Harbor Freight Diesel Transfer Pump Review - 12V Transfer Pump
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Harbor Freight Diesel Transfer Pump Review - 12V Transfer Pump
When I shopped online this did not show up at Harbor Freight. But there it was on the shelf when I went to pick up the hand pump. And I'm glad for it!
As with most Harbor Freight stuff, it's not quite complete. So this pump does not come with a suction hose. It does have the nipples and hose clamps. I bought this short piece at and auto parts store for a few dollars.
Also the electrical connection is stupidly short. So I rigged up my jumper cables to get me the battery. I should absolutely run a permanent cable, but in the near future I don't plan to run the diesel tanks all that much so hopefully it won't really be necessary to rig this mess up all the time.
Anyway, as for the pump, so far it's worked great. It has a few small leaks here and there, to the tune of a few drips, so nothing really problematic. Would I recommend to a friend? Absolutely!
Just a heads up - The manual instructs you to cut a section off of the discharge pump hose to make your suction hose. So its not really left out.
Huh. I never even noticed that. Good to know, but I'm glad I did not do that. In my case, I need all the discharge length I can get!
I made a PVC setup suction pipe , with a very short piece of hose + a 90 combination elbow to my 1/2" PVC pipe .. works great ..
I plumbed mine to my transfer tank with 3/4 in fittings works great
Man it’s crazy to see this. Funny how things change. This setup served me great for a while but I got tired of always dangling out electric cords. I have a 500 gal farm tank now and use a hand pump
If you mount a connector on it, you can just plug it into your trailer connection. Easier than opening the hood.
Rick Thurlow that’s a good idea! Now days I tore the barrels around on a pallet on the tractor forks, and the battery is exposed right on the front of the tractor, so it works ok. I’d prefer something cleaner like a plug, but still want it universal to work in different situations. A few times I’ve powered it off the excavator batteries for example.
@Tom Brueggen I converted mine to run on my 18 volt ryobi tool battery a 12 volt converter and its portable
1/2 copper tubing bent into an “L” works great on the suction side
2024 price is 140 now. Plus 30 extra for the 1yr warranty if the motor burns up or sosomething.
About a year ago I bought a cast iron hand pump. No electronics to worry about and I can just about whirl that handle faster than the electric pump would run
a good idea is to cut off part of the 13 ft hose to make a suction hose. to straighten the rubber hose I placed a step ladder in front of my reddy heater, hung the hose over the ladder and let my reddy heater soften the hose. I tied some weights to each end of the hose so the hose would stretch as it heated up. this work rather well.
roy hoco guess I didn’t think to cut one hose to make another. But actually I’m happy I didn’t. I find I’m almost always stretching the hose to the limit to reach up on these machines.
I made a PVC setup suction pipe , with a very short piece of hose + a 90 combination elbow to my 1/2" PVC pipe .. works great .. we were concerned the hose could collapse as we were going 6 feet down . Amazingly it did 7 feet easily .. took only seconds to prime .
The instructions say to cut the pipe in half, so it technically comes with suction pipe too
Yeah technically. Very thin walled pipe that likes to coil and kink. Really I should have bought a solid PVC pipe and bushing adapter. Even my fuel line hose I bought still coils up a bit and won’t always stay on bottom
Thanks man this vid just helped a lot
Good! Happy to hear it!
Watched your video cause I was looking at the same pump to buy. Saw the Theta Xi sticker on your truck - YITB brother! Theta Xi Kappa Tau - West Virginia!
Hey bro! I think that's twice in about 7 years since I graduated that someone has noticed it. I think a first for RUclips. I was Alpha Psi at UMR.
Tom Brueggen I hear ya, I graduated 20 years ago and happened to come across a sweatshirt with my letters on it. Wore it cause all other were dirty and went to Home Depot where I was approached by another Theta Xi. That was cool. Saw your video and was like, “what the...?” Two times in 20 years too. Thanks for the video and enjoy your holidays
Does it comes with the diesel flow meter to measure how much output it draw? and how many liters per minute does it draw?
No meters included. I believe it's rated at 10 gal/min, so I guess that would be like 38L/min or so.
Did your pump come with the metal suction strainer as pictured on the website that looks smaller diameter? Mine I just got came with a plastic one it’s still a nice strainer but it won’t fit through the opening in my tank because it is to large.
Mine came with a plastic strainer. I guess it worked until I stopped using it. I have a hand crank pump now with no strainer
@@TomBrueggenwhy did you swap to a hand pump over the 12v pump?
Why did you switch to a hand pump? I just bought the electric yesterday for swapping oil tanks with home heating fuel. $1.40/gallon 😭
Convenience and durability perhaps. The electric pump is faster once it’s hooked up, but spend a lot of time dangling into cables and such to get it going. If you had a dedicated fueling skid with a battery then I’d go with an electric pump.
Any priming necessary? I've tried to extract diesel out of my sailboat using two different hand pumps with no success. Thought it might be a priming issue. Thanks.
I’ve never had to prime mine
Can you add an inline filter somehow?
You can if you want. Mine has a little screen on the end of the suction hose to keep out really big stuff. But I rely on the fuel filters on my machine to do the rest
Price
Harbor freight tools
YITB Brother Tom. 6294. Quick question: Diesel only? Or will it work for gasoline?
Elmore Gliding Club ha! You saw the sticker! I sold that truck and haven’t gotten a new sticker in my other one. Anyway, DIESEL ONLY!!!!.
YITB AY547
Where can I buy this please hel
Pump at Harbor Freight. Diesel wherever diesel is sold. Finding ag exempt red diesel may be more difficult. In Texas I haven’t found a source to look it up. I just asked around until I figured out who offered it
on the suction pipe do i have to install a non return valve on the bottom of the pipe?
No foot valve is necessary. The pump has enough suction ability that it’ll prime itself.
Hahahaha good’ol days 1.80 a gallon
No kidding! Crazy it was only a couple months ago we still had close to $2/gal.
I bought the same thing having issues with the hose staying curled any suggestions
The suction hose? If it's warm it's more pliable. I think the ideal setup would be a rigid straight suction tube in the barrel with just short piece of flexible hose on top to the pump. That or make the suction hose longer so you can wrestle it to the bottom, or maybe find a way to weight it. But yes, mine does the same thing. Was just fighting with it this weekend. Thought my pump was not sucking but really the hose was curled 180 degrees in the barrel and above the fluid level. I realized this after reversing polarity and other annoying troubleshooting. DOH!
Shaun Griffin add a section of metal pipe over the sucking hose and that should fix it or a brass fitting
How thick of oil can you pump with this?
Also, thanks for doing a review, since none were available before this!
I have no idea about the viscosity it can handle. Diesel is pretty slick. Not sure if it would do something much thicker or not
@@TomBrueggen thanks for the reply
Can i use it with water??
Perhaps. I’ve never intentionally put water through mine, though I did submerge one once on accident, and it actually still worked after. A few months later it quit, but I never knew if that was a residual effect of water in it or not. Still, probably can find a water rater pump much cheaper, no?
Can this be used for water instead fuel
I suppose if you wanted to. But Id suspect a similar pump NOT designed for diesel fuel would be less expensive
My pump went out, I used a bigger battery and just as it reached the 30min mark it cut off. As I left it for 30min I went to connect and start it up and it wouldn’t start up. So I’m charging the correct battery and I’m going to attempt to start it. It’s a good pump I haven’t used it a lot. I hope 🤞 it’s not broken. Any suggestions???
why do people always say escavator?
Couldn’t tell ya. If I did it wasn’t on purpose. Drives me nuts when people call it a trachoe or God forbid someone calls it a backhoe or a digger thingy. I usually emphasize Xcavator!
@@TomBrueggen just like when people say "Harley Davisson" instead of "Harley Davidson".
Is it safe to use with gasoline?
I would not! It’s designed and meant for diesel.
I can't get mine to prime
Chase Atkins battery cables or hoses hooked up backwards? I’ve done both, so I’m not marking fun. That’s all I can think. I’ve otherwise never had issues with mine priming.
Chase Atkins or maybe hose clamp is loose on your intake side of the pump? Or intake hose could be too thin walled and collapsing when it starts to get a prime.
@@BrueggensBees had to much curl in the hose lol
Model / part number?
I don’t know. It’s the only one they had.
Do you still like the pump
Well I haven't used it in about a year, but last time I did it was still working fine. I'd recommend it. It would be nice if it had longer leads, but if you have a battery in your toolbox, or one that you just haul around in the bed that would help.
You have a link
harborfreight.com
is it safe for gas
Alexander Budd I don't know for sure but I don't think so. Gasoline can be far more corrosive on certain parts. There's a reason it's marketed as a DIESEL transfer pump, and not just a fuel pump.
Ok
it is safe only for diesel and kerosine fluid