[AT] fuel transfer pumps

[Al Jones]

Our transfer pump at the farm is a Gas Boy.  I looked around a bit
online and looks like they may not be in the 110v transfer pump
business anymore.  Anyhow it's set outside in the weather since the
early 90s and still works like a charm....

Al

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 7:58 PM, charlie hill
<charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> John,  I don't know about pumping gasoline with it but my
> expensive 12V pump went out a couple of years ago.  I took a
> chance and bought a cheap one from Harbor Freight.  I figured
> it it made it a year or two I'd be alright.  It's never missed a lick.
> It works every bit as well as the old one that cost close to $500
> and if I remember right the one from HF was well under $100.
> Again, I don't know if it's safe to pump gasoline with it but I suspect
> it is.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Hall
> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2016 10:21 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: [AT] fuel transfer pumps
>
> Well it appears I've had another fuel transfer pump to quit This is the
> second 115 volt Fill-rite pump I have had to have something electrical
> go out in it in less than 10 years. According to the meter which I
> bought new with the first pump, we have pumped a little over 5,000
> gallons of gas. It seems to me that these pumps ought to be able to
> handle 5-600 gallons a year for a couple decades, not 4-5 years. The
> pumps stay under a shelter, never pump over 25 gallons at a time. No
> repair shop localy wants to touch one once they hear I am pumping
> gasoline. I buy the cheapest one they make, even then its over $300.
> Anybody here have any better luck with their more expensive models? How
> about another brand?
>
> John Hall
>
>
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