well pump

[Central Fl Cracker]

I have a 6" well casing on one of our new pastures but there is no electricity and the closest point for power is a mile away. A few years back I saw a setup with a well were they had some kind of gasoline pump above ground and pump the water up from the well. I need help on how to set this up and were to buy a gas pump.

 

[pdfangus]

Have you checked out solar pumping.

Submersible pump is a little pricy but in my experience the solar pumping works very well.

 

[novatech]

Have you checked out solar pumping.

Submersible pump is a little pricy but in my experience the solar pumping works very well.

Angus/brangus has a 12 volt submersable pump that runs of a generator. It seems to work great. I see no reason why it would not do the same off solar.

 

[pdfangus]

12 volt running off of a generator?
Automobile type generator?

I pump with solar to storage tank and then gravity feed to tanks with float valves.

 

[Hippie Rancher]

depending on depth and volume, using gas to pump water can get pretty dang expensive, pencil out a solar system

Don't forget to include the costs of delivering that fuel to the generator, wear and tear on deliver vehicle etc. A mile is pretty far and expensive to run electricity but it might even pay over the long term life of the well vs using a generator.

 

[Hippie Rancher]

Hey Angus/Brangus, where did you find your pump jack? Been thinking of going back to one for a shallow well we haven't used in a couple years. Did you use metal or fiberglass sucker rod?