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Deberosa
01-30-2008, 04:50 PM
OK, I take alot of grief for crusing the sales and picking up all kinds of stuff when available but today it paid off in spades. ;-)

I had a flooded field and had to move a whole bunch of water from one end to the low end. So NOW that Pumpa-a-Lot that I got for 90% off at the hardware store this summer came in real handy! It's a really cool thing, hook a hose to it and it has an 8 ft hose out the other end. It's got an open flat bottom. Turn on the hose and for every gallon that goes in 6 gallons go out!

Of course 8 ft didn't cut it so I got one of the 8 ft PVC pipes that I got for a buck each, stuck it into a piece of 4 inch drain pipe I had and then it into a chunk of 6 inch drain pipe that I had. Now the water is flowing 30 ft down the hill. ;-) Oh, had to prop it up with old milk crates and old dog houses to get the right angles. ;-)

If I get in a better mood I might take a picture of my handywork!

tufhelp
01-30-2008, 08:09 PM
Please do! That would be some system to see. Congratulations on your thriftyness and your foresight. Good job, keep up the fight! :D

Deberosa
01-30-2008, 08:25 PM
Well my system is dismantled. :( *Kurt got a sump pump with a float and after more playing in the mud and cold and wet and pitch dark we got it hooked up. *It's working but I don't think it pumps as much as the siphon did, just doesn't add more water to the whole mess. *It might start gaining on it if the pouring rain stops eventually.

Now the winds are supposed to start!!!

The other cool thing about my siphon pump bargain was that it is made in the USA!!!