ALCOVA, Wyo. — The pump installer toppled the old windmill in about an hour, first climbing up the wobbly 27-foot tower to stop the broken mill's whirling blade and then pulling the underground ...

In this photo taken Tuesday, July 6, 2010, workers for Pronghorn Pump and Repair and the Marton Ranch take down a broken windmill as part of a project to replace it with a solar-powered water well ...

Solar powered pumps have improved to the point that many ranchers are considering the solar option when they need to replace an old windmill or drill a new water well. IE 11 is not supported.

The pump installer toppled the old windmill in about an hour, first climbing up the wobbly 27-foot tower to stop the broken mill’s whirling blade and then pulling the underground pipe to make ...

If you want to hand pump water, Bison deep well hand pumps, made in a rural Maine shop, are electricity-free options for drawing water that’s more than 25 feet and less than 300 feet below the ...

A windmill for pumping well water is seen on farmland in Alameda County, Calif. ((Ben Margot/Associated Press))The mechanical metal and wood windmills have pumped life into North American ranches ...

The cost of solar pumps varies widely, typically running from $4,500 to more than $10,000. That often exceeds the typical windmill replacement or repair cost of about $5,000.

Thousands of windmills still exist in remote Texas pastures, pumping water from aquifers for cattle to drink. But the dwinding group of men who sell and fix windmills face hard times due to the ...

The pump installer toppled the old windmill in about an hour, first climbing up the wobbly 27-foot tower to stop the broken mill's whirling blade and then pulling the underground ...

July 14, 2010 Solar wells displacing windmills on Western range Matt Joyce. The pump installer toppled the old windmill in about an hour, first climbing up the wobbly 27-foot tower to stop the ...

ALCOVA, Wyo. — The pump installer toppled the old windmill in about an hour, first climbing up the wobbly 27-foot tower to stop the broken mill's whirling blade and then pulling the underground ...