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Using creek on property to water 3 acres
« on: January 22, 2017, 05:54:50 PM »
Fellas, in the spring I will likely seed roughly 2.5-3 acres for a big field for a yield crop, perhaps feed for livestock.  I would most likely plant Bermuda for grazing as it is green most of the year especially at our very mild winters.  What pump size/distribution method would be best.  My creek is 10' wide and full all year round.  It is 6-8' deep at one particular spot on my property.  Thanks in advance.
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Re: Using creek on property to water 3 acres
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2017, 07:33:50 PM »
I don't have any useful info, but gotta say, I'm pretty jealous!
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Re: Using creek on property to water 3 acres
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2017, 07:56:12 PM »
There was a discussion on this site somewhere about those creek powered pumps.

Cool concept that pumps using the pressure head of the creek itself. You'd place it in an area of some drop or current and it lifts a lot of water around the clock

Someone help me out with pointing that thing out,I'm not sure where it is here.
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Re: Using creek on property to water 3 acres
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2017, 09:22:46 PM »
Are you referring to the hydraulic ram pump don? I think that is best if used to do a trickle type filling of a gravity fed drip system. Cool concept tho


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Re: Using creek on property to water 3 acres
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2017, 01:43:55 AM »
An engineer friend of mine was telling me of this very same set up.  A hydraulic ram set up.  I was toying with the idea of building a small simple cabin type structure down there on the creek and he was telling me how I could provide water pressure for it that way.  I'd prob mess it up if I tried to explain it again but something about placing a pickup down in the deepest part and putting a series of check valves in so the water would naturally fill and transverse the cavities due to the force of the water and gravity....there I tried.  :popcorn: :facepalm:

Buuut I don't think it would provide the volume I'd need.  I do have a generator I could keep down there and pump when I needed it.  I could just fill a resevoir at high ground and gravity feed the system.  If I came across a large enough PPL vessel I'd just fill it every other use or so.
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Re: Using creek on property to water 3 acres
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2017, 09:11:15 AM »
Are you referring to the hydraulic ram pump don? I think that is best if used to do a trickle type filling of a gravity fed drip system. Cool concept tho


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Re: Using creek on property to water 3 acres
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2017, 09:12:31 AM »
An engineer friend of mine was telling me of this very same set up.  A hydraulic ram set up.  I was toying with the idea of building a small simple cabin type structure down there on the creek and he was telling me how I could provide water pressure for it that way.  I'd prob mess it up if I tried to explain it again but something about placing a pickup down in the deepest part and putting a series of check valves in so the water would naturally fill and transverse the cavities due to the force of the water and gravity....there I tried.  :popcorn: :facepalm:

Buuut I don't think it would provide the volume I'd need.  I do have a generator I could keep down there and pump when I needed it.  I could just fill a resevoir at high ground and gravity feed the system.  If I came across a large enough PPL vessel I'd just fill it every other use or so.
Most applications of this setup move a bunch of water which the owners use to fill big tanks.

The water is then apportioned as necessary from said tanks
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