Petrol Powered Water Pumps

[SteveW1000]

Looking to plant a mixture of fruit and native bare rooted trees this winter and next summer was intending to take water from the stream next to the site rather than transport water to the site for them.  Thinking of a Honda powered water pump has anyone tried this and any recommendations or ones to avoid?

Steve

[Squaredy]

4 minutes ago, SteveW1000 said:

Looking to plant a mixture of fruit and native bare rooted trees this winter and next summer was intending to take water from the stream next to the site rather than transport water to the site for them.  Thinking of a Honda powered water pump has anyone tried this and any recommendations or ones to avoid?

Steve

I apologise if you know this but I think you need an abstraction license to do this.

[Squaredy]

9 minutes ago, SteveW1000 said:

Looking to plant a mixture of fruit and native bare rooted trees this winter and next summer was intending to take water from the stream next to the site rather than transport water to the site for them.  Thinking of a Honda powered water pump has anyone tried this and any recommendations or ones to avoid?

Steve

Just checked, no license needed so long as you stay under 20 cubic metres per day.

[SteveW1000]

2 hours ago, Squaredy said:

Just checked, no license needed so long as you stay under 20 cubic metres per day.

Thanks for that.  Have been working on the stream with Thames 21 with them getting permission for the work from the EA.  T21 weren't sure but thought the even if we did the small amount we would be using they wouldn't have much of an issue.  Contractor have been planting trees higher up on the site and been taking 1000L at a time in the back of a transit but not watering frequently enough and much of their trees have died.  The fruit trees are going to be a community lead and delivered project so pumping water from a source is going to be much easier for us.

[scbk]

Can you not get a pipe in the stream further up, to avoid pumping.

 

Just reminded me of chatting to a couple of council workers who were putting a pipe in a burn for an animal trough. Don't know why the (cash strapped) council was doing it and not the farmer, maybe it has to be done "properly" to tick the boxes.

It was just a length of mdpe wedged under a stone.

[aspenarb]

5 hours ago, SteveW1000 said:

Looking to plant a mixture of fruit and native bare rooted trees this winter and next summer was intending to take water from the stream next to the site rather than transport water to the site for them.  Thinking of a Honda powered water pump has anyone tried this and any recommendations or ones to avoid?

Steve

 

We have been using these

Draper 1" Petrol Water Pump Footing Flood Pond Transfer with Fittings 87680

WWW.EBAY.CO.UK

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Petrol Water Pump (85L/Min) (refurbished). • Easy pull start. • Hose outlet size: 25mm. Expert Quality. • Self priming. • For...

 

They will happily run six sprinklers each , have two on the back of our bedford watering unit.

 

Bob

 

 

 

 

[brynseiri]

Don’t bother with a Honda for what you’re doing, too good for that, any Asian copy bought cheaply will do the job just as well, Quality pumps of high Wycombe do a good copy that’s 100% reliable 

[eggsarascal]

23 minutes ago, brynseiri said:

Don’t bother with a Honda for what you’re doing, too good for that, any Asian copy bought cheaply will do the job just as well, Quality pumps of high Wycombe do a good copy that’s 100% reliable 

We use quality pumps, great company to deal with, and a great factory.

[Peasgood]

9 hours ago, brynseiri said:

Don’t bother with a Honda for what you’re doing, too good for that, any Asian copy bought cheaply will do the job just as well, Quality pumps of high Wycombe do a good copy that’s 100% reliable 

I bought a cheap 2” pump off eBay years ago, still going strong. Amazing value really and heard many others say the same.