Eastman 20051LF Heavy-Duty Full Port Ball Valve

Great quality, wont leak, I have multiple of these on my farm and works well.

Good valves. Use on water lines around farm. The PVC valves used to hold up, but they fail rather quickly now...so replacing them with these brass valves.

I nearly wrote a poor review because on initial inspection it looks like the ball is missing and the handle didn’t turn. After putting it in a vice and banging the handle with a hammer it became apparent that there isn’t exactly a “ball” inside, but a spherical segment with a hole down the centre that rotates to either occlude the flow of water or allow it to pass. Not exactly the mechanism I’d imagined. The handle is initially extremely tight but once you get it to move it works fine. I’m not a plumber, I’m just a novice trying to set up a sand point well - and this was one of the many things I’ve learned the hard way on my journey in offgrid living Long story short, don’t jump to conclusions lol

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I went through two gate valves but each froze and broke the packing nut. This one doesn't have packing nut and should survive the cold.