Guest guest Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 I would like to have one of those and I want one of those old time hand pumps that pump water. i don't know what u call them and don't know where u would get one. I hope you know what I am talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Our brand new Washing Machine made 1896 Our clothes are washed, rinsed, wrung and dried in the sun. Nothing feels better on the skin or smells better than sun dried clothes. We intend to reproduce and sell a similar folding contraption in the Smoky Mountain Trading Post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 Hi Tanukie, They're called hand pumps or hand water pumps and they can be had from Lehman's Country Store, Survival Unlimited, and American Windmills, just to name a few. You can google them as over 2 million sites come up. We lived for 5 years on a property of my uncle's and had a hand pump on the side yard of the house attached to a well. We sometimes had to prime it before we could get it to bring up water (meaning we sometimes had to pour a little water into the pump), and we used this hand pump to bring up water for the plants we had growing out to the side of the house. My ex-sister-in-law once lived in a house in the mid 70's without running water and I used to help her haul in water for dishes and bathing kids. We heated water on the stove. I also lived in a house for awhile (over a year) back in the late 70's with no running water, a hand pump outside, and a good old fashioned outhouse. Cheap rent! I've told my husband that if we ever sell our home and buy another like we want to do, that I want a hand pump for water. No electricity? No matter. The only thing that can affect it is if there is a drought, even if it is on an underground stream. I've hauled water more times than I can count! Lori "By preventing a free market in education, a handful of social engineers - backed by the industries that profit from compulsory schooling: teacher colleges, textbook publishers, materials suppliers, et al. - has ensured that most of our children will not have an education, even though they may be thoroughly schooled."– John Taylor Gatto He who cultivates his land will have plenty of food, but from idle pursuits a man has his fill of poverty. Proverbs 28:19 herbal remedies From: TANUKIEDate: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:31:08 -0400Re: {Herbal Remedies} Shillington Laundromat I would like to have one of those and I want one of those old time hand pumps that pump water. i don't know what u call them and don't know where u would get one. I hope you know what I am talking about. Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. Learn more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 I love this picture of the handwashing tubs and the wringer! My grandma would not use anything except a wringer washer (electric), so that when hers died in 1975, she and my grandpa went to Sears and ordered a new one. She didn't want one of those "newfangled machines" that didn't get your clothes as clean! My step-brother passed away from cancer last April at the age of 51. He and I were exceptionally close, as close as biological siblings. I inherited many, many things of his, and my step-mom sent all 3 of us girls $600 out of the small amount of money he had left from his life insurance policy. I took a day trip up to Holmes County here in Ohio (1 1/2 hours from me), in Amish country to Lehman's Country Store where I bought myself a hand-cranked grain mill, and a hand-cranked wringer very similar to the one pictured here (but mine is brand new!) as I wanted things I could use without electricity. Hurricane Ike had come through here just a few months before and we'd been without power for one whole week. We were lucky as we had a generator (most people do not), and though it was strong enough to power our washer, it was not strong enough to run it properly on the spin cycle so that my clothes came out quite wet! I told my husband I needed a wringer, not knowing I'd get one the following May, a gift from my brother (we didn't even know he was sick when Ike went through!). I bought a good wringer and they are not cheap. There was a cheap one for around $139.95, and then there was the one that looks like the one in the picture for $189.95. I bought the more expensive one as it will last me a lifetime and more. My husband thinks I am nuts, but the washer, even on a good day, does not spin out the clothes that well, and I have the ability to hand wash and wring clothes, if I need to. I also have one square tub and should get another. I like my electric automatic washer! It does all the work for me, and being a typical lazy American, I appreciate it!!! But I also appreciate owing a wringer for when the power goes out or for when the electric gets so high we can't afford to run it. I am preparing for the worst and hoping for the best! (lol) Anyway, your picture reminds me of many days spent with my grandma as she washed and wrung clothes in the wringer washer, then hung them up to dry on the line. There's nothing quite like getting between two coarse sheets that have been air dried by the sun on the line! It's almost as if you can smell the sunshine on them. Lori "By preventing a free market in education, a handful of social engineers - backed by the industries that profit from compulsory schooling: teacher colleges, textbook publishers, materials suppliers, et al. - has ensured that most of our children will not have an education, even though they may be thoroughly schooled."– John Taylor Gatto He who cultivates his land will have plenty of food, but from idle pursuits a man has his fill of poverty. Proverbs 28:19 herbal remedies (AT) Groups (DOT) comFrom: DocDate: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:45:45 -0400{Herbal Remedies} Shillington LaundromatOur brand new Washing Machine made 1896 Our clothes are washed, rinsed, wrung and dried in the sun. Nothing feels better on the skin or smells better than sun dried clothes.We intend to reproduce and sell a similar folding contraption in the Smoky Mountain Trading Post. Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. Learn more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 I had been thinking about getting one of those incase you know a storm or somewhere where you had to power at least you would have water. I will check those places out . Thanks you so much In a message dated 4/20/2010 7:56:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, homeschoolmom42 writes: Hi Tanukie, They're called hand pumps or hand water pumps and they can be had from Lehman's Country Store, Survival Unlimited, and American Windmills, just to name a few. You can google them as over 2 million sites come up.We lived for 5 years on a property of my uncle's and had a hand pump on the side yard of the house attached to a well. We sometimes had to prime it before we could get it to bring up water (meaning we sometimes had to pour a little water into the pump), and we used this hand pump to bring up water for the plants we had growing out to the side of the house.My ex-sister-in-law once lived in a house in the mid 70's without running water and I used to help her haul in water for dishes and bathing kids. We heated water on the stove. I also lived in a house for awhile (over a year) back in the late 70's with no running water, a hand pump outside, and a good old fashioned outhouse. Cheap rent!I've told my husband that if we ever sell our home and buy another like we want to do, that I want a hand pump for water. No electricity? No matter. The only thing that can affect it is if there is a drought, even if it is on an underground stream.I've hauled water more times than I can count! Lori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 Lehman's Country Store is a great place to go I have been there also. Donna ACS > Lehman's Country Store Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 Type "Hand Pump' into Google. You'll find one in no time at all. ~B On 4/20/2010 1:31 PM, TANUKIE wrote: I would like to have one of those and I want one of those old time hand pumps that pump water. i don't know what u call them and don't know where u would get one. I hope you know what I am talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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