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[Al Jones]

Seems like a lot of guys are using the Pacer pumps with Honda engines on
them.  It does seem like the older ones with B&S engines could be
fussy.....especially if they were on a nurse tank at the fertilizer dealer
where every Tom, Dick, and Harry was using them!

My least favorite implement would probably be a three-point scoop.  I have
hauled the equivalent of Mt. Rushmore in one with an IH 424 during my
middle/high school years, filling holes in the farm path and in the hog
pens.  The dirt pile was always as far as possible from where the dirt was
needed. It was kind of like eating poop with a knitting needle...…..

Al

On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 9:49 PM John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> You are quite lucky!!! The last unit we put on the "water wagon" did
> reasonably well. I think it was a plastic Pacer pump, but its been over
> 30 years ago. Prior to that the engine/pump was a struggle. We had
> another that was so old you had to wind the rope to crank it, that pump
> was really worn out. Also had another on the nitorgen wagon that didn't
> seem to "enjoy" being kept under the shed and used just 2 seasons a
> year, always hard to crank and I think its failure was the seals went
> out and possibly got the crankshaft/engine bearings.
>
> John Hall
>
>
> On 10/30/2019 9:18 PM, Ralph Goff wrote:
> >
> > On 2019-10-30 3:45 p.m., John Hall wrote:
> >> Old Briggs engine powered water/nitrogen pumps--glad to see them
> >> gone. Those things were a bear to get cranked,
> >>
> >> John Hall
> >
> > I must have got one of the good Briggs engines. Dad bought that
> > portable pump at a farm auction about 1986 and I've used it every year
> > since to fill my sprayer. That little 3 horse Briggs has never needed
> > more than three pulls to fire it up. It has the check ball in the pump
> > to prevent it from draining back and emptying. I think it will last me
> > as long as I want to farm. Think my brother put a set of points in it
> > once for me. Only complaint I have is that it is a heavy unit to carry
> > around. I always keep it covered with an old bath tub to protect it
> > from rain which probably helps.
> >
> > Ralph in Sask.
> >
> >>
> >>
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