Water pumps- hire or buy

millertime78

Groundhog day again with no water going into slatted house with 40 cattle inside:eek: Anyway I have to get water into them today, I have a water tank (full) but can have to fill the water into barrells and back them into the shed using the transport box. This is awkward and dangerous as the tank is 6 ft high and the water has to be filled from a step. I'm considering an electric pump with a length of hose. Has anyone bought/hired such a pump?

pakalasa

Lidl had a small pump that runs from a drill on sale this week. Saw it yesterday. Dont know what kind of delivery it gives, but on the small side I'd imagine. It was only 8 Euro, I think.
Wonder how safe it would be too. Water and eletricity and all that.

Dozer1

I have one of those lidl drill pumps, great for air locks in pipes but I really wouldn't go pumping any volume of water around with one of them. Very handy with a battery drill down the fields to get you out of a tight spot.

colrow

What about trying a 12 volt boat bilge pump, this one does 2000 gall per hour.
Ite €27 for buy it now
Get the 12 v by clipping it on your battery, tie it to a stone to sink it in the water, and don't forget to get the right hose for it

ootbitb

same situ as me. have a little electric pump for summer grazing so aim to use this.

important to drain everything after tanks are full as pump will burst and pipes will freeze quickly.

colrow

oops forgot the link

http://cgi.ebay.ie/12V-2000-GPH-BILGE-PUMP-SUBMEERSIBLE-BOAT-/230554645999?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_BoatEquipment_Accessories_SM&hash=item35ae20b5ef

charliecon

You should be able to gravity supply the water , just get the length of hose piping you need from shed to tank putting one end into tank ,backfill the hose with water until all air is expelled ( no more bubbles) drop the end you are filling as low as possible and voila the water will suction it self out.
I hope that makes sense to you but trust me it will work

bbam

We have a little "hippo" 240v submersable pump we bought in Argos about 5 years ago, cost about €40 and it's a great thing, can take 1.5 inch hydrodare, very handy indeed.. Will pump about 10ft head height no problems, used it alot during the cold snap last year..


Stroke of luck about 18 months ago found a good professional submersable along the road where it had fallen off a trailer, about 20ft of fire brigade type hose with it too Replaced the lead and happy days

marzic

my brother has had to use a vac tank, but formed a trough by building up sileage and lining it with polythene. Working out ok but any spillage or leakage has to be brushed off.

millertime78

As suggested by BBAM, I bought a Clarke Hippo submersible, great little pump, v handy:), got it for €95

ootbitb

still searching for one but found this comment::(

I purchased a Junior Hippo Water pump because of the low wattage. It ran every time it rained to move rainwater to a storage tank until the guarantee ended and then became very noisy.

I stripped it down and to my amazement found the impeller was secured to the shaft with a thin high carbon spring steel clip that had rusted away.

Common sense, and an engineeringbackground tells me that this is a deliberate design fault added to make people buy more pumps or send them in to have the repaired expensively no doubt.

I contacted Clarke's the company that adds their name to the Junior Hippo pumps and asked if they could supply me with a new spring steel clip, adding that these should be stainless steel considering they are immersed in water most of the time. They never did get back to me.

Buyers beware