river pump suggestions ?
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Since you don't need a lot of volumm, I think a very low HP piston pump would work very well. I have posted a picture of a pump similiar to what we used to pump water about 1/4 mile. We didn't have as high head pressure as you report but the old pump was bullet proof. Ours was run with a 1/4 or 1/3 HP electric motor. It could be run on a timer or a float swith in your stock tank. I looked on the internet and couldn't find anything as simple/primitive other than 2 like the one in the picture. Both are/were listed on E-Bay.
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You may want to look at a rife sling pump. They use the river's velocity to lift water as high as 82' at over 600 gpd depending on pipe size and the velocity of the river. They don't need power and they aren't bothered by floods. You'd need another pump to get the additional 75'. Years ago I considered using several sling pumps along with a series of ram pumps set at increasing elevations to move water 300' up a hill to a tank. You'd waste a lot of water but the setup wouldn't need power from any type of motor or engine. Water and gravity does it all. The downside, other than cost, is the ram pumps would have to be protected against freezing in the winter.
"The Rife River Pump will pump all year through flash floods and frost. In areas with severe winters and danger of damage from floating ice-floes, the Rife River Pump must be removed from operation."
Rife River Pumps Specifications
"The Rife River Pump will pump all year through flash floods and frost. In areas with severe winters and danger of damage from floating ice-floes, the Rife River Pump must be removed from operation."
Rife River Pumps Specifications
Egon
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Robert, what I meant was putting the rear wheels on a roller that drive's a really long grain auger that's lifting the water.
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do i dare mention the legal issues with pulling water out of a river.... :laughing:
even the cheep HF 1hp 1" pump lists a head of 165'.... 75psi.... I have one and know the stock cuttoff on it is 60 id be willing to try it and turn up the pressure switch...
even the cheep HF 1hp 1" pump lists a head of 165'.... 75psi.... I have one and know the stock cuttoff on it is 60 id be willing to try it and turn up the pressure switch...
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150 feet is pretty hefty height.
i would be looking at "well pumps" there better designed, to be submersible. and push water up long vertical distances.
you could call a local "well driller" for your area. and ask them cost of a pump.
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what ""Larry Caldwell" first post after yours noted, about digging a channel. (count me in same remarks)
there is just to much stuff that gets washed down even a small creek let alone a river. that will plug a pump up quick.
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you might want to check into a "piston driven" air pump. or wind mill that pumps air. and using an "air lift"
there are some DIY well drilling doings. that might work nicely for an air lift driven well.
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150 head. does not give a lot of details. any chance for pictures of area? and actual vertical distance between top of river water to top of tank? along with horizontal distance?
is this going up a rock face? or you running pipe across your property were the pin is setup for the cattle?
i would be looking at "well pumps" there better designed, to be submersible. and push water up long vertical distances.
you could call a local "well driller" for your area. and ask them cost of a pump.
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what ""Larry Caldwell" first post after yours noted, about digging a channel. (count me in same remarks)
there is just to much stuff that gets washed down even a small creek let alone a river. that will plug a pump up quick.
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you might want to check into a "piston driven" air pump. or wind mill that pumps air. and using an "air lift"
there are some DIY well drilling doings. that might work nicely for an air lift driven well.
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150 head. does not give a lot of details. any chance for pictures of area? and actual vertical distance between top of river water to top of tank? along with horizontal distance?
is this going up a rock face? or you running pipe across your property were the pin is setup for the cattle?
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Robert, I've just got an anemic 180 HP. Cumins so I'd just get laughed at by some fellows. By the way the grain auger is used as a water pump to fill chemical sprayer tanks. Park it beside a dugout filled with water and its a quick fill.
For the original poster: for actually pumping a beside the stream cistern or a driven well point may be well worth the consideration.
For the original poster: for actually pumping a beside the stream cistern or a driven well point may be well worth the consideration.
