I first saw one in a Mother Earth book about 60 years ago I had asked and asked about them every one thought i was nuts and never heard of sutch a thing. I was living in the carolinas at that time. Were you would think people would know about them. The old timers were a lot smarter then people thought. They are about the coolest way ever was to move water up hill and for long long distances. Basically free. NO POWER needed.. nice

Im a mechanical engineer and i couldnt have explained it better. I love how much intuitive knowledge you have without needing equations. Good stuff.

@LandtoHouse

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I actually have over 130 test videos on the ram pump. That does help with my intuitive knowledge.

@johnlshilling1446

Жыл бұрын

Great observation! I often tell children that they instinctively use Calculus... Of course, they deny this, until I have them throw a ball at a target... Then show them that our brains do their own form of Calculus whenever we "calculate" - or judge - how high to throw the ball, "understanding" how the ball will arc from gravity's influence... Same thing.., just different!

@Badger1776

Жыл бұрын

I’m a gas station attendant and I couldn’t have said it better.

Watched your install on Stoney ridge farm. You have one key part of a ram pump system that’s needed with all ram pump systems. Your water storage. But you need a overflow. I grew up on a farm that was started in the 1700s. All our water came from a spring. The water was pushed up to the top of the tallest hill by a single 1” output ram pump that was brand new in 1870. At the top of the hill was a cistern that was 5x5’ about 10’ deep. And we constantly had a overflow when it was full. The pump needs no pressure on the output to run correctly and constantly. Yes we did have to replace the football inside the balloon shaped cast iron pressure tank once in 1997. The balloon shaped tank was to build pressure. Both check valves where ball type. No flap or spring. But it is still working today on the corner of stone chapel and Avondale road in Westminster Maryland. The waste actually is pumped out the top of the tank it sits in. And people used to fill milk jugs of that spring water for there own drinking water. It works better in the water. And will not freeze or stop if in the water in the winter. Might want to give it a try. The guys that installed them and made them 200 years ago can’t be to wrong.

@marvinwatson1051

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting info

@marvinwatson1051

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting info my brother i

Thanks for another good instructional video. Please install a 30 psi gauge in the top of the accumulator so your viewers can watch the pressure wave increase and decrease.

Great explanation of filling a tank from the bottom. Higher input pipe is higher head pressure then filling from the bottom unless it’s full. Most tanks fill this way in industry

"Let's scoop the sediment outta here".... As he proceedes to just shovel it directly back into the creek upstream from the intake 😂... Probably works for the city; gotta keep yourself in work I suppose. Lol. All joking aside, this is some amazing engineering And craftsmanship. Can't wait to implement this at my place

I been wanting to lift the water from the river for my live stock for many years during the dry seasons thanks a million

I just “discovered” your channel this week so I have a lot of catching up to do. As a time frame reference, my Dad would be 107 now, were he still with us, and I remember him telling me about something called a ram pump that his father had built when my Dad was just a boy, down in Choctaw county Alabama. I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of pumping water uphill with no power supply other than the water itself. Now, with your help I am finally figuring out how to build my own. Thank you so much. Really enjoying and learning from your videos. Keep ‘em coming.

@LandtoHouse

3 жыл бұрын

Thats really awesome! The ram pump is an almost lost concept. Nice to hear that your dad passed the knowledge on to you. Thanks for watching!

I love this. I've been on a deep dive with ram pumps on KZread. Thank you.

Nice start up video. May be a video in the fall/early winter to do the ram pump shutdown for hard freeze. See what parts need to be cleared and disconnect etc.

@patrickhoffmann8893

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, that would be awesome. And it would save you, Seth, from buying freeze-busted piping in the spring! ;-)

looking forward of this videos, I will make one on my farm that have spring on the top which is good for ram pump.

I like the ram pump technology I just don't understand why it took me so long for me to know those details, thanks for your clear explanation

Nice explanations of the Ram pump and other associated things. I am a fan of ram pumps. Such a cool thing!

Good thinking, I am a 'new comer' I just want to get full understanding of building a ram pump from scratch. Thanks for the video.

I love this. I'm regularly re-watching the 2019 one. :)

@LandtoHouse

3 жыл бұрын

Happy to help! This particular video went well.

I have seen you do this"First pump of the year" video a few times. Not sure why I watch it every year, but I'm glad you take the time to do it. Keep up the good work.

Great Job! Keep it up. I wish I had found a great spot like you have there years ago. Ram's are the answer.

@LandtoHouse

2 жыл бұрын

Water was the primary reason for buying this lot!

Thanks. Always good

I'm going to bring water from my spring up a heck of an incline for hopefully drinking water to 500 gallon storage. Thanks for the info

Awesome setup. All you have to do is remember to shut it down and clear before or near the first frost

@buildurtruckurway9118

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if there's a way to run this system thru winter, if you had a deep enough river nearby that doesn't completely freeze during winter and keeps the system under pressure so it can't freeze maybe?. It's such a versatile system that can run and do so many things with some minor adaptations.

Just bought the 1 and a quarter...fingers crossed..!

Cool set up

Nice work. From Colorado. I’ve been a ditch rider for over twenty years. So I love water. I’ve been pumping water on my property for 28 years. I have very old drawings of wooden pipes used in mining to make a ram pump. On my property i can have positive flow the weight of water flowing down hill. But now the tanks and holding solve the problem. I’d like to have a community garden. And now I won’t need to have electricity and inexperienced hands on my pump.

I finally understand how a ram pump works , thank you

Nice work, this is the kind of stuff I like, I generally dislike bought solutions. I prefer seeing someone build for real. Anyone can spend money, too few of us can do this stuff. For me that's real intelligence.

I did love it.. Always watching it for long ..

GOOD IDEA THANKS STAY SAFE.HEALTHY AND FREE.

Impressive....thanks for this video...Am doing Mechanical Engineering and also work with a Water Utility company... I am looking at using this idea as my final year university project...

I still dont understand it all thoroughly, but best explanation so far in research! Thanks much for a great video tutorial!

I love the little lizard at 6:08!

It's fascinating, this is exactly the same as a boost converter in electronic circuits

Brilliant, and a very educative explaination. The only think I see different is that fixed 1-to-7-ration. There is a maximum pump height for a certain head height (defined by the maximum pressure you can reach), but below this maximum pump height you can pump to any height. The flow rate will just increase for decreasing pump height, and will go to zero for the maximum pump height. ... Probably stuff for more ram pump testing videos, which I am would be looking forward to.

Nice work!

Ram pumps are cool!

Thank you

I have passed your show to others. Awesome job. 👍. Keep up the good work.

@LandtoHouse

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

it's a smart system for watering gardens and grass thanks alot I would apperciate to see inside the Ram pump to see if I can make for myself

@gabithatabitha

2 жыл бұрын

I know your water source is “unlimited,” but might I suggest drip hose instead of a sprinkler so your water isn’t evaporating before it can soak into the ground?

@MM-bn7uo

2 жыл бұрын

@@gabithatabitha I actually didn't planned to use sprinkler but thanks ... will keep it in mind

Im from Malaysia...good news for me to know this techniques and methods of how to deliver the water uphill in my garden..Thanks alot..

Great Review of a ram pump and system!

Great job

Awesome man, thank you!

*Great video and explanation as usual good sir! Thank you Seth. - Danny*

@LandtoHouse

3 жыл бұрын

Think you. Now that I have this up and running I can do lots more ram pump testing.

Seth has pretty much all the answers to everyones questions covered in the extensive series of ram pump videos he has been kind enough to share on this channel.

@LandtoHouse

3 жыл бұрын

Not all the answers.... but someday haha

@jamescosta1174

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. He shows greatness

@LandtoHouse

2 жыл бұрын

Haha greatness... standing in the creek talking to a black box.

Great videos, thanks for the hard work.

Outstanding! Thanks for sharing.

When priming a gravity feed pipe. You can also stick your thumb over the end. As the pressure builds, you can uncover the end and let the pressure and flow rate grow till re-establishing full flow. Not useful with ice cold water, nor pipes larger than a hand.

welcome back again 🌹

@LandtoHouse

3 жыл бұрын

More ram pump videos to come.

@hayderalsalman7984

3 жыл бұрын

@@LandtoHouse how can i sent to you about ram pump new idea to built?

@LandtoHouse

3 жыл бұрын

Please feel free to send an email to landtohouse@gmail.com

@hayderalsalman7984

3 жыл бұрын

@@LandtoHouse I will sent the idea with the drawings as soon as possible with all calculations, and we are waiting for you to build the idea with thanks

@LandtoHouse

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I will check it out and see if we can test the idea.

As far as bottom of the tank or top of the tank when it comes to any type of assembly or Construction I tend to go with trying not to break the "envelope" and leave another point of failure (just like avoiding cutting through a roof or foundation slab when there's another alternative).

Nettle makes a great high in iron tea, and many other health benefits. harvest it when young and boil.

Perfect discription and demenstration

That flume is gonna be a fun clean...

Good job my friend

great one again mate. Im sure you could have some sort of ram-pump startup party....Ram Pump Day....couple of weeks after Mothers Day.

@LandtoHouse

3 жыл бұрын

Ha fill the missing day between mothers day and fathers day. RAM PUMP day.

i’ve never heard of those before. magic!

@LandtoHouse

2 жыл бұрын

They are really great!

@pauldwalker

2 жыл бұрын

@@LandtoHouse seems like magic. now i’ll have to research as to why they actually work.

Thanks for sharing, I like your setup. When will you be doing the water wheel? I am curious to see how you can get it to work.

Another great video

Very cool

Nice sharing. Thanks bro

@LandtoHouse

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching.

Brilliant, and a very educative explaination. Nevertheless, I think that there ist no fixed 1-to-7-ration. There is a maximum pump height for a certain head height (defined by the maximum pressure you can reach), but below this maximum pump height you can pump to any height. The flow rate will just increase for decreasing pump height, and will go to zero for the maximum pump height. ... Probably stuff for more ram pump testing videos, which I would be looking forward to.

I came for the pump, but I stayed for the garden... 😆. Nice work!

VERRY GOOD VIDIO THANKS!!!

i like you explanation very good

That’s cool 😎 👍👍

I like it a lot

Maybe digging a hole around your inlet PVC and pouring a couple buckets of pea gravel around it and covering it completely up with pea gravel would keep the silt out of it and actually add to the filtering ability

That's great

It's a good idea man

impressive

Please add links to supplies needed for full built .. mostly of the connectors with both poly pipe and pvc options and all sizes.. this would be sooo helpful!! I’m having a hell of a time finding right fittings from male threaded to pump to poly pipe barbed .. thanks keep being awesome

Nice video as long as you have some source of water you can move it anywhere. now lets set up some kind of water purifier for drinking off of one tank. maybe sand, charcoal and stone.

Nice.

I need this in my farm

Thank you for doing your 2021 ram pump startup video. It should stop snowing soon in Colorado and I hope to startup my ram pumps at the beginning of June. I think you said you have two 3 inch filter pipes feeding one 1 inch supply pipe. Interesting I have one 3 inch - 2 foot long filter PVC pipes with screens patterned after yours on each 2 inch supply pipe leading to stand pipes and down to two 1 1/4 inch Land To House ram pumps with 30 inches of total fall. I have wondered if I might be starving the ram pump for water and plan to test the water to the supply pipes without the filters. Also for operation, I plan to convert to acrylic screen sprayed with silicone that is sewn on like a sock to try to minimize algae accumulation on the filters. I have a third Land To House ram pump in my office and intend to install it this summer. Because I'm using small nozzle mini-wobbler sprinklers, I have to do some filtering of the supply water - a small piece pine needle piece will clog the nozzle and has done twice. One of the tests that I plan on doing is adding a 2nd waste water check valve to one pump and see if this influences the volume of water output. My expectation is that it won't help with our low 30 inch head, but we'll see. I didn't think the stand pipe that you and others suggested would help either, but much to my surprise, in my situation, it increased the water volume output by 70 percent. Here is a link to pictures and discussion of my installation -- my plan is to double the number of ram pumps used for irrigation and try out a water wheel pump: facebook.com/groups/240458583255303/permalink/663829874251503/

nice learning video sir

@LandtoHouse

3 жыл бұрын

I am happy to hear that it helped!

For the filter bucket, if you take the overflow 90, turn it downward and extend it to the bottom of the bucket. Then when it overflows it will suck up the sediment off the bottom and take it out into the flume. You could also try turning your supply line inlet slightly to make a whirlpool effect in the bucket. This should increase the sediment separation in the filter bucket.

@Nick_papagiorgio_

2 жыл бұрын

Öiuu 👋 thanks for letting me know and jump

@femisuleiman4396

Жыл бұрын

Great. Thanks

@sheldz9628

Жыл бұрын

Wow!!!!!! Tnx!!!

I'm very much interested in learning about the rum pump system

Nice

ENJOYABLE

Hi Land to House: Consider combining a Ram Pressure Pump (low volume) that keeps a Gravity Vacuum Pump (high volume) filled based on a sealed barrel water level float, so that the pumps never stop flowing. The pumps may be good for helping keep a Pond filled due to evaporation or slow leak, or for farming, or for a designer landscape waterfall or swimming pool waterfall.

I am really interested and want full specifications of the materials to build this ramp pump. I Love it

Love it thinking about moving to Alabama to their country the land I have in mind has a good stream of water maybe talking to you in the future about buying a ram pump

@LandtoHouse

3 жыл бұрын

Very good! Land with water is the best!

Seems like we should be able to adjust the back pressure by changing the location of the check valve under the tanks.

@LandtoHouse

3 жыл бұрын

The main thing is the weight of the water going up hill. You can close the delivery valve partially to increase friction.

Nice video, great to see the start of another year of awesome ram pump videos. Thinking out loud if you don't mind...that first junction of delivery pipe that seems to come apart on its own every year would be a great place to put a T fitting and ball valve so that you could drain the system each fall to prevent the next winter's freeze breakage, and leave it open over the winter so the through-flow from the creek keeps the pump from also freezing.

I clicked as soon as I saw ram pump

@LandtoHouse

3 жыл бұрын

Haha it is a popular topic here on Land To House. Thanks for watching!

@elvirafletchetero8553

3 жыл бұрын

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Love from India. Kerala

@muralign5119

3 жыл бұрын

Where it available in India wt price

Wow! Love it, and I'm now planning to carry on the task. Any link I can view for detail information?

@LandtoHouse

2 жыл бұрын

Hello. I have over 130 ram pump videos on the channel. There is a little more info on the Land To House website. www.landtohouse.com

Very interesting video. :)

“Come with me up here” But I wanna go down there

your awesome

Excellent information. Thank you. Question: I have an 3 inch diameter overflow pipe coming onto my land from a neighbor's water supply. Can I use this as a drive pipe and reduce it down to 1" at the ram pump? Or must drive pipe be 1" diameter all the way from the source? Thanks again for the great content!

The difference of filling top or bottom is a CHECK VALVE. Bottom fill requires check valve.

In theory, you could tap in your supply line from the ram anywhere into the system that leads to or comes from your reservoir network, requiring only one pipe up to the reservoir. It doesn't need to be a linear course (i.e. up to the tanks and then to your distribution). Of course, you would reduce your ability for isolation in maintenance activities, but it would still work. Just something to think about if the need arises! Nice video.

If you dig out a few inches under your screened inlet pipes you could eliminate nearly all sediment

you can use the pump to produce free energy forever ram pump the water up put a water mill on it to spin then hook a car alternator up to it spin free energy forever

Heat the black pipe with a torch then clamp it down. Welldrller trick.

Hell of a lot of fittens,

I really enjoy the videos. Have you ever considered raising the bucket more on a level with the drive pool? I don't know if you want or need more head. In the eastern piedmont of N.C. it is hard to get much head. I usually run the fill pipe from a pond to a barrel, raising the barrel to the level of the water source so that it doesn't run over. This way you could avoid having to connect the bucket to the flume for the overfow. How much more head can you get for your ram if you raised the bucket? This may be the same as having a tower on the drive pipe, except you would not have to connect to the flume for over flow from the bucket. Thanks for the experiments with the rams. Very informative.

Been a long time viewer, and haven't really asked what that long tunnel water thing is for next to the intake bucket :)

@LandtoHouse

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. That flume was an old idea I had for a water wheel. Someday I may come back to that idea.

I really like the Ram pump and want one! I just don’t know how to figure my drop and rise.

@LandtoHouse

3 жыл бұрын

Google Earth can be a handy tool for measuring that. Otherwise you can take a garden hose and a tape measure and find the water level that way.

@clarencesumara9821

3 жыл бұрын

@@LandtoHouse what is the press relief valve that you use set at for psi and do you use and adjustable relief valve

Mantap sekali bro