[AT] fuel transfer pumps

Whittaker Gregory corley5 at forestryforum.com
Tue Jun 14 05:33:15 PDT 2016


We had GPI 12V pumps at a place I used to work.  I didn't like them.  
They'd didn't hold up.  I've got two 12V 15 GPM Fill Rites of
my own.  One has pumped thousands of gallons of off road diesel with 
never a hiccup.  The other not so much but always works.

Greg W.
Wolverine, Mi

On 6/14/2016 7:59 AM, Dick Day wrote:
> I am just now installing a GPI 12-volt EZ-8 (8gpm) pump on a 55-gallon
> drum.  $199 at Tractor Supply.  Has hoses and all hardware.
>
> I started out looking at just 110-volt. The ones that were in my price
> range all ended up being junk (made in China) and they failed right out of
> the box.  The first one leaked, they replaced that one with one that had a
> bent shaft in the motor and they finally said just keep the second one and
> we'll refund your money.
>
> I tried another one and it was supposed to be self-priming.  It was not, so
> I return that one too.
>
> GPI is made in the USA and so far, their support has been good.   I have a
> 12-volt storage battery with a battery maintainer on it.
>
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 9:21 PM, John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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