Dirtbiker
New Member
Hello to the group...first time poster here.
We're here in Pennsylvania and live in a 1o year old home with a deep well pump sitting at about 180'. Our pump and system is working fine right now; however our neighbors have experienced a rash of failures over the past couple of years. I suspect that the installed pumps were all about the same and therefore ours is probably on the radar screen for failure any time now! Therefore, my goal is to do a "scheduled" replacement of the pump rather than an emergency $$$ professional replacement.
From reading the forums, I completely grasp the construction with respect to the piping, pitless adapter, wiring, torque collar and so forth. My biggest question is: how much weight can I expect to have to pull up and can two men pull this unit out by hand without mechanical means? My plan would be to make a "T" bar pipe lift to pull the pittless adapter, then go hand-over-hand to pull the assembly out of the casing. I'm guessing that it's a 1/2hp 3-wire pump on 1-1/4" tubing, and my best guess on the weight is 30lbs for the pump, 50lbs for the tubing and 40lbs for the water weight in the stack. Does this sound about right? Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance for your help.
Jim
We're here in Pennsylvania and live in a 1o year old home with a deep well pump sitting at about 180'. Our pump and system is working fine right now; however our neighbors have experienced a rash of failures over the past couple of years. I suspect that the installed pumps were all about the same and therefore ours is probably on the radar screen for failure any time now! Therefore, my goal is to do a "scheduled" replacement of the pump rather than an emergency $$$ professional replacement.
From reading the forums, I completely grasp the construction with respect to the piping, pitless adapter, wiring, torque collar and so forth. My biggest question is: how much weight can I expect to have to pull up and can two men pull this unit out by hand without mechanical means? My plan would be to make a "T" bar pipe lift to pull the pittless adapter, then go hand-over-hand to pull the assembly out of the casing. I'm guessing that it's a 1/2hp 3-wire pump on 1-1/4" tubing, and my best guess on the weight is 30lbs for the pump, 50lbs for the tubing and 40lbs for the water weight in the stack. Does this sound about right? Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance for your help.
Jim