Hi, thanks - do you have and brand name recommendations? Pumps to avoid?

Goulds is good. The places you buy from can advise on brands. In
general when shopping for something like that, given choices,
eliminate the cheapest one. I usually also eliminate the most
expensive one.
When you re-install be sure the footvalve is several feet off the
bottom of the well.

Harry K


I ended up with a 3/4 horse Star pump. I looked up the specs, and it's of
slightly lower capacity then the Goulds, but it was almost twice the
capacity of the el-cheapo Flotec that I had. I wish now that I had looked up
the specs in advance - the Goulds 1/2 horse was adequate, the Flotec is an
overpriced piece of junk. This pump will probably drive 4 sprinklers, since
the Goulds drove 3, and with pressure to spare


Please post a follow-up to this. I'd like to know how the Star pump
does, and number of sprinklers is a great real-world comparison.