Dadnatron
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I purchased a used 500gal plastic water tank on a 2 wheeled purpose built trailer. It has plenty of room on the tongue onto which I'd like to add an electric start if possible (wife) water pump. This will be primarily used for variant watering of trees, shrubs, and also for horse troughs until we get our waterers in the paddocks. It will also be a tender for my sprayer... should I hopefully find a good one this fall/winter. I'd like it to be towed by either our tractor or truck, so power needs to be on the machine. I don't want a 12v... not enough gpm. (not that I know what I need, but I know my 12v pump doesn't have what I want.)
I'd like to keep it inexpensive, but gravity isn't going to cut it, so I want a pump which will do the job without a lot of hassle. I'm going to need something in which the pressure and/or volume can be adjusted from full bore 'fill the tank' to 'lightly water the roses'.
I plan on welding a plate to the tongue and bolting the pump/engine directly to it. I'd like the pump/engine to be 'weather resistant' as much as possible, because it will likely be outside more than not. I need something which will autodrain or which can withstand a 'freeze' for a short time, should my wife inadvertently forget to drain it. (I don't know if anything can fill this checkbox, but if so, I'd like to know about it.) I'd like to be able to fill the tank it either with the pump out of the pond or spring or use a hose for direct fill from the house, depending on the requirements. (I suspect she will break open bottled water for her horses... at least sometimes I think that what she is likely to do given the amount of $$$ we spend on them at times.)
I know little about pumps, but the hose ID coming off the tank is 1". I'd like a 'decent' gpm rate given water troughs etc. Also, any thoughts concerning the utility of a manifold and variant connectors??? I've thought about it, but don't know if there is any use to the idea. There will be NO chemicals in the tank.
Basically, I know the basics of what I need... I need water from 'Here' to 'There'. And I have a way to transport it, but I don't have a good way to disperse it.
Any thoughts on my needs and recommendations/questions would be helpful.
I'd like to keep it inexpensive, but gravity isn't going to cut it, so I want a pump which will do the job without a lot of hassle. I'm going to need something in which the pressure and/or volume can be adjusted from full bore 'fill the tank' to 'lightly water the roses'.
I plan on welding a plate to the tongue and bolting the pump/engine directly to it. I'd like the pump/engine to be 'weather resistant' as much as possible, because it will likely be outside more than not. I need something which will autodrain or which can withstand a 'freeze' for a short time, should my wife inadvertently forget to drain it. (I don't know if anything can fill this checkbox, but if so, I'd like to know about it.) I'd like to be able to fill the tank it either with the pump out of the pond or spring or use a hose for direct fill from the house, depending on the requirements. (I suspect she will break open bottled water for her horses... at least sometimes I think that what she is likely to do given the amount of $$$ we spend on them at times.)
I know little about pumps, but the hose ID coming off the tank is 1". I'd like a 'decent' gpm rate given water troughs etc. Also, any thoughts concerning the utility of a manifold and variant connectors??? I've thought about it, but don't know if there is any use to the idea. There will be NO chemicals in the tank.
Basically, I know the basics of what I need... I need water from 'Here' to 'There'. And I have a way to transport it, but I don't have a good way to disperse it.
Any thoughts on my needs and recommendations/questions would be helpful.
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