Quick And Easy Pump Puller

Quick And Easy Pump Puller MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Pumps 28-3-16 When a submersible pump needs replacing, bringing it to the surface of the well shaft can be an awkward and time consuming job. Greg Kinsey of Boones Mill, Virginia, found an easy solution. He took an old car wheel rim and welded a foot-long piece of pipe to the center of it. The diameter of the pipe was just big enough to slide over the bale spear on his tractor. That allows the wheel to spin freely on the spear. "Then all you do is position the rim over the well shaft, and as you pull the water pipe out of the well, you lay it over the rim," he explains. "The rim is big enough that it won't kink your pipe when you pull it over the top. I hook the end of the pipe to the four-wheeler and drive off until the pump is out. This way, one person can do a job that would otherwise take two." Kinsey says the device also works equally well to let the pump and pipe slide back down the hole when you're putting them back in. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Greg Kinsey, 3850 Retreat Rd., Boones Mill, Va. 24065 (ph 540 334-1937).

To read the rest of this story, download this issue below or click here to register with your account number.