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The third hand to pump a set of bellows, speed it up and make a small guided helve hammer, pump some oil/water, big butter churn, have it wave a fan - it's getting hot in the desert, moving rifle/pistol target.......

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It's called a pump Jack or a walking beam.

You add weight to the "basket" at the other end from your hand. For a well pump, hook the sucker rod to the end you are pushing and balance the weight of the pumped water by adding weight to the basket. Then you only have to overcome friction to pump water. Leave it to the oil well folks to figure the most efficient way to pump a liquid.

You can hook it up to anything and apply the principal's above to balance the load.

I've a small one and pumped my water for years with it. It pumps from 150' deep to ~150' height above the jack and gives me 20 psi household water pressure. All on a 1/4 hp electric motor.

Mine is orange and one year when the Denver broncos were in the super bowl I decked it out with a horse head, tail and hind legs... Looked cool with tail flying and hind feet kicking out!!!  :)

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