[CleanClear]

Any first hand knowledge of these pumps ? I can find their website but i can't find one for sale without a phone call (to get price).

Also i have what i believe to be an Interpump ,no obvious Model number on it i can see, married up to a gearbox wich i'm pretty certain is one of Interpumps gearboxes. Is there anyway i could identify the model, if i popped a pic of it up might someone point me in the right direction ?

[Smurf]

I just had a look on hawk pump site and noticed they do a 70 lpm pump.
I'm now wondering what size engine you would need to drive that monster of a pump 

[CleanClear]

Probably the "Cumbria" model Smurf !!   

My mates pump it was. The oil had gone milky coloured, and spouting a bit out. I told him it needed an overhaul and new seals. So he asked the local mobile pressure washer guy, fancy van like a franchise but thats all he does pressure washing equiptment, service , repairs. He looked at it and said.."its just a bit of oil in the water", i'll just change the engine oil for you. Can't remember what he charged. Couple months later on, its spewing foam out of the pump everywhere. Pressure washer guy again called, looks at it, pops side off and says i can get new seals in there without having to strip it all down on a bench. (no idea what seals he replaced).Changed oil etc. Then when my mates uses it foam is not popping out everywhere but there is no power, he tells the pressure washer fixer guy who then says..............well its an old pump, you don't know its history, its not worth fixing, the pistons are knackered  i'll supply and fit a direct drive Hawk pump for you for £450 plus VAT. I advised him to forget it, then he dropped the VAT, i told him to forget that too. We just got a nice Interpump off Ben from Rutland pumps, or will have in the morning !! 
 I'll service the old interpump and gearbox myself. And thats what you get for listening to experts who put you off servicing a pump correctly. No idea why he wouldn't do it in the first place. Is it cost or something ? What does it cost for a proffesional overhaul of a pump ?

[Smurf]

At least you're sorted now. 

"Probably the "Cumbria" model Smurf !! " did make me chuckle   

[Mike Halliday]

I would be interested in peoples opinion of this pump, I'm thinking of buying a big unit that has one of these pumps fitted, It would be good to know a bit about their reliability, cost & availability of replacement parts.

[Andrew Briscoe]

A friend of mine who is a poultry farmer has a hawk pump on the back of a 40' trailer that they clean the chicken sheds with.
He runs it off a 3cyl Perkins engine, unsure what size it is but it's wagon engine size, he also has twin burners for providing heat.
It runs 4 lances with ease, he has had it about 15 years and it runs well.
Oh and it is in Cumbria !!
They have a water bore hole on sites so no problem with water supply.

Andrew

[Ben Marriott]

We're a Hawk main dealer but only sell to the trade at the moment.

Good pumps, better prices than inter pump and the quality seems better on the castings etc.  Cant fault either to be honest.

[Smurf]

A friend of mine who is a poultry farmer has a hawk pump on the back of a 40' trailer that they clean the chicken sheds with.
He runs it off a 3cyl Perkins engine, unsure what size it is but it's wagon engine size, he also has twin burners for providing heat.
It runs 4 lances with ease, he has had it about 15 years and it runs well.
Oh and it is in Cumbria !!
They have a water bore hole on sites so no problem with water supply.

Andrew

Sounds a great setup that 

[Smurf]

We're a Hawk main dealer but only sell to the trade at the moment.

Good pumps, better prices than inter pump and the quality seems better on the castings etc.  Cant fault either to be honest.

We are trade surely   

[Ben Marriott]

We are trade surely   

Yes you are trade i meant to say Distributors. Once the website is sorted they will be available to everyone

The pumps are great Aquila, Flow Plant etc have been using them for years.