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With the tank raised up on the fork lift and a decent diameter hose attached, you should be able to get a fairly decent flow of water to the nozzle. Certainly worth a try before spending extra on any unnecessary kit.
Alternatively, I’d be looking at a generator and water butt pump.
a 12 v water pump attached to the battery will do it but not have a massive flow rate do not forgett that 1 lt of water weighs 1 kg so you will have over a tonne with a full IBC
No problem with the weight as well the forklift is ranted for 3t. It's more like a tele handler so can boom out ect.
If it needs to become a regular occursnce, there are several cheap 2 stroke water pumps available and make sure you buy a 1/2” outlet cap for the IBCs. eBay a good source. We have a contract to water newly planted trees and have ibc stepped into the van when needed.
Yes it will be a regular job over the summer and I want to make it as simple as possible. To water everything well will probably be nearly 2000l so 2 tanks. I don't quite follow what ⚯ needs a 1/2 inch outlet would a pump not just draw water out of the top? Im hopefully going to combine something for nice rain lance if possible.
We take our outlet from the bottom tap using 1/2” non collapsing hose, so for stop/start use we don’t have to keep priming the pump when it lifts above the water / lifting head ht.