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Preschool help -- hand water pump

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mike93108

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Hi,
Brand new here.
I'm hoping to help my wife by getting some advice on a pump.
She runs a 75 student, adorable, church preschool.
She wants to have the kids pump, by hand, water out a tank that is underground (max 4 feet below pump) through a little water pathway into garden.
The place where we mainly need the advice is with regard to a pump.
She bought a new one online and it worked great for a month and then died. It was cheap, and it didn't help that the one of the kids poured sand into the opening at the top.
Ideally she would like a table top model and a free standing model. Hopefully a sand proof one. I figure they make such a thing given the conditions on some ranches and farms.
She would also like one that works, with common parts to fix when it breaks. We just don't know what make and model would be worth getting. It doesn't have to be new. She kind of likes the vintage look. Lucky me.
We are asking you for help, since we thought you might know.
We need to buy this from someone. Any help with finding would be great.
Thank you very much for your help!
 
http://www.fleetfarm.com/detail/water-source-pitcher-hand-pump/0000000009152#
used a pitcher pump like this on a 30 foot , 2 1/4 inch well My brother and I pounded in the corner of a barn with a 16 lb. post maul. we were probably pumping water only 8 feet of the 30. Need to keep a gallon of water handy to prime the pump if it leaks dry.
 
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pitcher pump
 
I do appreciate these responses, but I'm looking for a high quality product that has a brand name associated with it as opposed to "generic" and "made in China". Yes we would like a pitcher pump but we would also like a taller pump as well. Does anyone know the name of a "brand" that is known for making products that aren't made in China and aren't cheap crap, like the last one we bought? We want a product that will work reliably and has parts available for repair. The last one ended up getting thrown out as there were no available parts to replace the junk that failed. Sadly we bought this through a popular supplier of such things but the product itself failed quickly and often and then permanently. We really want to avoid that again.
Any other suggestions?
 
We have an antique pump, which would work if we replaced the cups which are available. I haven't done that because that old cistern leaks and want to replace it with possibly a plastic one. It isn't a necessity, but like the 'insurance' value of it for catching water off our house roof.

Those pumps are available at that Lehman catalog. Don't know where they are made. The housing which sits on top of the cistern is maybe 6 or 8 inches by 12 by about 3 feet high. Inside the housing there is an arrangement of metal cups hanging on a chain which rotates on gears when a handle on the outside of the housing is turned. This old one wasn't problem free when it worked, as the gears and chain had rusted and gotten loose, so would jump off the gears if turned too fast. It was fine if pumped at a slow rate, which would keep up a pretty good flow.....but impatience too often jumped the chain off! I don't recall the cost of a new one.

Good luck with finding a workable system.

mrj
 
Ah yes, good old Dean Bennett. We bought a lot of stuff from the over the years - windmill parts, submersible pumps, etc.

The last time I was there, they had converted to a telephone order system. I went into their office (Only a couple of people there). Even though no one was doing anything, they made me leave and order my stuff over the phone - then return to the same office.

Did I mention that that was the LAST TIME I bought anything from them?

CP
 
I found my Lehman catalog. The website: Lehmans.com had pretty good descriptions of the pumps. Looking at descriptions, some look not too great and others look like they would surely work for a person. There are somewhat helpful comment sections, too. My guess is that help with information might be better than some places, not based on experience, as I've not ordered in many years. I noticed some had enclosed mechanisms, which MIGHT prevent the 'sand' problem.

I think there are worse problems than sand in a pump.....one of my cousins has a grandchild who was 'helping' mommy by 'fueling' the pickup......with sand! The grandma, finding her daughter trying to drain the fuel told her not to try to fix that deal at home, and called a repair ???? Gotta love 'em anyway, they sure do keep life interesting.

mrj
 

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