Tanaka TCP210 - 31.6 GPM (1") Water Pump

I bought the Tanaka TCP 210 over the Honda Powermate PP0100381 ) and the Earthquake WP4310. Because of reviews and concerns of reliability. Tanaka engine is rated commercial. Time will tell if it as reliable as I was lead to believe.

Starts easy. Runs smooth, fair fuel. Full out it took two tanks of gas in the half hour it took to fill the 275 gallon tank. Far from an hour a tank I read and researched. Enough pressure through a garden hose to water your garden throug s sprinkler or nozzle at full throttle. Primes easy and keeps a prime.

Stand seems to to be heavy duty, but the pump itself seems to be identical as what comes with the Powermate and the Earthquake.. The strainer was plastic and cheep. They picture a metallic strainer. I doubt I'll ever actually see 32 gallons a minute. More like 10 gallons a minute into a garden hose at 6800 feet elevation. It took Half an hour to fill a 275 gallon tank.

I bought the Tanaka TCP 210 over the Honda Powermate PP0100381 ) and the Earthquake WP4310. Because of reviews and concerns of reliability. Tanaka engine is rated commercial. Time will tell if it as reliable as I was lead to believe.

Starts easy. Runs smooth, fair fuel. Full out it took two tanks of gas in the half hour it took to fill the 275 gallon tank. Far from an hour a tank I read and researched. Enough pressure through a garden hose to water your garden throug s sprinkler or nozzle at full throttle. Primes easy and keeps a prime.

Stand seems to to be hea... more

Although I can make no comparisons to other pumps, this little Tanaka runs like the Japanese MBT (Main Battle Tank) and does far better than I expected.

Its combined head is about thirty feet and it feeds two five-eighth hoses that, taken together, amount to about 300 feet in length.

The little .75 liter fuel tank runs slightly over an hour at three-quarter engine speed and waters fifteen beds (of tomatoes, peppers, flowers, and herbs), each four by forty-five feet.

When I add another six or seven beds I'll have to devise an auxiliary fuel tank, for the tiny fuel tank is my only complaint. The Japanese don't understand American scale. Here, bigger is often not just better but necessary.

Although I can make no comparisons to other pumps, this little Tanaka runs like the Japanese MBT (Main Battle Tank) and does far better than I expected.

Its combined head is about thirty feet and it feeds two five-eighth hoses that, taken together, amount to about 300 feet in length.

The little .75 liter fuel tank runs slightly over an hour at three-quarter engine speed and waters fifteen beds (of tomatoes, peppers, flowers, and herbs), each four by forty-five feet.

When I add another six or seven beds I'll have to devise an auxiliary fuel tan... more