This little pump is the best investment i have made in a long time. Harbor Freight sells these little 120v transfer pumps for about $65. They can be had for less than $50 using a coupon. I think tehy claim they can move 300+ GPH.
They claim they are not for dirty water but seems to do just fine with leaves and grass clippings etc.. The come complete with a short length of standard garden hose for the inlet side and also has a nice surface fitting to suck water off the surface of something like a concrete floor. Very handy and in my experience will suck water down to ~1/8 deep.
I picked mine up on a whim from HF more than a year ago as i was having some flooding issues in the yard in the spring. The low spots filled with water and with the ground still frozen there was no place for the water to go. Fearing it would continue to fill up and i would have issues with water getting into the house i grabbed this.
I have used mine nonstop for hours and hours. I have run it in freezing conditions, in the pouring rain and damn near fully submerged and it just keeps going. I got crafty and was able to run this all night off and on using a digital timer where it would turn on the unit for ~15 minutes every 1 hour or so. This kept the unit from running dry but kept the water at bay. Had i let it run continuous it would have pumped all the water away in about 20 minutes and then burned up the motor as i slept One other thing to note is the unit comes with an extra set of brushes and impeller for you to rebuild it. I haven't needed to use mine yet and i have not been easy on mine. I once probably let it run dry after pumping water in 10 degree frozen temperatures outside. Still works flawless. I just used it again today....almost a year later. No issues.
Verdict: Highly Recommended.
Definitely not dumb garbage.
LINK: https://www.harborfreight.com/110-hp-transfer-pump-320-gph-63317.html
They claim they are not for dirty water but seems to do just fine with leaves and grass clippings etc.. The come complete with a short length of standard garden hose for the inlet side and also has a nice surface fitting to suck water off the surface of something like a concrete floor. Very handy and in my experience will suck water down to ~1/8 deep.
I picked mine up on a whim from HF more than a year ago as i was having some flooding issues in the yard in the spring. The low spots filled with water and with the ground still frozen there was no place for the water to go. Fearing it would continue to fill up and i would have issues with water getting into the house i grabbed this.
I have used mine nonstop for hours and hours. I have run it in freezing conditions, in the pouring rain and damn near fully submerged and it just keeps going. I got crafty and was able to run this all night off and on using a digital timer where it would turn on the unit for ~15 minutes every 1 hour or so. This kept the unit from running dry but kept the water at bay. Had i let it run continuous it would have pumped all the water away in about 20 minutes and then burned up the motor as i slept One other thing to note is the unit comes with an extra set of brushes and impeller for you to rebuild it. I haven't needed to use mine yet and i have not been easy on mine. I once probably let it run dry after pumping water in 10 degree frozen temperatures outside. Still works flawless. I just used it again today....almost a year later. No issues.
Verdict: Highly Recommended.
Definitely not dumb garbage.
LINK: https://www.harborfreight.com/110-hp-transfer-pump-320-gph-63317.html