Harbor Freight Nails It!
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- čas přidán 1. 06. 2023
- Picked up The Predator 79cc 1" Water Pump to water my garden with. This thing is absolutely perfect!
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Nice to have you back. May your garden grow wonderfully!
Looking forward to harvest
Brilliant, that's good water for the plants too.
Works awesome!
Very cool Chris👍🏻
Thanks Doug
Great to see you Chris!!!!
Thanks James! Good to be back!
Hey, good to see ya! Harbor Freight has definitely stepped up their game, i never used to go there at all and now i go there quite often. I've had good luck with the stuff i bought including a Predator engine.
I used to just buy consumables there. Now I'm buying all kinds of things. Haha! It's crazy!
I believe you're right. The plants will love the pond water. Very nice setup it makes a lot of sense. Hopefully, it won't be long before the next campfire . Be blessed. My friend.
Take care! Could definitely go for a campfire!
Good to see you back, Chris, but I am also glad you took a break when you needed to. Harbor Freight has a few things they've improved recently. Remember their awful cast iron anvil shaped objects? Well, they added a decent Doyle Cast steel anvil for less than a couple hundred bucks. It's no Peter Wright, but it is a solid offering.
Oh, if you need a sturdy trellis for stuff, I picked up 8 foot wire stock panels at tractor supply for cheap. I got two, wire tied them together in an a-frame and planted the cukes so they can climb up the frame with plenty of support.
Thanks Pete! I did see the review on that anvil. Pretty cool! I'm doing something similar with cow panels for the beds. Stay tuned.
Thats a nice setup Killinger. Those raised beds are looking nice. I've built 3 and I did record it but have not put the video together yet....great video.....🤙
Thank you!
Well that certainly does the job. Beds are looking good!
Thanks!
I bought this pump several years ago to fill a 330 gallon IBC tote from a pond. Then we pump from the IBC tote and through a 20 foot PVC pipe with holes drilled in the pipe. So basically it's a long sprinkler. And that's how we fertilize our fields! Works very well. That pump rocks.
That's awesome to here!
I also just bought one for this same purpose but to water my small food plots when we are starving for rain. I like that idea of the pvc pipe. I could possibly set that up in a stand at the plot site and just plug into it. What kind of pressure or water spray distance do you get through the holes drilled?
@@jasoncampbell2559 I run the pump with just a little throttle and it sprays the water 10 feet out the holes. At full throttle it'll spray 20 feet. It's very powerful and I think it'll do what you need it to do. You may just need to tweak hose size to make sure you're spraying enough water.
@@jeffy1466 it helps to use a pressure gage at the pump if the sprinkler is at a distance from the pump.
@@jeffy1466would you have an idea about how much fuel those engines burn - I've been watering an acer with a 1/2 HP electric water pump about 4 to 5 hrs a day -
I have one of those gas pumps and thought about running it - I only need to maintain 30 lbs of pressure to Ron 8 sprinklers -
I thought I might try using that gas engine pump I have - it's only costing me about 60 cents a day in electricity - we are short of 30 inches of rain this yr
Yeah! I hate Metric hose clamps, and the worst are the 8mm ones, but a little secret is, 5/16 sockets work perfectly! 😁
It won’t hurt the pump at all to reduce to a 5/8 garden hose. It’s a centrifugal pump so it won’t hurt anything. The only thing you don’t want to do is shut the water off completely on the discharge for very long or the pump can over heat. I run my 2 inch pump down to 3/4 hose and it works great.
Great video, exactly what I needed. Nice garden. New sub.
Thank you!
Nice pump!
Works good!
Also recommend consumable pipe adapters on the pump itself if you connect/disconnect frequently. It hard to keep those threads clean and this way when the get messed up its a quick fix, instead of the thread on the pumps needing fixed replaced. I have always wanted a water tower for watering the garden with drip irrigation. Build one and figure out for me lol.
I did end up putting a different fitting on the pump so the garden hose directly connects to it. A water tower would be awesome!
Good demo, I don’t see anything wrong with that pump for that price. Nice looking garden. 👍👍
Can't complain and thank you
I have seen a ton of metric hose clamps. Usually, on Perkins, Kubota, or Mitsubishi. Pro tip for the suction screen, we used to tie a bucket on the suction pipe so the screen wouldn't plug with silt. That was on a 4-inch pump with 5 or 6-inch suction pipe.👊🏼👍🏼🔥🧡
I bet you have! Great tip! I bet a 4 inch pump is something!
@Killinger summertime fun, that black stinky pond water and a 90 degree day. We had two 7/8" rain birds that would reach about 120 ft radius. My old man would send me in when the advance would stick and turn the rainbird into a spiraling 80 psi fountain. Then he would take the other one and drowned me while I was working on the stuck one, lol. We had fun.
Love your page. I have a creek on my property and starting
My raised beds in February. I plan on watering the garden from the creek. Wonderful video. I am inspired. Could you please post what couplings (attachments) to out on the output hose to convert to a garden hose? Much appreciated. Kat
Thank you! I'll have to look but I ended up going to lows and buying a fitting that went right on the pump and reduced it yo a garden hose. The 1" hose from harborfreight is unnecessary. Unless you want to water with a 1" hose.
Makes sense use what u got very smart!!!
Yes sir!!! Have a good week buddy!
i worked for a outfit doing repairs one of there services is filling swimming pools they have been using the predator pumps for a couple years now i will be honest some are crap and some are great but the crap ones just return and they give you another one . One tip i will share is change the oil after a couple tanks of gas the machine work do not clean up well after there work lol. Reducing to hose fittings never seem to bother them they do it often
Great tip!
That is sweet! But we really need rain ! You take care
We could use some rain!
hi fun playing with water , when i us to irrigate my fields Garden .the pump pumps 720 GPM . i inch mainline .dont do much anymore . MM just got one of those .oh 1 more thing don't water as much when the fruit starts to come in , wont have as much flavor , thats what makes a good wine year little rain lots of flavor john
Good tips thanks john!
Great video but $229
The 212cc 7hp motor with coupon 130 or 99 pulley to water pump is more of a heavy duty option Some assembly required
I definitely didn't pay full price. Can't remember what the sale price was?
You should mulch with straw or hay to prevent water evaporation and keep soil moist between watering. Your plants will produce and grow a lot better over time imo
Also helps with limiting weed growth
Love your channel and perspective on things 👍🏼
Thanks! I may be adding some much soon.
#i’m excited 😆
Haha
Won’t hurt the pump Chris. It fine to reduce it as long as your flowing water your good. Should have got a new hat a Rural King also😂. Good to see ya 👍
Rk should send me a hat! Haha
@@KillingerUSA I got lots of hats with my new tractor but they were expensive 😂.
@@bobpurs I got fee tools with my snap on hats! I know what you mean!
another tip tie a couple empty plastic jugs on your intake line so its not right on the bottom youwillnot suck up any mud in your pump
Oh! That's an excellent idea!
Nice! I got burned at harbor freight early on and haven't been back. Maybe I need to check them out again.
Same. Not everything is perfect and sometimes you need to exchange a thing or 2, but, they have come a long way! Everything on this pump seems like quality. Will it last as long as a Honda? Probably not. I bet I get a few good years out of it thou.
I had similar experience with cheap chunk, but friends of mine keep bringing shit back that looked decent for a fraction of the price at the box stores. Now I pop in there every so often.
You missed your calling. Could have been a fireman. That little pump has some serious flow!
That thing is fun!
I can tell you how to control the pressure at aerate the pond at the same time. What you want to do is to put a T fitting there at the pump. At that that G do you want to put another hose with a valve in the T first. At the other side of the T put your hose on it then you could take a valve and put it on the other end of your discharge hose. The valve that you attached to the T and run the other hoes back to the pond and you can adjust your valve upper down and it’ll change the water pressure and then you don’t blow anything up like hoses and stuff or the pump within you can control your volume on your work hose
Just what you needed on these hot days. Raised beds are looking sick! Also, new car?
Thanks Kevin! New car? Haha, no. Wife's car. We bought it new in 2015. We are hanging on to our cars for as long as possible. 2 more years would be fantastic!
Pretty cool! I see this video is 9ish months old. Do you still have it and do you still like it? I'm thinking about getting one.
I still have it. Used it all season to water my garden. Will use it this year for the same. I'd buy another in a heartbeat! 100% reccomend!
Would this exact same pump be able to pump water out of a well and then pump it to the surface into like metal tubs for sheep to drink or does it only work like from a pond or something like that?
I guess it would depend how deep the well is? I think they have those specs on the website. Your looking for lift capacity.
Do you have to put the suction hose in the water first before you prime it?
No. But it has to be in the water when you start the pump. The pump housing has a check valve in it.
@@KillingerUSA OK that makes sense but it would be easier to put it in first anyway. Also, if you take a old bucket and drill a whole bunch of holes in it, then take the handle and slide the bucket over that suction screen and then tie it off with the hose to the hose I mean, and then the stuff won’t get up in it and plug it up
I too, am a castrol guy.
Haha! Good eye!
When are you going to get that square body going 😊. When you get your pump going if you will pinch off the outlet hose it will prime much faster
Just need time and money for the square body. Hopefully some day. Good tip on the pump!
@@KillingerUSA i understand totally on time and money I have had my 70 Chevrolet 1 to.n 4x4 torn apart for 5 years now trying to do what I can when I can
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Hey james!!!
Probably already been said but I believe you could have saved your money on the discharge hose and just put the two male and female couplings directly onto your pump and attached the garden hose right there.
I just bought this pump myself and have been searching out different hose and connector ideas. I don’t like how the discharge hose bends and crimps when I’m using it and slowing down water flow. I may just buy another intake hose and run one of them on each end.
I actually ended up just buying an adapter the went from the pump directly to the garden hose. Flat discharge hose was unnecessary. Live and learn.
What kind of adapter did you get if you don’t mind me asking? I’m still trying to figure out what I need. I’m watering a small food plot with an IBC tank and this pump. Needing the most distance and pressure possible to be able to cover more area if you know what I mean
@@jasoncampbell2559 just went to lowes and told them I need a 1" female to 3/4" male garden hose. I git a metal one. I recommend doing the same. Plastic won't hold up.
You could have just put your adaptor for th garden hose on the pump and just use a regular garden hose. Save some $$$
Ended up doing exactly that. Wasted money on the first hose. Sometimes an education is not free. Life exsperiance I priceless.
@KillingerUSA yeah, I did 2 pumps.. lol, my first thought was, how can I use standard garden hose and not need a large hose. Was pretty hard for me to find adaptors and reducers. Lol and change from screw on to camlock connectors. Now to get a 4 way spigot/manifold...
Not everything Harbor Freight sells is junk for sure! They do have those small motors dialed in! I irrigate a small one acre patch all summer with a Predator motor!
Awesome! They are impressive!
Im about to get one to fill the animal water here this is getting ridiculous at this point
It will work perfectly for that
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Thank you!
@@KillingerUSA actually that pump was bad ass.
It's pretty sweet!
First! 😂
You are always number 1!!!
@KillingerUSA not next to your princess!
Third!
Thanks James!
Third what?
Second.
We going to bump you to first but don't tell my wife! She had an unfair advantage!
@@KillingerUSA 🤣🤣🤣
Has been dry for this time of year , when it starts raining it will probably be a flood ! 👍
Nope I'm 10 minutes away and we are only getting maybe an inch in a week but it's ohio and mother nature goes through menopause here so she don't like to make up her mind
It's unusual for sure!