Picking a submersible and pressure tank

[grover]

For the pressure tank I did a search for best tank and came up with the WaterWorker and the Amtrol Well-X-Trol.  The Well-X-Trol is around $440 and I found that our local Menards has the WaterWorker on sale for $199.  Is that one of those "too good to be true" stories or is the Well-X just that much better?

I've been leaning towards a Flint & Walling pump and now I am seeing a cast iron discharge head on one model and a stainless steel discharge head on another.  Is it a no brainer to go with the stainless steel?  I don't think there is a huge difference in the price, maybe $50-$75 dollars.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

[hpinson]

Our iron Flint and Walling lasted 20 years.  Parts were readily available.  When I pulled it after all that time, the head did not seem particularly rusty.  It was in fairly continuous use though. The pump was still working, but I figured it was near its end of life.

High-end pumps, like Grundfos, tend to use lots of stainless steel in the head and impellers.  My current Simple Pump has stainless parts, and lives outside at the top of the well head, in a harsh environment, and is holding up very well.

I'm not sure that it really matters given that the head is not what is likely to fail in the life span of the pump.  If there's little cost difference, and the stainless steal pump has a good reputation, go for it.

That said, I truly regret using iron pipe junctions and not stainless. They rust into the water at an amazing rate.

[grover]

I wasn't aware stainless pipe was an option.  I was assuming I should use pvc sched 80 from the pump and possibly continue that into the crawl.

[hpinson]

I do believe he is talking about the head on top of the pump itself which is metal, usually cast iron.  Schedule 80 PVC pipe would be the dropline from the top of the pump itself up to the top of the well and past, like you say.

[grover]

Thanks.  Anyone think a jet pump would be the better option?  The lift will be about 8 feet and travel horizontally will be about 30 feet. 

Anyone have opinions on the pressure tank?

[rick91351]

Thanks.  Anyone think a jet pump would be the better option?  The lift will be about 8 feet and travel horizontally will be about 30 feet. 

Anyone have opinions on the pressure tank?

Been around a lot of jet pumps and submersibles.  For no more lift than you have, a jet pump hands down.  I would shy away from the tiny pressure tanks because of the constant starting and stopping the pump.  Flush the toilet, washer your hands and get a drink of water your pump will cycle.  I really like the  32 gallon tank we put in here.  Works great. We used a Well X Trol Wx 203.  It is 15.4 x 15.4 x 46.5 inches  Pump does not go nuts all the time... Down side it is in the utility room and they said I might want to sound proof it because the jet pump is a little loud.  They were not wrong...     Up side it is all in the utility room.  If it is winter and the pump goes out - no trip to the pump house in four foot of snow though we have not had four foot last couple years......  NO climbing down in to the crawl space when it is like cold and damp down there.  We just used a generic el-cheap-o jet pump - your basic cast iron farm and ranch store verity.  In fact you could put the tank and jet pump and anti siphoning valve in about four and a half feet X 16 inches wide and four foot high.