Pond Boss Forums GENERAL QUESTIONS Product sources Cheap source of 2.5" hose

I found some 50' x 2.5" fire hose for sale on Craigslist for $20...seems like a good price.

I'm looking for about 100' of hose that I can use to syphon my pond as well as use for irrigation in the future (so need to be able to connect a garden hose or soaker hose to it).

Any good sources that someone would suggest? Agriculture hose would work too from what I've been reading.

Thanks

That'd work. Any collapsible hose has to be on the discharge side, not the suction side - meaning the downhill side of the pipe.

Good to know....So I can't use a fire hose for both the suction (in pond side) as well as the discharge side? If that's the case I'll have to rethink this. Then I'd need some type of non collapsible hose that I can connect to the fire hose (unless of course I use a trash pump...which was my original idea).

That's correct. Any flexible hose has to have positive pressure in it or the hose will collapse. To help you visualize it, think of taking a long thin balloon. You can blow air thru it all day long, but when you try to suck air thru it, it closes up on ya.

In that case I may have to go to Northern Tool and get a 2" x 50 ft suction hose. That'll probably do the trick. I can always purchase lengths of additional 2" discharge hoses as needed.

I'd do a price comparison between the Northern suction hose and 2" PVC pipe. Don't forget to figure in any and all of the fittings that would be needed. The Northern Tool suction hose might have less flow than a PVC pipe because of the rougher inside walls.

rt014, I second esshups'advice. Would add that the shortest length of rigid suction hose that will do the job makes priming easier. I would also recommend getting a brass foot-valve for the suction hose. If ease of use is more important than spending a little more money, then quick connects sure make removing the hoses a lot easier. I have a small, 1" 2-cycle & a 2" Honda trash pump that have quick connects & they are time savers..du

du, I second the quick disconnect fittings. They ain't cheap, but they do make life easy. They don't work so well if you spit the gasket out into the pond with the discharge water tho.....

Are you talking about the typical white, stiff PVC pipe used for plumbing?

Yep I was planning at a minimum to pick up a ball valve for the discharge end to make it easy to turn the flow on and off as needed.

Yes. The foot valve goes on the end (beginning) of the suction hose and doesn't allow water to drain back down into the pond, which would allow you to lose your prime. It only allows water to flow one way. You'd still need a ball valve to shut it off. The white PCC pipe will get brittle when exposed to sunlight for a length of time. They used to make purple stuff that had UV inhibitors in it, but I haven't seen any around here. I'd at least paint the white stuff if it'll be in the sun for years.