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Not sure where your math comes from but I have a 3/4 hp, 5 gpm pump, name brand, new cost $640, at 285 feet. It draws about 3.8 amps (240 v) when running. 900 watts. As long as OP just needs a little water solar can easily power that. Yes, it will take a hefty inverter, and I don't know that I would leave the inverter powered all the time because parasitic draw on a large inverter isn't small. But it's very easily doable.
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> My janky math was based on the hardware setup I was looking to install about 10 years ago. Could it be wrong, I bet it was.
Based on the OP post, I did start to look at 12volt solutions and all and it gave me hope that doing a solution working on a
smaller Solar setup world work without needing a boost from a 240 volt genny.
The cost of hardware I spotted was based on some standard google searches; looking at posted prices of hardware that at least looked
like it would be supported. I based the h/w on recommended size posted on a few sites + using their online tools to size the hardware.
It looked like the OP was pushing hard to get a low cost solution to hold over as he works the land while getting it ready to live on. So
cost was a major driver. When the time was right, a higher end solution geared would be used and the older equipment retired.