Anyone know water/well pumps?

[carpsniperg2]

I am trying to figure out a water transfer pump to get water out of a well without power.

The well is about 70' feet deep and I keep seeing two types of ratings. suction ft and a max head ft.

Can anyone help me figure out the difference. One of the pumps I am looking at is max head 98ft and a suction ft of 26.

thanks in advance

[cbond3318]

A lot of variables in pump system design but those terms are the vertical height in elevation a pump can draw water from a source below the pump and the vertical height a pump can push water above the pump . Remember it’s not distance but vertical ft.

[carpsniperg2]

Ok so max head is like pushing up hill from the pump and suction is drawing it up from below. Think it’s going to be hard to find one that can pull up from 70’ dang.

[cbond3318]

Have you looked at Deep Well Submersible pumps? If you have a 4” or greater well casing that may be the cats meow.....

[Magnum_Willys]

No pump can suck up over 33 feet so you have to put the pump in the well. 

[carpsniperg2]

Have you looked at Deep Well Submersible pumps? If you have a 4” or greater well casing that may be the cats meow.....

Could be something to that. I just need something that can be portable. That I can run from a genny.

No pump can suck up over 33 feet so you have to put the pump in the well. 

I would love to but we have done that before and freaking people mess with it any chance they get. We have had pumps pulled and generators taken and anything we leave over there gets taken. From firewood to chains to wires. They take it all being out in the middle of no where no one worries about being caught. So tired of people walking off with stuff. Really sucks!!! So hoping for something portable that can hook up as needed for a water source when springs dry up etc.

[Henrydog]

So this is a "resource protection well" with no power to it, just the hole with 4" inch.  If there is power available a 3 stage submersible would be the best.  Do you know the static level and what the draw down is?  If the well has a quick recovery and a high static level you might be about to have a foot pump with a hose powered by a big genset.

[trophyhunt]

Have you looked at Deep Well Submersible pumps? If you have a 4” or greater well casing that may be the cats meow.....

Could be something to that. I just need something that can be portable. That I can run from a genny.

No pump can suck up over 33 feet so you have to put the pump in the well. 

I would love to but we have done that before and freaking people mess with it any chance they get. We have had pumps pulled and generators taken and anything we leave over there gets taken. From firewood to chains to wires. They take it all being out in the middle of no where no one worries about being caught. So tired of people walking off with stuff. Really sucks!!! So hoping for something portable that can hook up as needed for a water source when springs dry up etc.

You sure have some a hole neighbors, what town is this in or by, need to know so I don't buy a place there.

[Henrydog]

Another idea for no power...an old school handpump https://www.bisonpumps.com/

[carpsniperg2]

Thanks guys it’s a good well with good flow.
The problem is it’s not by any town about 25 miles from the nearest and a good bit from any houses. So prime picking for scum.

[cbond3318]

Maybe you could drop in a submersible and  cap the well head with a scumbag proof box that contained cord end and hose connection?

[carpsniperg2]

That might be my best option. Be the cheapest option to loose.
Most these people are coming from the valley and no one local would be my guess. They usually just fire up a genny or have battery powered grinders and cut the locks and drive in to load wood or steal what ever catches there eye. I hate thieves.

[baker5150]

Maybe you could drop in a submersible and  cap the well head with a scumbag proof box that contained cord end and hose connection?

 

Carve out an old stump and set it on top of the well head to hide it.

[carpsniperg2]

Would work great but when my father had them put in he had a concrete pad poured and a small metal shed built around it. Use to have a genny in it that a guy could just go add gas and flip on. Well times have changed and not even a 2' piece of chain is safe over there. The well is about 80/100 yards from a main road so everyone dirty that's looking for something to steal can see it.  When aluminum prices get high they start hacking up our wheel lines and main lines. When we haul wood over to our hunting camp they cut in and steal it. Lots of top notch scum out there. My father has given up after loosing a few gennys then a few pumps. There is a natural spring that feeds for about 6 months then goes about dry.

[buckfvr]

[/quote]You sure have some a hole neighbors, what town is this in or by, need to know so I don't buy a place there.
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Its called rural america......anywhere people merely eeek out an existance, common in wa.