[Paddlewise] Fwd: Re: foot pump??

You can also get a foot pump from Guzzler. I can't remember their
address, but you might do a web search for them. The cost as I recall
was about $45.
John Baughman



---Jack Martin <jcmartin43_at_radix.net> wrote:
>
> Send reply to:  	"AlderCreek" <acks_at_teleport.com>
> From:           	"AlderCreek" <acks_at_teleport.com>
> To:             	<PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
> Subject:        	[Paddlewise] foot pump??
> Date sent:      	Wed, 24 Feb 1999 16:11:51 -0800
> 
> > Without doing a major searchola  could someone PLEASE tell me
where to find
> > foot operated bilge pumps.  I know they were in discussion here in
the
> > recent past.
> 
> I've already done some major sercholaing, Steve, and there are a 
> few options: you can work with a retailer who works with Great 
> River Outfitters --- the British kayak distributor in the US --- or
you 
> can work with Great River Outfitters itself and purchase a 
> Henderson Chimp Foot Pump for something around $220.  Or you 
> can work with a boating supply place that deals with Henderson; 
> there is a distributor in New England for Henderson and Whale 
> (same parent company).  The list price from Henderson retailers for 
> the same pump is $142, and you can usually get that pretty heavily 
> discounted (just bought two pumps during a Washington's birthday 
> sale for $82.50 each, so there's a lot of markup on these things.)  
> (Can't give you a lot of direction, but Fawcett's in Annapolis, MD is 
> a Henderson dealer, if that's convenient for you.
> 
> Another option would be to buy a Whale or Gusher handpump for 
> around $45, find a stainless steel conical compression spring to 
> install inside the pump body (having removed the handle) and 
> adding a pedal of some sort to the flange; but having tried this with 
> very limited success, it's not the greatest option.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Jack Martin
>
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