A pump supported from a wheeled trailer having a hitch connection with a tractor drawbar and a drive connection with the power take-off of the tractor with the pump including dual inlets enabling it to be backed into a ditch, sump, concrete canal, sewage lagoon, or the like. The hitch includes an elevated central portion defined by upwardly angulated portions rigidly connected at the center to facilitate the pump and its supporting frame and wheels being easily backed into and operated in relatively deep ditches. A drive shaft includes a universal joint supported at the apex of the angulated portions of the hitch so that the portion of the drive shaft connected to the tractor power take-off will be substantially in alignment with the power take-off on the tractor when the pump and its supporting frame and wheels are positioned in a deep ditch, sump, concrete canal, or the like.
An agitator and pump assembly adapted to be trailed behind a vehicle and to be moved into a manure pond, wherein the apparatus includes a pump housing at the end of an elongated frame supported on a wheeled sub-frame. The wheeled sub-frame is pivotally connected near one end to a midpoint of the elongated frame. The pump housing includes a rotating bladed impeller having an axis of rotation which is at an acute angle to the elongated frame, and a screw pump extends above the housing for thrusting the material downwardly through the housing upon rotation thereof.
A irrigation pump apparatus includes an elongated frame having a proximate end portion and a distal end portion. An elongated drive shaft extends along the frame and to the proximal and distal end portions. The drive shaft is adapted to be driven by a piece of farm machinery, such as a tractor having a power take off connectable to the drive shaft. A pump housing mounted at the distal end portion of the frame carries an impeller that rotates with the drive shaft during use. The pump housing has an impeller that provides an improved configuration with enhanced efficiency. The housing includes a baffle portion supported within the housing and adjacent the discharge outlet and having an upper end portion positioned adjacent a transversely side wall portion of the housing. The baffle forms an acute angle of about forty degrees to eighty degrees (40.degree.-80.degree. ) with the adjacent transversely extending side wall portion of the housing and is generally perpendicular to the opposite portion of the housing.
A tile flood pump for attachment to a tile or drain pipe and pumping water from a field through the tile or drain pipe to a drainage ditch or canal. The tile flood pump is characterized by a cylindrical pump housing fitted with a flange for removably bolting to the existing tile or pump embedded in a levee or dike separating the field from the drainage canal and a cylindrical impeller housing enclosing one or more shaft-mounted rotating impellers, the impeller housing extending into the pump housing in angular relationship for pumping water from the field through the pump housing and the tile and into the ditch. A pump housing flapper valve on the intake end of the pump housing can be selectively open or closed by a control rod mechanism to facilitate a flow of water by direct drainage through the pump housing and the tile into the ditch, or for pumping water through the impeller housing, the pump housing and the tile when the water in the ditch is at a higher level than the water in the field. A shaft housing also extends into the pump housing in alignment with the impeller housing for enclosing a drive shaft that mounts the impeller(s) and connects to an external drive system. The tile flood pump can be typically operated by means of a power take-off system on a tractor or by a diesel, gasoline powered or electric motor.
