Harbor Freight Pump??

Not sure about the longevity of the pump, but in theory it will work. You have to remember that you WILL need a filter at the lake end! Central machinery is not the greatest and personally I wouldn't buy anything electric made under that name. I have bought many things from HF and found a few problems. I have never had any problems with the air tools though. I just seem to have a problem with electrical items from them. Tractor supply is where I get my pumps from. If I were doing what you are planning I would buy a trash pump and a filter. I would also use a much larger than garden hose. The first property that I looked at had a large stream on it, I had the same thoughts as you. Now, I have a 3 55gal poly drum set up for collecting rain runoff from my roof for watering my gardens. Who ever heard of having to pay for water?... I have lived on well water all my life, until now that is.

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i got a little gas powered water pump made by echo with a little 2 stroke engine.. that thing runs a garden hose great..and has lasted 10 years.i hang the intake down in a cistern..harbor freight is considered low quality,at least everything i got from them was. lucas

anything electric made under that name.>harbor freight is considered low quality

"Rob Mills" wrote in news:OB8bg.66212$IZ2.46330@dukeread07:

I just got a flyer saying that those meters are going for *$2.99* during a sidewalk sale June 2,3,4.

"Full" price is $9.99.

A air nailer/stapler going for $13.99,2gal compressor going for $49.99,touchup spraygun for $6.99,framing nailer for $59.99

Lots more good stuff,too!!

I suspect they get their stuff in many cases from the same factories in China that make the fancy name brands.

Andy comments:

I got their 1/4 hp pump for 39.95 and have used it for almost a year with no problems. It is very cheaply made, in a cheap housing, and needs an input filter....... Hence, I had to be very careful with it, but it has worked flawlessly. So, while I can't endorse it as

a high quality unit, it does what I needed, for the lowest price I could find, and has been doing it for a year.......

and that's my opinion of Central Machinery stuff.....

Andy in Eureka, Texas

$49.99,touchup spraygun for $6.99,framing nailer for $59.99

It depends on relative utility rates and other costs, but don't be too surprised if you find that you can't pump water as cheaply as your water company can. A neighbor learned that with a gasoline powered pump and a well many years ago. Don Young

as your water company can.

yeah water is cheap, sewer costs a fortune:(

Good little meter. Refresh rate on it is a bit slow, but it's a lot better keeping a $3 meter in the emergency kit in the truck than a $350 Fluke meter.

Pete C.

"Rob Mills" wrote in news:gNpbg.67959$IZ2.56363@dukeread07:

You could use it to monitor home line voltage variations over time,see if you're subjected to "brownouts".

That is the model pictured in the flyer I have;model # 90899 $2.99 on Jun

I got one a year ago to pump water to my shop from a spring. Works great for that! It is made to be a pressure booster for a exsisting water system but it fine stand alone.

My experience with HF power tools has so far been, well, for the most part, I got what I expected.

The 10" bench sander works fine for what I bought it for. I was making and selling some parts made from 1/4" x 1" aluminum flat stock. I was spending way too much time rounding the corners of the pieces by hand, so I figured I'd give the bench sander a try. It saved me a ton of time and paid for its elf very quickly.

On the other hand, I bought a variable speed hammer drill that I almost thr ew out the other day when I tried to use it as - ready for this? - a drill ! You see, I have a rather old Skil hammer drill that I really like. Last s ummer I needed a drill powerful enough to mix a number of 5 gallon bucket l oads of concrete resurfacer. I didn't want to destroy the Skil drill or my cordless DeWalt, so I bought a sacrificial HF drill for something like $30. It served it's purpose as a mixer, so I was happy. The problem with trying to use it as a drill is the design of the variable speed mechanism. You tu rn a little knob in the center of the trigger to adjust the speed, but all it does is adjust the drill to that single speed, meaning it won't go any f aster - or slower - than the set speed. There's is no "soft start". The dri ll is either off or running at the speed set by the knob. I was using a 2.5 " hole saw in some 1/4" plywood and needed true variable speed to do what I needed to do. After I completed the job with my cordless DeWalt, I almost threw the HF drill out. The only thing that stopped me was the realization that it still works as a mixer and I have other drills that I don't want to use as mixers, so I hung onto it for those "special occasions" where I won 't give a crap if it breaks.

The air powered brad nailer works fine. In fact, it works better than the e lectric Craftsman nailer I bought many years ago.

And of course, there's the variable speed Multi-Function tool which I love.

Good luck with the pump and tell your wife Happy Gardening!