First of all thanks to everyone for the great advice. I ended up going down 15 feet with my hand driven well. I've got about 9 feet of water in the pipe. I just hooked up my Wayne portable utility pump to a garden hose and stuck the hose down the well. The pump is rated on flat land at 1700 gph, and it pumped water from my well like crazy for 15-20 minutes until I turned the pump off.
Now I'm ready for some recommendations for shallow well pumps that already come equipped with pressure tanks (at least thats what I think I need).
In the perfect world I'd like enough pressure and tank capacity so I'm able to water the garden out of two or three hoses at once. But if that's not realistic, I'm interested in a pump with punch, and weather resistant. I'd pay up to $350 or $400...or a little more if there was a good reason to do that.
Thanks,
Steven
Willards Maryland
Now I'm ready for some recommendations for shallow well pumps that already come equipped with pressure tanks (at least thats what I think I need).
In the perfect world I'd like enough pressure and tank capacity so I'm able to water the garden out of two or three hoses at once. But if that's not realistic, I'm interested in a pump with punch, and weather resistant. I'd pay up to $350 or $400...or a little more if there was a good reason to do that.
Thanks,
Steven
Willards Maryland