Start the Ram Pump for 2021

The Hydraulic Ram Pump has been dormant all winter long and its time to start it up for the 2021 season of ram pump testing. I walk through the screen intake and dig that out from all the silt. Next I purge the air out of the supply line by picking it up and setting it down quickly. I drain the silt out of the filter bucket and get clean water filling that back up. I get the drive pipe full of water and start the ram pump cycling. Lastly I walk the delivery pipe to make sure that the water is getting to the top of the hill.

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[CharlieTrevaskis]

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

[victorremick]

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

[nfordf]

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.

[ellieprice]

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.

[bruisterlenoir]

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.

[allanliu]

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.

[fuzznut]

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

[trupyrodice]

"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

[derrick_builds]

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.

[egustafson]

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

[a-aron]

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.

[gregrogers]

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.

[harryjakov]

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..

[mikeh]

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

[scruffydude]

I finally understand how a ram pump works, thank you

[niyikorode]

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.

[torkdork]

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

[polehooker]

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

[schmusland]

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.

[walusimbiharry]

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