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I enjoyed watching this project I've always been a supporter of free and no electricity Great job guys👍

Hey brother, your personality alone, is what makes this video even that much better. Thank You!

Love this!! At all our holiday homes these ram pumps were the source...now I know how they work! 🥳

What an amazing piece of kit! This is great for livestock and irrigation. Keep em coming 👍

I've seen several versions of this on KZread. It really seems like a great option for homesteaders that have a source of water near by.

@LandtoHouse

4 жыл бұрын

Yes for sure! I use mine for watering the garden. . . Or the patch of dirt where I wish plants would grow.

@krammyBear

4 жыл бұрын

Land to House u

@bradleykirkpatrick5066

4 жыл бұрын

@@LandtoHouse u p8uul Uiuuuuu88

Suggestion: On my farm in Yadkin County, I had a lot of horse pastures with the same type hydrants. I ALWAY had water problems coming from the elbow at the bottom of the hydrant. At first I took a 4 x 6 and cut out enough in the center of the 6" part to recess the pipe then covered with straps. All this was in hopes of the hydrant getting bumped and twisted causing the elbow to break off. Well it worked a little. Then I stopped using pvc elbows and went with brass elbows then connected to my pipe. Problem solved! So in the long run, I highly suggest all your elbows should be brass. Saves a hell of a lot in digging back up to fix a water leak. I now live on the Southern Outer Banks and use the same method to supply water to my sheds, greenhouse and several other functions. Take care my good ole homeboys!

I saw one of these pumps about 30 years ago as a kid, I didn't really understand how it worked. Then I got a homesteading book "Back to Basics" and learned how. It still doesn't get old watching and talking about them. Such a cool piece of technology! Thank you sirs!

Are you serious, Josh? (N.C. boys are the "heat!") This is the kind of stuff that just makes you beam about innovation, and helping your neighbor. 'Awesome video, and congratulations!

Nice job! There is a story I heard about years ago. Some people were hiking in the hills in Northern California were gold mining was a hundred years before. They heard this strange clicking noise and found a old ram pump that had been still pumping water from over one hundred years before. Awesome.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

4 жыл бұрын

That's crazy!!

Brilliant!! Love this!! Such an interesting and simple old fashioned tried and true principle!! Thanks for this Josh!! Keep it up Budd!! Whoooooo!!!

Damn he seems like a happy country boy. He reminds me of one of the best friends ive ever had .the man never had a bad day or a bad word to say about anyone. God rest his sole.

@laree82

3 жыл бұрын

Did he explode from repressed rage?

@danielheartfire614

3 жыл бұрын

Alot of those guys know life is hard and figure being mean only makes it harder.

Fantastic video. So simple but works. Old school ways are the best.

Thanks for having me on the farm! Great video.

This looks like a great idea. No electric to worry about if it goes out.

This is great... Have a great evening ⛄⛄⛄

That was very cool and what an amazing way to move water around the property. Holding tanks will only make the system even better. 👍👍 🚜-Woooooo!!!

@LandtoHouse

4 жыл бұрын

I agree. A nice tank on the hill will give plenty of water.

That’s awesome! Definitely something everyone should know about.

Great video... love the free flow and amazing engineering of a natural water supply. Keep up the good work!!!

Props to both of you guys. I never knew this existed. Gonna do more research on the "how" this works. Amazing!

Yay Stoney, I bought one of these from Land to House about 2 years ago. I still have to set it up!

Great Presentation bro, keep it coming, keep it coming.....Much Obliged & God Bless.

Hay Josh, excellent production, I was introduced to a bras model RAM in 1962 and my friends pumped to a cement cistern beside their barn, worked all winter in cold weather. Dave

Wow. I’ve learned something again from you Josh. Good times wooo 👍🏻

Hello my friend, I had seen this type of pump a few years ago on a tv program and forgotten all about it. Still not really sure how it works, just glad for you it does.

@LandtoHouse

4 жыл бұрын

I have a feeling that Josh will be using this a lot more in the future. He is great at showing things in more detail once he has used them for a while.

@williamterry3177

2 жыл бұрын

I missed Physics 101 in High School. They were busy teaching us some other social nonsense.

Thank you! That’s exactly what we were looking for so that we can rotate our cows pasture!

Man, I just got super educated here! Great video, guys! I’m doing this and when I do I’ll purchase it already made to support! ✊🏼✨

Nice setup for a pump unit. Thanks for sharing the idea with us. Stay safe.

Smart farmers always are the best citizens. Thanks for sharing. I wanted to do this for my grandfather in E. Texas in the 1960's, but I couldn't find the materials and an accurate description. Just getting the cows out of the creek bottom would have solved huge problems w/ them getting stuck in the mud when calving, etc. I hope every farmer in the world who can use this checks it out.

Another quality video... Thanks Josh

This looks like a great idea.

I just put this in my bucket list. That is awesome. Thanks for showing us a better way:)

300 year old technology solving the problems created by 50 year old technology. It is so great to see how we are getting back to the most natural way of doing things.

Another excellent video! Thank you for your efforts guys. I raise grass fed beef on rotated pastures in Michigan. 8 1/2 months this year with no hay. I move portable tanks around the farm in order to prevent mud, a similar concept. It's a pain but works well. I bet you have a good spring source or 2 also. I use minimal equipment and biggest tractor 13 HP and a 1969 JD 140. I also tend to congregate the cattle in smaller areas to feed or water to collect and use their manure for the next growing season. Red wiggler worms help make a lot of compost. 457 bushels of corn from one area this year. I retired from USDA SCS/NRCS from Ohio, California, Virginia, D.C. and now Michigan. Held every job from an civil engineer, agronomist, IT specialist and county mgr. Whenever utilizing natural water sources, be sure to check with local, state and federal regulations and any new ordinances. Many areas are now implementing caps on water extraction from any ground water sources. New ex-urbanite neighbors love to turn in us farmers also. We are fortunate here to have ground water at 8-10 feet. Simple point wells work very well here with a simple hand pump.

@kenyonbissett3512

4 жыл бұрын

My brother had neighbor who decided he wanted a pond. Not a landscape type pond, a pond. So he dammed up a drainage area. You guessed it, water eventually just evaporated and/or was absorbed into the ground. Next he arranged to have a clay bottom put in. He found rain water wasn’t enough to keep it as high as he wanted. Not to be deterred, he arranged to use his house well to fill it. Now my brother got upset. In his area, the wells when he put his in had to go down about 220 ft., 20 years later with double the new homes you had to go down 300-340 feet. In summer, with this guy running his well 24/7 to fill a pond, my brother sometimes had little to no well water. He complained to the county and state and got a dig a new well answer. Wells cost $10-15 thousand, with all kinds of red tape. And no, asking the neighbor to stop did no good. They asked me, I got details of their water usage and how and when it happened. I suggested they switch to high efficiency water use washer, dishwasher, add efficiency to their taps and even consider replacing their toilets to low water flush. They wouldn’t give up their beloved toilets, but new appliances on sale with other discounts and my dad redid shower heads and faucets. Problems solved for less than $1,200. Plus the lower electric bill to run the well pump over time paid for the appliances. They also used less detergent, less wear and tear on clothes and a wash took 30% less time. They were happily back to laughing at the neighbor and his failing pond.

Seth, the Master!

That is bloody AWESOME mate.. greetings from South Australia...THANK YOU !!!!!

Great guys, love to have a friends like them. Thanks for this great video

I first read about this technology in the mid 1970's. An old-timer at work told me about how his uncle used ram pumps on the farm years ago. You get accustomed to hearing the rhythm of the pump and occasionally it will miss a beat. Not to worry. Good video, as usual.

@LandtoHouse

4 жыл бұрын

Its good to hear stories like this. More farms need to use the ram pump.

Folks....I wanna extend a huge thanks to all of you for supporting the channel! PLEASE CLICK THAT NOTIFICATION BELL SO YA NEVER MISS A VIDEO!! You all are helping our farm grow....hopefully we can all learn together and sometime soon open the farm to the public! Thanks so very much for being part of our journey!

@stevenredfern6603

4 жыл бұрын

If your tryin to keep mud away build a cart for those watertanks so you dont dump em pull em from paddock to paddock with the kubota

@OxAO

4 жыл бұрын

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@allenwallace4329

4 жыл бұрын

Stoney Ridge Farmer need to introduce him or tag to The Crockers (Jason) to get him some water to the tiny house

@lilahnewton7940

4 жыл бұрын

Sincerely our pleasure to watch the farm take shape, love you brother. And sister💐👍🇺🇸

@rfoehn5215

4 жыл бұрын

AMAZING! I have a 6-8 ft deep pond that is spring-fed, not at the surface, but at the bottom of the pond. Will this system work to pump water uphill on my farm?

My husband made one of these following a Land to House video. He can’t wait to put it to use on our property. Parts were way more expensive for us 🇨🇦 but we only need one line eventually so it works out.

This is an awesome video Josh. I live in deep South Texas. (Brownsville,Tx) There is a lot of sandy murky water under ground. I don't have a farm and right now I don't think I need a pump but this is interesting. I really enjoy your videos. I am still waiting for you to put out a CD man.😁 Really love the sound of that acoustic guitar. Thank you for taking us along in building your family farm. It is good to see how the Lord has been blessing you n family. Your videos are inspiring. Even though I probably won't do most of the stuff that you show. But your videos are inspiring to make me do other stuff around the house (I'm a truck Driver). So I'm not home very much. Be Blessed my friend.😇👍 Good Times!! Aaaiight?!

Hi chaps, my granddad used one for all his farm water from late 19th century until he died in 1950's.

I really enjoy watching seth and his genius ram pump systems!

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

4 жыл бұрын

Saw your gift over on @northcountryoffgrid today

@LanceSheppard

4 жыл бұрын

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer awesome! have you got your sticker yet?

@LandtoHouse

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Absolutely BRILLIANT, and you have no idea how much this will help me. I definitely plan to buy one of your ram pumps!

Congratulations Josh. An excellent idea. Great for the farm. This is going to help alot of folks.

That is some good stuff right there!!! Seth gets 👍👍up!!!

You can hang the screened inlet on a 'float device' about a foot below the water level. The inlet will stay out of the mud and near the cleanest water at the top of the source. You could drive a vertical pipe into the lake bottom at the deepest point to keep the screen/float properly located. One psi of pressure will raise the water 2.3 feet. SO If your pressure gauge shows 48 PSI the water coming out of the faucet was about 110 feet above the gauge. Since you used a vertical pipe/tank for the accumulator it is Not necessary to install a rubber bladder. Because aspirated air will always rise above the water in the accumulator, thus providing the desired cushion effect for the pressure surge. Thanks for Sharing your Project.

@diannevaldez8670

3 жыл бұрын

I liked your comment cause you sounded so smart! Unfortunately it's Greek to me!! :/

@williamterry3177

2 жыл бұрын

@@diannevaldez8670 When you learn Greek you can come back and you may understand.

@diannevaldez8670

2 жыл бұрын

@@williamterry3177 yeah I might have to buy a book or something. It's too bad you find such satisfaction spending your time working on trying to bringing people down and discouraging anyone.

Great video. I’ve heard people talk about ram pumps but never knew how they worked. Thanks for sharing. Love & Hugs from Vicki in Ft. Worth, Texas 🇨🇱🇺🇸👍❤️😁

Excellent... Another very useful video. Keep them coming.. Many thanks... Joe

my father and grandmother had ram pumps on a farm they owned in the southern U S south of you they had maybe 3 hooked below the pond dam for pumping water to the old farm house where we lived when i was 4 yrs and still remember ,a good way to have water at a higher location oh i am 72 respect to you for you and the farm great job.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks William

This is pretty cool but my favorite part is a 17:13 when the cat tries to push over the Benjamin Moore Paint bucket.

That passive pump is awesome. Thanks for putting the information out 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Your enthusiasm is awesome. This is an amazing pump...

Awsome ,hey Stoney you need to put caps on all those fence post that you built last year, I see it on all your videos. I'm a retired fence builder and believe me they need caps on them. Thanks for the video.

I worked at a Plumbing company in Mount Airy N.C, and the owner had a a "thing" for ram pumps. He bought a collection of new old stock rams, from a 1/4 inch display model( with a glass "bulb"shaped chamber!) size to a 3 inch inlet giant model. I piped a cattle farm with a normal submersible pump once, and for reference ,100 head of small cattle thrived on 1/2 GPM- it overflowed in a submerged U pipe to feed another watering tank down hill from the first, then downhill from the second to a third tank. 3 tanks of drinking storage, spread far apart. On hot days with large cattle it took only 1 GPM to satisfy the need. The 3 tanks were several hundred feet apart. The bottom of the first was higher than the top of the second, etc. These were homemade concrete tanks with two 1-1/2 " galvanized nipples poured in place, one on each end about 1 foot from each inner edge of the tank. The inlet nipple was flush with the bottom, the outlet had all the threads above the concrete floor. We simply used a coupling and a cut length of pipe to establish the outlet U bend height ( one elbow horizontal, a short nipple, an elbow downward.) The water height will be at the bottom of the horizontal nipple. I thought smaller Galvanized pipe could be used in the tank, but the cattle are strong! 1/2 GPM is 720 gallons every 24 hours.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

4 жыл бұрын

Was just up at the stockyard in mt airy a few weeks ago...great town!

@Splungers

4 жыл бұрын

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer You need to come to "Mayberry Days" in September. Find out about it at visitmayberry (dot) com.

Yes

I'm a fan of 'land to house'.. the videos inspirations me more and help me to pump water into my farm.. by the way, I'm from MALAYSIA..👍👍👍

Actually, I've seen and used a system almost exactly like that on my family's horse pasture. It's been there since the 80's.

I saw an episode of Moonshiners on the Discovery channel not long ago and they were using a ram pump to get water to their still site.

@LandtoHouse

4 жыл бұрын

I watched that clip. It was funny watching them try to get the pump working.

This surely is technology to be proud of!! Non intrusive, non polluting, using the power of the earth only, WOW!! Surely this should be recognised for innovative thinking and could be used anywhere on the planet where theres flowing water. I think this is imaginative thinking along the same lines as Archimedes' screw.

Awesome farm engineering. Thanks for the education.

These are commonly used by the Amish since they reject electricity and they are both low cost and easy to maintain.

Thanks for making it so clear everyone could understand even me. I just wish my pond wasn't at the very bottom of the property.

Josh, your property is looking good! Congratulations on a job well done.

You are awesome you are down to earth it is hard to find people like you love you man!! God bless you

Yeah ram pumps are great passive water supply. I learned how years ago from Engineer 775. He is awesome for water issues. He also will come set your whole house, or fire lane installation. Ram pumps homemade cost $60 to build your own. I use a $1pool noodle in my air bladder. Hope you enjoy your ram pumps Josh! I know I enjoyed mine.

@troystutsman1400

4 жыл бұрын

Denise Wilson I have been following Engineer 775 for a long time and find his videos very helpful...! I’m courious about your build using a Pool Noodle. Would you mind sharing your build...? Thanks for your time and help with this. Have a great day and be blessed.

@LandtoHouse

4 жыл бұрын

Engineer 775 is great for his water projects. I also enjoy them. I have used the pool noodle in a clear pressure tank to see what happens. The closed cell foam collapses when the pressure is above 45psi. (easy for a ram pump with closed delivery pipe) Thanks for sharing.

@LandtoHouse

4 жыл бұрын

@@troystutsman1400 If you would like to see what happens to a pool noodle with clear pressure tank you can see that on my channel. I found that the noodle collapses when the pump reaches a certain pressure. The closed cell foam does not bounce back as well as I would like.

These are the kind of people who populate the fly-over states. Innovation, planning and a work ethic are required here. They obviously make good choices on a national level as well.

@keepfocus1214

4 жыл бұрын

The kind of folk agenda21 wants gone

Those Ram pumps are awesome!

That was awesome, good stuff.God bless.

One gallon per minute is over 1400 gallons per day .. more than enough! Very nice!

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

4 жыл бұрын

Amen....read through some of the pessimistic comments down there...OMG! So many experts...one guy said a cow would drink 50 gallons of water per day bhahhahha.....we'll keep improving on this system until it's full on rock star!

It’s clever how the pump works

These are awesome. Valuebale videos. Water , animals and land

Technology causes people to forget what life was like before. That’s why it’s so important to keep history alive.

Love your videos

Josh, I don't think you covered the subject enough that what makes the ram pump work is the "flow" of water. You will need to run the outlet of the pump to a tank or cistern for collection and storage. All extra water will just spill into a bypass or overflow to return to the creek. It looked to me that there was about 1/2 to 1 gal/min coming out of the spigot. That flow will be sufficient to keep a 100 to 300 gallon cistern full for your animals for a while. I am not sure you will be able to have the spigots in line with the delivery pipe to the cistern and the system work the way you want in that the line to the cistern needs to be flowing all the time.

Good to see Seth again, a small reunion ...looks like you 2 had some great times.👍

@LandtoHouse

4 жыл бұрын

We really had a blast. Josh is so full of energy all the time.

This is such an amazing technology. I plan to use it myself, on a larger scale.

Thats pretry dang cool,

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

4 жыл бұрын

hey Dutch!

@KeepingItDutch

4 жыл бұрын

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer hey buddy,

@Ice-ey9qh

3 жыл бұрын

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer please send me your email address mine is memezi123@hotmail.com, thank you

@markgic.772

2 жыл бұрын

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer how can we make it get more pressure, futher and stronger for water flow inside bro ? can we make it best result and truly don't need a water pump electric system ?

Hey Josh, I ain't trying to burst your bubble, but, you still need to put the Teflon tape on those plastic threaded barbs. If you don't, they will still leak no matter if they are temporary. Everywhere you have a leak, you will end up with a big wet area and it will just turn into a mudhole. It could also mean your pond goes dry long before it should. I'm 66 years old and have used black plastic pipe for years. I don't know who told you that you wouldn't need a thread sealant but they were wrong. It is a whole lot better to do as you are going than to wait and end up needing it done later. It is always better to do it right the first time. Ain't no fun having to lick that calf over. Just some friendly advice from someone that's been there and done that.

@mohammedali808

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, The plastic fittings have a tendency to bite into the pipe making it difficult to disconnect. Teflon tape is cheap.

awesome demo for the build thanks!!

Great to see you and Seth collaborating!

You need a 1gal. milk jug w/handle and cap. tie paracord to the end of the filter and the handle on the jug suspending the filter in the water column.

@davebean2886

4 жыл бұрын

Wonder if you would explain more about what you have in mind. In the video, not where where a 1 gallon jug would fit.

The Crocker’s sent us

Amazing n simple! Thanks for the great knowledge! Stoney ridge rocks!

Back in the 1950s my uncle had a Ram Pump to supply water for everything on his farm!

That’s one way of telling your left from your right !

Around here in south Mississippi Iv never really Seen pastors broke up into sections like that but when I took a trip up to Missouri I seen a few pastors on hills that were split up like that and I did see mud in some of them sections

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

4 жыл бұрын

Stick around brotha....we're gonna teach ya how to do it right.....of course showing the mess ups along the way!

@trevorholland7

4 жыл бұрын

Stoney Ridge Farmer you know I’m here for the long haul brother

@KJ-kw7gh

4 жыл бұрын

Trevor Holland, "pastures", not pastors lol. Thought you were talking about some weird preachers there for a minute.

@trevorholland7

4 жыл бұрын

KJ haha

i first saw these about 30 years ago. Dad was considering putting one on these on the river on our boundary. what we were looking at was much bigger and made of cast iron.

That is awesome stuff. Have a Great Day, GOD BLESS

I really love that expertise so how can I get all the equipment so I can close my irrigation farm and I would like if you could get to Tanzania and look at the environment and what it would be like to get some advice from you. Thanx you.

Who the hell hit the dislike button they must work for the electric company or electric pump manufacturers very good idea

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

4 жыл бұрын

bhaaahahhahha

Now that's worthwhile video, thanks for posting.

Wow! That's really heads up! Nice job...

I've seen bigger trickle valves that produce much much water & psi i guess its all about the size of the trickle valve look at those videos they are pretty awesome

Good video

Thanks Josh and Seth..great info!! Love your videos Josh youre a hoot!!

That is really cool! Good to go, the cows will love it!

So, if I'm certain on how this thing works. The water source must be higher than the ram pump to take advantage of the stored energy in the fall of the water from the source to the pump? Also Josh, this spring you need to get some gold fish for your stock tanks to keep the skeeters down.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

4 жыл бұрын

The stock tanks are temporary...and I agree skeeters will get bad if I don't have specialized tanks...great comment thanks so much!

@troystutsman1400

4 жыл бұрын

Stoney Ridge Farmer You mentioned getting specialized tanks... Would you mind sharing what kind, where from, ect...? Thanks for your help. Have a great day and be blessed.

@billm5005

4 жыл бұрын

Stoney Ridge Farmer so water source must be higher than area intended for use? My pond is much lower than land I would send water too.

@agentwhitedog1

4 жыл бұрын

@@billm5005 No .... The water source needs only to be higher than the pump! (You could even put the pump in a purpose made sump .... but the sump would soon fill with water! .... See my own post a bit further up this page, I think.)

The explanation of how this all works was about as clear as my nose in mayonnaise.

@hortondlfn1994

4 жыл бұрын

@Bobsyouruncle Wilson BRILLIANT! Thanks to you, I didn't need a handkerchief.

@LandtoHouse

4 жыл бұрын

Josh will have more details on the pump as he uses them. If you do want more info on how they work I have over 100 videos on my channel showing them in action. I even talk a bit more on his install.

Learned something totally new for me today....great vid!!

@LandtoHouse

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. I think Josh will take this concept a long way on the farm.