"they have only a 25' suction head. I would like to just be able to throw the sucker head down the well and start pumping" If by "sucker head" you mean the intake or suction hose, then the laws of physics are against you.
In theory, with a perfect vacuum at the intake of the pump's impeller, the maximum height you could lift water would be about 33 feet (at sea level). The world isn't perfect and no pump would be either. Those gas-driven trash pumps are centrifugal pumps and their ability to lift water at draft from a static water source drops off greatly when you get over 12 - 15 feet of lift. Some can move water at 20 - 25 feet lift, but not at rated volume and there is a lot of impeller cavitation. Even the big, high performance pumps on fire engines are rated at only 10 feet of lift for their UL tests.
How about a sumbmersible pump in the well which pumps into a reservoir such as a cistern? Or just a big stock tank (if you are above freezing temps) and then pump out of that with your gas engine pump for fire protection. A couple thousnd gallons of reserve in a cistern would be a lot of fire fighting capability.
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Today's Featured Article - Hydraulics - Cylinder Anatomy - by Curtis von Fange. Let’s make one more addition to our series on hydraulics. I’ve noticed a few questions in the comment section that could pertain to hydraulic cylinders so I thought we could take a short look at this real workhorse of the circuit. Cylinders are the reason for the hydraulic circuit. They take the fluid power delivered from the pump and magically change it into mechanical power. There are many types of cylinders that one might run across on a farm scenario. Each one could take a chapter in
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