Yesterday we had to throw the tank and pump on the truck and haul water in for the gardens. We have been in a dry spell for a couple weeks now and the last couple rains we had we got very little accumulation so the cistern is too low to be watering from. The gardens were getting very dry and the cistern was down to just two blocks, 500 gallons, or about 1/3 capacity so we needed to haul in the water for the first time in a couple years.

When we need to haul water it is actually a simple task and the biggest issue with it is all the hose that is needed to reach all of the gardens and leaky connections. I swear no matter how new a hose is; connections still always leak. Because we have been doing it for several years we have the whole operation down to a science and can getter done without much hassle at all other than the time it takes to set it all up.






We use two portable pumps here on the homestead. The larger one is a heavier duty semi trash pump that can pump well over 10000 gallons an hour if needed and we use that to pump water from the pond as needed in to a 275 gallon tank that we put on the back of the truck. We then use a reducer to hook the several hundred feet of garden hose to it in order to water most of the upper beds. The pump is rather loud and obnoxious to listen to but it is much quicker than using gravity to distribute the water where we need it and it uses very little gas to pump it off in that manner. We use the same method minus the several hundred feet of hose to refill the cistern when we have to.



In the lower garden we use a small homelite pump with a bucket placed in the creek and a couple hundred foot of hose, then we can water the lower bed directly from it. The small pump is much slower than the larger one but it runs very well for a cheap investment.The two of us can water all of the gardens in about 4 hours using this method and is well worth the buck or two in gas that it takes in order to keep the gardens growing well and us fed.

I have one of those tanks..industrial bulk tanks.. and for the life of me i cant find a fitting for it..dont have any idea what size it is and then to reduce to garden hose..

hopeless in canada

i will measure it and let you know..

we had a bit of a problem setting that up as i recall. wound up with pvc reducing to cast iron to make it work..

of course we are not metric down here so i aint sure how that will work..

anyway,, lemme walk down and measure..

you need a 2" to 2" threaded both sides female to female connector.(dilli says both sides were threaded,i think one side i had to glue,but either way)
then a 2" to 3/4" threaded ( or not on the male side, refer to the above statement in parentheses..lol )male to female reducer. lasco makes them both .

i dont remember why, but the easiest way from there was to get a 6 inch piece of 3/4" cast iron pipe threaded on both ends to finish it out..

anyway,,dilli will post a pic of it in a second so you can get a visual idea of what you need..

we got everything we needed at lowes,just find someone and tell them what you need and remember the pic to make sure it all fits together proper..



(note " equals inch,, not sure how yall do things up there )

THANK YOU..I WILL LOOK FOR IT TOMMORROW,,sry caps

Gord

your very welcome, anytime..

let us know if ya get it figured out..