As of right now i don't have a water supply so i cant use one.
Here is a brochure you can look at really simple but good info.
My Friend made it up a long time ago used all over the world now. He travel around now sharing in 3rd world countries.
The attachment is kinda weired because it is supposed to be printed. Read cover on 1st attachment then second attachment then back to first sorry for inconvenience
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Joel Hollingsworth
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Looks like your first attachment is re: ram pumps, and the second is re: tube wells.
Both look like good info, but it seems we have half of each.
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Wow I feel silly.
Ok sorry about that that is what i get when trying to post by looking at thumbnails.
Here is the proper one.
If any one is interested i have all of Rus' brochures they are 11 of them.
I think several of those things need explanation. New thread(s)?
cnsilver Hatfield
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Yup!!! Thank God for our ram pump!! We bought ours from a company in Texas. The man was very helpful getting ours set up. We went with a 1" pump, the cheapest they made to see if we had adequate flow and fall. now that pump raises water 600' to our camp(140" vertical!) We were given an estimate of $20,000 for a drilled well which is not an option right now but we wanted to be able to enjoy our new piece of earth now... when there is a will there is away
Jami McBride
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All those brochures would be great to have, but not posted in any thread, posted instead as articles -
I want a stationary, how-to, articles section How about permies.com, articles could go there.....
Jami McBride wrote: All those brochures would be great to have, but not posted in any thread, posted instead as articles -
I want a stationary, how-to, articles section How about permies.com, articles could go there.....
I'll see what I can do ....
Mangudai Hatfield
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paul wheaton wrote:
Anybody seen one in action?
This farm http://www.bugtusslefarm.com/ uses a ram pump for all farm needs. The pump was entirely built by the farmer using plumbing supplies, and is similar to the diagrams above.
There are perrenial streams with about 18 ft of usable head. The pump handles about 320 gallons per day, lifting water up to storage tanks over 100 ft up and 1/2 a mile away.
Philip Freddolino
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Hi all, I use a Gravi-check ram pump and it lifts about 1400 gal./day up 160' with 8' of fall.
mossbackfarm Hatfield
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Hi folks...I saw Paul's post on reddit a few days back, and it (and a failed well pump) sparked me to post about ours
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Subject interests me for several reasons:
I can remember my uncle (40+ years ago) using one to pump water up a 200' hill, from a creek, to water his large beef cow herd...
I never knew how it worked...
Also, we might want to use one on our farm, where we have water, and do not have electrical power...
I spent some time researching and have created a blog on the subject: "Water Pumps Without Electricity or Fuel" - Hydraulic Water Ram Pumps and Others...
Does anyone have a plan for a serious ram pump that will lift water a serious distance? The only one that I have been able to find on the net was one that failed against any serious height. Thanks.
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