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SANDBURR
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Old Wind Mill
09/12/02 03:45 AM Attachment
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My Dad and I just planted this old Mill back in the ground recently. We hope to get a sand point driven under it and get it operational again. He wants to have a small pond/ puddle for wildlife.
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Phred
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Re: Old Wind Mill
[re: SANDBURR]
09/13/02 04:47 AM
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Sandburr,
Pretty neat windmill. Where did you find it?
It would be nice to build one of these and use it to pump water for a stock tank or pond. I bet you need a shallow water table to use one though. My well is ~650 ' deep so a wind mill is probably not an option.
Fred
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Re: Old Wind Mill
[re: SANDBURR]
09/14/02 06:04 AM
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I put up a used Aeromotor to feed a pond for a friend awhile back. He called me the other day to tell he'd picked up another for me to install on another pond.
I have to confess there have been few highs higher than when I was done and a breeze came up and we had water flowing out of the pipe.
Phred, check on Aeromotor. I believe they can work that deep and they are what won the west.
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Phred
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Harv,
Thanks for the tip.
Your right these folks claim that they can go as far as 1000 ft!
http://www.windmillpower.com/product-info.html
I bet the price scales with the depth though.
Fred
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Gatorboy
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Re: Old Wind Mill
[re: Phred]
09/19/02 06:22 AM
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I would suspect these babies are pretty expensive -- they state financing one over 20 years would be about $100/month.
My guess that would equate to about $12,000.
:: D A V E
:: g a t o r b o y
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Re: Old Wind Mill
[re: Gatorboy]
11/06/07 06:27 PM
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I took down a 65' windmill tower about 5 years ago. Then last spring I came into a 10' diameter Aermotor fan assembly to put on top of it. It needs some refurbishing but I hope to get it done this coming spring. An Aermotor of this size will pull water from a depth of 1000' without a problem and pump it for miles on level ground. Hope this info helps you. New ones are expensive but if you can find a used model that may be the way to go. Also, FIASA (the Argentinian equivalent of Aermotor) windmills are available at a significant cost savings.
Mike
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