normally only have to clean it out every 4months or so, so not a ton of use.

I narrowed it down to either:

Barton's BART:
Barton's Abrasive Removal Tool removes garnet abrasive easily | Barton

Xtractor's Garnet Gun (the Gun doesn't appear on their website, tho):
Easy to Use WaterJet Garnet Removal & Extraction System

Has anyone used either of these, or have any experience with them? BART appears to be about $4k (including needed pressure washer), and the Garnet Gun about $3k (including pressure washer).

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[Jorgen Jensen]

Hi Alpinems
I have bin working on 2 Omax 60120 for 10 years anonly use a dumper trolly and a low cost 300 watt centrifugal pump filling the dumper in a couple of ours running the clean program
Regards Jorgen
Mail:jorgent@simnet.is

[viceroy]

We have the Barton wand and it works really good.It sure beat shoveling.

[qokhanyilmaz]

Now ı trying a new model if it will work ı share this forum.

[robert w.]

I'm wondering what alpinems landed up going with. I'm looking at the Barton system right now. It seems the most flexible, easiest to deal with on our small flowjet, 4x8 tank. I like the simplicity of it.
However I'm also interested in hacking something together ourselves as well. Curious to know about the high output centrifugal pump idea.

[hademarqvce]

I am an engineer for years and I used a lot of machines and many others. These sites are one of the best and I always buy from them and I am very glad that they exist because they save my life in different situations. Some weeks ago I found the grabe company site and I wanted to try it. I bought something on it and I was surprised for my first purchase. Their machine is one of the best because it has a different structure and I like it and now I want to change all my machines on it. I think this is one of the best ideas.

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the site that I was talking about https://www.grabe.com.br/

[oraswan]

I am an engineer for years and I used a lot of machines and many others. These sites are one of the best and I always buy from them and I am very glad that they exist because they save my life in different situations. Some weeks ago I found the grabe company site and I wanted to try it. I bought something on it and I was surprised for my first purchase. Their machine is one of the best because it has a different structure and I like it and now I want to change all my machines on it. I think this is one of the best ideas.

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the site that I was talking about https://www.grabe.com.br/

I heard about this, you are the third person that mention this company, thanks.