Tractor-Mounted Sump Pump

Tractor-Mounted Sump Pump MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Pumps 28-4-10 Electric sump pumps are great when the power is on. Trouble is, the same big storms that dump water into a basement sump are just as likely to drop a tree across the power line. When Kenneth Ramey got hit with 5 in. of rain and no electricity, he knew he needed a sump pump substitute. "I had an old brass pump laying around that was already threaded for garden hose ends," recalls Ramey. "I mounted it on my old Wheel Horse garden tractor, and it works great." The Wheel Horse was already outfitted with a pulley wheel on the side of the engine that runs right off the crankshaft. Ramey mounted the pump and its pulley wheel on a short length of 2 by 8-in. board. After bolting a piece of 1/2-in. scrap iron to the front end of the tractor frame, he attached the board with its pump to the scrap iron with wing nuts. Matching holes in the board and the scrap iron left sufficient play for the belt to remain in idle. To engage the pump, Ramey simply pulls the board (which is equipped with a handhold) forward, and tightens down the wing nuts. To shut off the pump, he loosens the wing nuts and pushes the board back to loosen the belt. "It works great," says Ramey. "It's something you have and hope you never need." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Kenneth Ramey, 120 Francis St., Ferrelview, Mo. 64163 (ph 816 270-1462).

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