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look at the catalog for the auction, more windmill stuff in there

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Got back to the project so some more education for me, my well pipe measures 3 " OD , so I called it 3 " guess the pipe size is really ID which measures 2.455 ID so that makes it 2 1/2 " pipe
my pump plunger measures around the leathers and the brass lip in between the leathers 2.185 which is 2 3/16 ...

Thanks Ron, there was no well seal on this, just the 3 " pipe bolted to the bottom of the pump jack
so I using the B602 on a 33 ft tower, you say stay away from the 3", what size pipe and pump would you suggest to be used with this ? I do like the design of the deep well pump as you can pull the ...

holds 16 K gallons that is 2 tankers , that is all this company does is haul water, people will spend the $$ to fill a big pool

he said it cost him 3 K to truck it in

Had to laugh today, neighbor with the bad wells stopped by, he has a big old cement swimming pool and pays big $$ to truck in water for it, he wants to buy water from me for the pool when the mill is working

any thoughts on what type of pump rods I should use ? I know they have a few types of material for these now, the wood ones are not going back in, now that they are drying out they are warping like crazy, guess being soft in the water and hanging all that weight on them has kept them straight when I ...

I do appreciate your incite and experienced advise Bob, I was thinking about pulling some of the pipe out and "shorten" up the well
This place in its day had over a 1000ft of pipe in several directions, had a set of valves you had to turn to send it towards the area you wanted the water in , was ...