The 2025 North American Manure Expo is now just over a week away.
On July 30 and 32, hundreds will descend upon the Fulton County Fairgrounds in Wauseon, OH to visit booths, view demonstrations and take in education sessions that are unlike those at any other farm show – because the Manure Expo is the only farm show 100% dedicated to the management and application of livestock manure.
One other thing you won’t find at other farm shows? The high-pressure hose break.
The hose break is a newer tradition to the Expo, dating back to the 2023 Expo in Wisconsin. That event contained more than a half-dozen new elements, from new formats of equipment demonstration to social events, many of which were repeated in 2024 in New York State and will once again return for 2025.
One of those returning events was the Wisconsin Expo’s “explosive” finale: a rapid release high-pressure hose break.
The event featured a hose being filled with air up to a pressure point of 90 pounds per square inch. Onlookers watched (from a safe distance) as the pin was pulled and the hose released all that pent-up pressure in a wild and whipping frenzy. The full impact of the demonstration was captured via drone. The hose was actively moving for approximately 25 seconds and left clear signs of its destruction in the ground.
Segment host Dave Eisentraut of Eisentraut Ag Services told the crowd a single up-close encounter with a high-pressure could easily be someone’s last, as the impact of a hose (or material expelled from the hose) can cause life-altering or fatal injuries.
“I found this demonstration very impactful,” says Expo co-chair Jerry Clark. “It demonstrated the power and danger of hose application systems and how everyone working with high-pressure manure systems needs to take this equipment seriously.”
Fellow safety host Isaac Lemmenes, a product specialist with Nuhn Industries, says in his previous job as an applicator, he he had many near-misses, some of which “to be honest, should have had worse end results. Others are not that fortunate.”
- Source: https://www.manuremanager.com/manure-expo-mondays-the-expos-first-ever-high-pressure-hose-break/
