Antique Cast Iron Well Pitcher Pump with Leather Kit, Max. 25ft Lift, Red | Heavy Duty, Pitcher Style, G1-1/4" NPT Inlet, Lower Valve & Cup Leather, Manual Hand Water Pump Ideal for Yard, Pond & Garden

I bought this to sit on top of a whiskey barrel that covers my well pump. It is a heavy, solid cast item painted the perfect red. I get a lot of compliments. I did not ever intend to use it as a pump, so I cannot comment on its mechanical capabilities.

We live off the grid in a dry cabin. We use a 55 gal barrel (filled with water) and attached this pump. We did the same in the greenhouse. They work excellent for us. Easy to install, comes completely assembled, extremely excellent quality, I’ve had the 1 st one we bought over 15 years. Highly recommended.

We used these for a duck races on our farm. Held up well to multiple uses and pump great

The pump works well but did not come with a leather kit as stated.

Bought this last year and got it going in case power went out and what do you know we lost power for week on hurricane Helen. Was thankful we had it.

Used it *once* just to validate operation yesterday. Worked fine.Today, I went to use it but it wouldn't function. I looked under the bottom and the nut and washer had fallen off or the leather check (flapper) valve. So, now I have pump pieces down my well...not good!This would not have happened if the manufacturer had used even a single drop of thread lock during the assembly process.Update: I got a matching nut out of my shop and found out that the original screw only had three threads exposed when I pieced it back together and no imprint that a backing washed had ever been installed (even if there *had* been enough thread showing). Just three threads showing is insufficient for a good attachment.Sending it back because they are just using my time to fix their problem.

Seems to be solidIll report more when its hooked up

We purchased this back in Feb '22 and easy to install, looks great and worked until it didn't. Lasted until a week before Hurricane Ian. I have 3 wells on the property and this is the only hand pump well I had and I was feeling good if we lost power that I'd at least have water. I tested it a week before the hurricane and all was ok. Then Ian hits, we lose power for 7 days and the pump didn't work. Lost all suction. So finally got around to looking at it today and the seals are shot. Which was why we couldn't get suction when we needed it. I'm in the process of seeing if I can get replacement parts and if not - I'll be buying a new hand pump. Hopefully I can get the gaskets replaced but it's just disappointing that the device didn't hold up and it wasn't over used. Maybe I should have used it more.

Merci

Funziona bene e anche esteticamente non è male. Peccato che all'inizio l'acqua mi usciva grigia per via del materiale con cui è stata costruita e dopo pochi mesi ha rilasciato quel "grigiume" anche nelle giunzioni dei pezzi. Vedremo come passerà l'inverno e se dovrò rivedere la mia recensione.

Práctico y se ve genial vintage , hierro

Works well, solid build, i just wish it would have come with the pipe and adapter, but it was easy to find at my local hardware store

Hermosa