When I was digging my small 3/4 acre pond, I had a rain storm dump a foot or so of water in it that I wanted to get out. I rented a 2 inch pump for the weekend and figured it would take a day to pump it dry. Wrong.
At the end of the first day, it looked like I hadn't done anything. I decided to spend the night there and keep it running all night. Every couple of hours I'd fill up the fuel tank.
By Monday morning, it still had water in it, but not much, when I returned it.
Are you sure it's only a few thousand gallons? I grossly under estimated how much water I had.
For what you've said you need it for, I'd rent.
Eddie
