I’m much thrilled about this. That outer shell is going to help haul a lot of water, but that ain’t the half of it.
That fiberglass tube feels as though it has walls half-inch thick. It’s evidently intended to take a lot of pressure. Don’t know yet what I’ll use it for.
This says it had an 8 gallon per minute capacity. Which probably means there’s an 8 gpm pump somewhere here.
Sheeze the Universe was kind to this old guy yesterday.
Old Jules
So Far From Heaven 
Doubtful it has a pump. These work on water line pressure and the 8 gpm just means that’s the max soft water you’d likely get out of it.
That yellow fiberglass gizmo is where the resin (zeolite) is stored. That’s the stuff that actually softens the water. Anyhow looks like you got yourself a great water container.
Azphil: Thanks for coming by. I pulled it apart yesterday and determined there was no pump. Not much anything to salvage in the electronics. The fiberglass tube did have a lot of beads inside and probably colloidal minerals … some thing red a magnet wouldn’t pick up. Yep, cool water barrel anyway. Gracias, Jules