I did see it says something about Brazil on the recoil cover. I read a little bit about centrifugal pumps yesterday and it seems this may be just what I wanted in the first place. Its possible to deadhead this style of pump (like letting go of the trigger on your garden hose to stop the flow) and it will not explode, it will just churn the full pump cavity and it will gain heat so it sounds like as long as I don't walk away and forget its running it will just get a bit warm while I'm moving the hose to spray another area, or just walk along with the trigger open spraying as I go. I'm guessing since Ill be feeding out of a 300 gallon water tote sitting level with the pump it wont need to be primed ever, just open the ball valve and it will self prime. I could plumb in a pressure adjustable relief valve (0-100) that will bleed excess back into the tank and will allow the motor to start when turned all the way out to 0 because of the spray nozzle on the hose being closed. The manual says through a 2" line it will move 53gal/min at 50psi which is a crap ton of water.
Not sure if this is the right spot for this but here goes...I been adding lawn to my build site little by little and I been thinking about buying a small engine driven pump to irrigate with. I dont care what brand but I have all Stihl products so far which is why this find is so great. Currently have a ts420, 192t, ms290, ms660, br400, ht101 and so you can see I like Stihl. So Im driving down the road this past saturday and some guy is carrying out stuff to the end of his driveway, (good size pile there so maybe hes moving). I see a box with a picture on it that looks like a pump housing so I swing around and head back. I get close to it and its a P840 Stihl water pump box. So I ask the guy if hes having a yard sale and he laughs and says its a sale for the garbage truck for monday morning...so I ask him whats in the stihl pump box and he says the pump is. So I, being somewhat handy, ask him if its fixable. He says I dunno, never used it. So I figure ok its junk but maybe fixable so I open up the box and guess what? It appears no one ever used it! No soot in the exhaust screen, gas tank smellls like plastic inside. Absolutely unmolested. Syphon attachment, tool kit, and manual still in the box with it! So I tell him Ill give ya 40 bucks for it and he was happier than heck! Put it in my truck and couldnt get out of there fast enough. It may have been a sales flop for stihl but its cool to me. Im not even sure I can bring myself to use it. lol
