Add hand pump to Well

[lakngulf]

I have a good well on my property run off 220 submerged pump. With all the "attack the grid" talk I was wondering what would it take to add a hand pump.
I think the depth is about 200 feet, and very good water. The pipe and pump wire are in probably a four inch pvc pipe.

How can I do it?

 

[MAX-24-Dean]

Simple Pump Deep Well Hand Pump

Pumps up to 325 feet of static water!

simplepump.com

 

[zzvyb6]

Put a windmill up near it. All you would need is a cylinder, but it depends on how much water you want or need, plus how much wind you have, to avoid a hand pumping chore.

 

[Egon]

Get a free standing generator. Your tubing is a little small to run extra pump rods and pump.
Hand pump from 200 ft. Takes a strong back.

 

[alexinPA]

Another vote for generator. That's what I use.

 

[LouNY]

It can be done;
Stainless Steel Well Pump | Hand Pump for Well | Flojak
not inexpensive.

 

[stumblinhorse]

I bought an inverter/genset. Very cheap and simple solution.

 

[Valveman]

Not much room beside a well pump in 4" casing to put in a hand pump. As was said, hand pumping from 200' is not an easy job. Takes a pretty good size fan on a windmill to turn it. Windmills are good, but expensive and require lots of maintenance. Generator is the way to go, as long as you can find fuel. Thinking about trying to run a generator on wood gas just in case regular gas is not available. Also keep a long rope and a bucket made from a short piece of 3" pipe, in case everything else fails. Been prepping all my life and never had to use any of it. But I sleep well knowing a country boy can survive.

 

[oosik]

Forty plus years out here. Only ONE outage over two hours in all that time. However - I do have a stand alone generator. I use the generator to power my corded tools when I have projects out on the property.

Otherwise - the generator has a pretty lonely life.

 

[ROUSTABOUT]

If grid goes down, pull the pump because it is useless. Get some 3" and make a few well buckets. Get a good greaseable pulley, not a flea market special, but a good oilfield type. Set you up a place to fasten it above well. Get you a few 300' ropes NOW. Local stores usually have 50' of big rope. So you need to order some. Your well buckets, get some 3" and put a bell reducer and be able to screw a check valve, spring loaded type, on bottom of this bucket you done made. Secret is, take the spring out of the check valve. Then, just the weight of the bucket will displace the seated ball and allow bucket to fill. Oh top of bucket, cut a collar in half and glue it onto pipe. Bail for bucket then can be bolted across pipe, just under collar you glued on. That way your bolt heads won't be scraping things. Me, I'd make a few buckets, buy a few ropes, few pulleys. All the things you have to do if the grid does go down, none of it happens without water. That's just how it is. I would stock up on instant coffee too. I heat water and put in thermal bottles so I have hot coffee before first light.