Hydraulic ram water pumps

MtnGoat · 04-20-2006, 09:38

Looking to see if anyone has use or really made a Hydraulic ram water pumps?

Ram water pumps use downhill water pressure to pump water much higher than it started, with no other power needed. A 20ft fall is enough to push water 150 feet above the source or more. Or as little as a 2ft fall between the water source and the pump at a flow rate of 1 to 3 gallons per minute is enough to pump water 20ft higher than the source -- as much as 4,000 gallons a day, depending on the model.

I'm looking at making some for down range.

BMT (RIP) · 04-20-2006, 11:59

Some area's of the world a pump like this would be more help than million dollar new school.

BMT

MtnGoat · 04-20-2006, 14:22

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Originally Posted by BMT

Some area's of the world a pump like this would be more help than million dollar new school.

BMT

BMT

Thanks my thinking. Just looking for some Country Boy that has used this pump or at least something close to it.

**Bill Harsey** · 04-20-2006, 17:42

I've got my go-to guy for this kind of thing near by. Will ask him when he gets home from his day job which is keeping a major rock quarry and fleet of trucks and heavy machines running. This seems like something he might know about.

MtnGoat · 04-21-2006, 06:38

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Originally Posted by Bill Harsey

I've got my go-to guy for this kind of thing near by. Will ask him when he gets home from his day job which is keeping a major rock quarry and fleet of trucks and heavy machines running. This seems like something he might know about.

Mr. Harsey,

I figured that you, or some in your area, would be my Go to Guy. Looking to see how well they work, factory or home made. Good or Bad points.
Thanks

**Bill Harsey** · 04-21-2006, 10:01

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Originally Posted by MtnGoat

Mr. Harsey,

I figured that you, or some in your area, would be my Go to Guy. Looking to see how well they work, factory or home made. Good or Bad points.
Thanks

I'll be tracking down Ken tonight and drag him back to this thread, shouldn't be hard to do, we share a fence line. Among his specialty's is/are hydraulic systems. Ken has more hardcore outback technology in his finger tips than anyone else I know.
If I have a difficult welding or mechanical problem, this is the guy I go ask.