I have heard that that can damage a pump, running without any head pressure. You could pull the pitless, disconnect the pump and put a plug in the bottom of it, then put it back in to shut off the well. I had access to a new 6 inch sewer bag when I did ours at the cabin. It was overflowing about 20 gpm and I needed to put in the pitless. I lowered the sewer bag down int the well about 10 ft, aired it up, pumped out the water above it. Then I hole-sawed the opening for the pitless and installed it, and ran the line into the cabin. Once I release the air from the bag the casing filled up and overflowed again. I have a T with a 2 inch check valve about knee high for it to flow when it wants to, into a drain to the road ditch. The check is to prevent mice from getting into the well when it's not flowing. Right now it's so dry the water level is 2 feet below ground level. Our well here in Bemidji is a different story, it has 12 ft of positive head! It has something called a packer to prevent it from overflowing, it's a positive seal above the pitless. I hope I never have to work on it!
Upload one or more videos to your post. Photo filesizes should be less than 300K and Videos, less than 2MB. Formats allowed are gif, jpg, png, ogg, mp4, mov, and avi. Be sure to use filenames without spaces or special characters, and filetypes of 3 digits lower case.
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - Earthmaster Project Progress Just a little update on my Earthmaster......it's back from the dead! I pulled the head, and soaked the stuck valves with mystery oil overnight, re-installed the head, and bingo, the compression returned. But alas, my carb foiled me again, it would fire a second then flood out. After numerous dead ends for a replacement carb, I went to work fixing mine.I soldered new floats on the float arm, they came from an old motorcycle carb, replaced the packing on the throttle shaft with o-rings, cut new ga
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
1964 I-H 140 tractor with cultivators and sidedresser. Starts and runs good. Asking 2650. CALL RON AT 502-319-1952
[More Ads]
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.
