FishScreener
Well-Known Member
First the background: I am trying figure out how to pump 4@1000-gallon septic tanks, in a wilderness area. They were constructed in the mid seventies, just before the compound they are on, was listed as a wilderness, and the last ting done when we could still use mechanized equipment, and have never been pumped. We need to get the waste into sealed 50-gallon drums, and lift those out of the wilderness on long lines under helicopters.
So, the question I have is: Is there a gasoline driven pump we can use which is light enough, and small enough to get in an airplane? If we have to, we can use a larger helicopter to haul in a skid mounted septic pumping system. but, that will cost around $10,000, and since I have several more sites to get pumped, and would like to pump the systems every five years. So, it might be more cost effective to buy a pump.
Thanks, Jigs
So, the question I have is: Is there a gasoline driven pump we can use which is light enough, and small enough to get in an airplane? If we have to, we can use a larger helicopter to haul in a skid mounted septic pumping system. but, that will cost around $10,000, and since I have several more sites to get pumped, and would like to pump the systems every five years. So, it might be more cost effective to buy a pump.
Thanks, Jigs