[AT] Off Topic Goulds piston pump

[David Bruce]

As I remember with my parent's well there were two lines and a foot 
valve.  My more shallow well is to this day plumbed like that.  I know 
the well is about 50' deep - pulled the pipe a couple times so I 
measured <g>.  As a kid my dad dug the well here.  That would be early 
'40's.

My parent's well was bored (in the early 50's I think).  My cousin's 
(over the ridge) was drilled in the early '80's.

My current pump is a Goulds brand - an impeller pump with two lines in 
the well (hand dug by my dad when he was a kid) and a foot valve at the 
bottom.  As far as the physics I know next to nothing - which is one 
reason I call the plumber <g>.

David
NW NC



On 6/6/2012 5:33 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> David that's the way ours was but I know for a fact that a suction pump
> can't pull like that so there has to be a trick to it.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Bruce
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 2:48 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Off Topic Goulds piston pump
>
> All I'm saying is my parent's well is about 250' and the original pump
> was not submerged.
>
> David
> NW NC