gas water pump?

Humboldtchronic

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hey guys well i got a quick question for you guys im gonna be using a gas water pump this year from a creek with water flowing year round already got it dammed up but anyhow need help on picking a pump its quite steep to the grow area and around a football field away to a nice clear cut the size of around 6 football fields were its all gonna go down anyways will a gas pump pump that far and how do you connect a pump to irrigation tubbing and whats a good pump to do 200 gals every 3 days? thanks guys your all awesome like usual!
 

mofoo

Well-Known Member
did you ever get this figured out? really need some info on a good pump for the same reason. any info would be great

mofoo
 

guevera

Member
You know how they say there's no such thing as a stupid question? They're wrong. This is a stupid question.

Appropriate stats for any pump are going to be head and flow. Combined they produce a chart like this:

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Don't forget that if you're pulling up from a creek to the pump that lift will count as part of your head. Horizontal distance will also affect your head, though calculating the friction loss is too much like real math for me -- I usually just estimate it by making sure my pump is overprovisioned for the amount of lift I need to get out of it.

The bottom line is that if you know nothing about pumps, you should figure out your vertical and horizontal run along with your flow requirements and head to a Honda dealer. You'll pay a bunch, but you'll get solid equipment that'll do what you need and won't die on you half way through the season.

You also really should use a water tank -- pump up to your tank, then from tank down into irrigation system. Trying to use a gas pump to feed direct into an irrigation system is asking for trouble. Plus, using a tank means you don't have to pump every other day.

Also -- bury your line up from the creek, and do it early so vegitation can grow over it before the summer hits.

Finally -- gravity flow rules. I've used a mile of water line to bring water down one side of a ridge, across the creek, and then up the other side because even using that much line was better than hauling a pump down to the creek three or four times a week.
 

peacelovegv

Member
ive seen some generator along side elec. pumps work very well. if its small you could do a small solar with 12v pumps. some 12v pumps can be a lined together to boost pressure also.
 

bendoverbilly

Active Member
You know how they say there's no such thing as a stupid question? They're wrong. This is a stupid question.

Appropriate stats for any pump are going to be head and flow. Combined they produce a chart like this:

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Don't forget that if you're pulling up from a creek to the pump that lift will count as part of your head. Horizontal distance will also affect your head, though calculating the friction loss is too much like real math for me -- I usually just estimate it by making sure my pump is overprovisioned for the amount of lift I need to get out of it.

The bottom line is that if you know nothing about pumps, you should figure out your vertical and horizontal run along with your flow requirements and head to a Honda dealer. You'll pay a bunch, but you'll get solid equipment that'll do what you need and won't die on you half way through the season.

You also really should use a water tank -- pump up to your tank, then from tank down into irrigation system. Trying to use a gas pump to feed direct into an irrigation system is asking for trouble. Plus, using a tank means you don't have to pump every other day.

Also -- bury your line up from the creek, and do it early so vegitation can grow over it before the summer hits.

Finally -- gravity flow rules. I've used a mile of water line to bring water down one side of a ridge, across the creek, and then up the other side because even using that much line was better than hauling a pump down to the creek three or four times a week.
Man, running a waterline over 5000 feet sure sounds like a lot of work
 
i use a 12 v rv pump from harbor freight, my spot is only about 50 yards from the river but it works the tits with a car battery.
 

guevera

Member
Man, running a waterline over 5000 feet sure sounds like a lot of work
Yeah...but the real bitch was dealing with all the pressure built up over 800 feet of drop. Needed to plug in the line to cross the creek every time I filled the tank. Wound up using 1.25 in PVC to handle the pressure -- polypipe just wasn't gonna cut it. I was very proud of that oakie powered gravity flow system.
 
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