Ram Pump , legal highbanker ?

[HammaH]

Hi all
Would it fall within the new rules to use a series of ram pumps to feed water into a highbanker ? Probably not practical to lug 100's of meters of pipe and a half dozen ram pumps through the bush but could work if you were to setup camp at a spot for a week or two . Considering they have no moving parts and are powered by gravity could be an option .
Thoughts .

 

[mudgee hunter]

Perhaps try plan B

 

[ken2m]

if you run your 10metres of rigid hose/pipe you will end up with good water flow anyhow, the ram pumps are not required. Ken.

 

[Ramjet]

[video=480,360]https://youtu.be/GLyL5fTbnes[/video]

 

[ProspectorPete]

[video=480,360]https://youtu.be/GLyL5fTbnes[/video]

Seems to work a treat, is this legal in Aus. and not the banned dredging?
Would love to try it if it's legal to do so.

 

[Ramjet]

In a discussion on this forum a few years ago it was said by most to be illegal.

 

[ProspectorPete]

Fair call then, it looked too good to be true

 

[Reg Wilson]

It's illegal. Tried to get away with this principle many years ago, but nearly had our gear confiscated.

 

[iamagoldenoldie2]

hydraulic rams work on low pressure flow being stopped by the flapper valve not efficient only pumps 1/6 th the flow thru the pipe to the apparatus like the high banker pump the water to a holding tank, then gravity feed to the highbanker , no direct connection between high banker and pump, better still 50 handmaidens with buckets