Hydraulic Ram Pump

sanarac

Hi
Would anyone have a Leinster Area Contact for the installation or a Hydraulic Ram Pump on the farm

Thanks

I’m looking to pump water from a good flowing stream to my farmyard located 100 metres away

patsy_mccabe

It's head or height of water fall you need, more so than flow in the water.

tabby aspreme

Do you want one of the cast iron pumps or one made from modern components

148multi

tabby aspreme wrote: »

Do you want one of the cast iron pumps or one made from modern components

What difference does it mean /make

tabby aspreme

148multi wrote: »

What difference does it mean /make

The older cast iron pumps would drive the water to a greater height, the newer type, made from off the shelf plumbing parts would be less expensive. Green & Carter in Somerset, sell new and reconditioned cast iron ram pumps, I will put up pictures of both tomorrow

tabby aspreme

Some pictures

G-Man

Are these a must now....I.e can not be letting cattle into a drinking pool..Must the tank be placed a distance from the stream too.

148multi

tabby aspreme wrote: »

Some pictures

Does the air ever reduce in the cylinder

tabby aspreme

148multi wrote: »

Does the air ever reduce in the cylinder

Hard to know but the water level in the cylinder would be above the upper bleed valve / radiator valve.

That's a Blake No1 Hydram in the pictures, it's a 5ft concrete pipe for a reservoir tank, the ram is fed through a 40 ft long, 1/1/4'' gunbarrell pipe, with 3-4 ft of a fall on the pipe

148multi

tabby aspreme wrote: »

Hard to know but the water level in the cylinder would be above the upper bleed valve / radiator valve.

That's a Blake No1 Hydram in the pictures, it's a 5ft concrete pipe for a reservoir tank, the ram is fed through a 40 ft long, 1/1/4'' gunbarrell pipe, with 3-4 ft of a fall on the pipe

How high will it drive water

tabby aspreme

148multi wrote: »

How high will it drive water

Don't know what it's limit is, but that was lifting water 100m high at one point, it's important to have a steel feed pipe if want to pump to a height.

Tomjim

how much are they, both old type and modern version

Bog Man 1

Derek Cummins installs Ram type pumps or as he calls them River Pumps . . He is based near Leighlinbridge Co Carlow .
I would highly recommend him .
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