You’d Be Surprised At How Many People Don’t

[John6185]

Any ideas where to buy one at?

I bought one at Harbor Freight but it only has a I believe a 25 foot draw or lift. That lift is important because if your well is 100 feet I don't think it'll pump water. That is if you are referring to the red hand pump above. eBay does have one but it's a triffle expensive
Vintage Galvanized Metal Well Water Bucket Cylinder Tube 53 IN. Primitive Rustic
I've done a search on the internet and can't find a new 4" X 4' tubular well bucket. Plenty of PVC plans though.

 

[xseler]

Well, this is the first one that comes up, though it says it’s backordered
https://www.[B]lehmans[/B].com/product/lehmans-own-galvanized-well-bucket/
There are also instructions online for making one out of PVC, though I haven’t actually looked at them to see if they look reasonable.

If you ever find yourself in Kidron, OH, visit this store!! It's fantastic! I actually took a trip up there to just experience this --- and it was worth it!

 

[67RS/SSx2]

Look up "Bison hand pumps". I have one of their full size pumps but I think they make these t

Any ideas where to buy one at?

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[2busy]

I've got one of those hand pumps I thought about attaching to the cover of my well for just in case. I put a rebuild kit in it do it's good to go. I bought a import one like it at a flea market that had never been used for another just in case. The old saying" two is one, one is none" .

My wife had the old one in her flower bed till I snatched it out of there. Too good to let ruin. I think it has a small chip on the spout. I need to get some pipe and put it in the well.
My cover on the well is just a piece of plywood so I can slide it off. Just notched for the well pipe on one side. It's classified as surface water since it's not a sealed well.

 

[J-pitch]

On my grandparents farm that was the only source of water

 

[lilcountry]

You’d be surprised at how many people don’t know what this tubular thing is, most folks in my neighborhood as a kid had one. What is it?View attachment 358250

 

[dennishoddy]

Think I'll just go to the well and use the generator to pump some water if the electric fails.
We have a spare pump and our water table is only 10-12 feet deep, very shallow well. I can pull the pump string out of the well by myself.

 

[Buck98]

You’d be surprised at how many people don’t know what this tubular thing is, most folks in my neighborhood as a kid had one. What is it?View attachment 358250

I have its cousin.

 

[trekrok]

You’d be surprised at how many people don’t know what this tubular thing is, most folks in my neighborhood as a kid had one. What is it?View attachment 358250

I don't know if I understand. So it has some type of check valve at the bottom? Does it drop all the way through the casing?

Can you take it out and shoot a video of it in use? Lol

 

[CHenry]

no idea