I just went by gpm and have been told a honda motor is the only way to go, and after several years have not regretted it.
I got mine brand new for less than $300.00 if i remember right from TSC lacking the roll bar carriage. No sweat on that. I just mounted it on some lumber.
Any idea how many gallons the pond is?
can yousend a link to where you got your?
I cant find honda ones forless than a grand new. Many off brands are very near $1,000 new. Saw a couple on amazon that are submersable pretty cheap, but submersable ones seemed not very usable to me.
edit, TSC, Tractor supply co....
I see they have two semi trash for less than $300, the only trash they have is $600 hundred. Seems like Craiglist might save me some money.
Ill look into the GPM on the two and see. I do agree that honda might be good engine....