Water Spears
Submitted: Monday, Aug 01, 2005 at 12:52
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DJK
HI I am interested in purchasing a
water spear and pump.. Has anyone had any experience with these and know where to get one
well priced?
Reply By: wallypop - Monday, Aug 01, 2005 at 14:16
Monday, Aug 01, 2005 at 14:16
first off where are you im in
newcastle i got everything i needed at home hardware and sunk it down 6 mtr first using a 65mm pvc using just tap presure on hose but mind you i live on sand so it was easy then put a 40 mm pvc inside with spear on it removed the 65mm conected the motor piece of cake
all up i guess $500
len
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Reply By: Brian B (QLD) - Monday, Aug 01, 2005 at 16:34
Monday, Aug 01, 2005 at 16:34
Hi,
There is a product called the Sand Spear which sells for under $400.00 I think. It was featured in 4WD Monthly a while back.
I believe the idea is that if you are in a sandy area then it may be able to reach down to the
water table and pump up fresh
water. It's a bit more complex than that but I think that is the main idea with them.
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Follow Up By: LBartlett - Monday, Aug 01, 2005 at 17:03
Monday, Aug 01, 2005 at 17:03
I saw the "Sand Spear" at
Camp Mart on Sunday. Pretty sure it was $399.
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Reply By: Member - Davoe (Widgiemooltha) - Monday, Aug 01, 2005 at 20:53
Monday, Aug 01, 2005 at 20:53
I have seen them but i couldnt actually see the point? what are they supposed to achieve?
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Follow Up By: Exploder - Monday, Aug 01, 2005 at 21:25
Monday, Aug 01, 2005 at 21:25
It only work’s in sandy soils (On
the beach) and if the
water table is within 5Ft of the surface, so only useful if
camping on
the beach and the
water table is less than 5Ft below the ground.
Kinda narrows it’s uses down doesn’t it.
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Follow Up By: Member - Davoe (Widgiemooltha) - Monday, Aug 01, 2005 at 22:22
Monday, Aug 01, 2005 at 22:22
ah ha i saw it being used on a beach in a mag or something and thought
well the
water will still be salty. But maybe things are different else where. BTW If you tap into the
water table locally - look out the
water is so salty it burns skin supposedly 6 -8 times saltier than seawater, really noxios stuff
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Reply By: garthyguts - Tuesday, Aug 02, 2005 at 10:34
Tuesday, Aug 02, 2005 at 10:34
spear point pump is the name and you can suck
water from 7m down.
used on coast or near river in sand,the sand filter the
water.
i sell pumps for them.
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Reply By: Member - Rene (QLD) - Tuesday, Aug 02, 2005 at 10:37
Tuesday, Aug 02, 2005 at 10:37
Hi DJK
We have one and use it every time we go to
Double Island point on
the beach, cost around $399 for the spear and another $254 or their about for the pump, the idea is to get fresh
water and not the salty stuff, you can achieve this in most
places along
the beach at the high tide mark, we usually put the spear in around the van and hook it up to the
water outlet, that gives us
water 7/24 under pressure for showers and if you find a good spot its cleaner than city tap
water for drinking straight from the ground, to start: get a bucket of
water from beach, reverse hose connection and start pump sucking
water from bucket and slowly work spear in desired spot, you should be able to work spear in so as the top of spear is level with surface, then reverse hose again and star pump, if you are in a good position, should get clean fresh
water, we hook the pump up to 12 volt outlet on van and just leave it their,
The only thing to remember is cover it up if going away from
camp as they are sought after, and unfortunately others want them more, we actually back the van over the top that way at least it can’t be remover by the unknown,
Each to their own but we take ours everywhere.
I hope this helps some what.
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