[AT] fuel gelling and water line repair

[Cecil Bearden]

In my case it has aged me more than is should have.   I broke my back 
falling off of a load of hay at 17yrs of age....

The mud here just sucks the life out of everything that crosses 
it.....     In 3 steps your boots are 4 inches taller.  If you wear 
rubber boots, it will pull them off your feet.   It also will freeze 
your feet if you have bad circulation.  A lot of 4wd vehicles are stuck 
in just 2 inches of it...  You have to have enough power to spin the mud 
out of the treads and enough tread to dig down to solid footing..... It 
is greazy slick.   I went to shut a gate Friday evening, and one foot 
slipped forward on the mud so far that I sat down on my right foot.  
That is the leg with the knee that does not bend!!!  I spent another 
hour cleaning out the truck from my muddy clothes.  Then spent the night 
with Ice on my foot and my knee.....
Cecil

On 2/11/2019 9:20 AM, ustonThomas Mehrkam wrote:
>
> It will keep you young or Kill you that is for sure. Emoji
> On Monday, February 11, 2019, 8:00:12 AM CST, Cecil Bearden 
> <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:
>
>
> Spent 7 hours on Friday getting the E110B Cat excavator running.   Our 
> 15degree nights and 30 degree days were too much for the summer blend 
> fuel..   After setting a 500K BTU torch under the engine for 2 minutes 
> it fired up and run.   Gasoline was the best starting fluid as ether 
> was too hot for it....  We had a water line leak in a place that was 
> nearly inaccessible due to machinery, etc.  Tree roots are taking a 
> toll on the 35yr old glue joint PVC pipe. Noticed water leaking on 
> Tuesday when we were trying to get shale spread to take care of the 
> worst mud and wet spell ever.  Finally cut the water off on Wednesday 
> it was just too much.  Thursday was 20deg and 40mph wind so could not 
> do a thing.  Friday was the excavator problem.  Saturday we dug out 
> each end of the line at the valve and where it had been repaired last 
> summer due to tree roots.  The house was shut off because of the way 
> the lines were set up. still had sheep pen water, and water to Dad's 
> old double wide, but not to my home.   I checked the distance on 
> Google Earth and it showed 275 ft.  I decided to cut each end and feed 
> a 3/4 inch Pex inside the 1inch PVC 200psi.  It had 1/4 inch 
> difference. Saturday I had to quit due to exhaustion when I got the 
> lines exposed and reconnected valves to serve the house and separate 
> the lines to the cattle water.  Had water in the House now.  Sun 
> morning, We ( me and my wife) tried to such a baler twine thru the 
> pipe with the shop vac after sucking 10 gallons of water out. The line 
> would no quite go thru.  Fired up the old Ingersoll D250 compressor 
> with the 4-53 Detroit.  It nearly  had fuel gelling, but I had filled 
> it before starting and the fuel tank now had some Howe's conditioner 
> in it.  Blew the remaining twine to the end  of the line!!  Victory!!  
> Then we pulled a 1/4 inch nylon rope thru the pipe.   I drilled 2 sets 
> of holes thru the Pex  pipe perpendicular and used some baling wire to 
> make 2 loops to hook the rope in.  Then I taped the Pex and rope with 
> duct tape to make a tapered end.   We pulled the pipe thru with the 4 
> wheeler while trying to keep the 300 ft roll of Pex from wrapping 
> itself into a knot.  Almost did it.  Had to stop and Untangle once.  
> How it wrapped around itself 3 times I don't know.  Got pipe pulled in 
> with about 6 ft to spare.  About 4pm had water to the cattle tanks.  
> Now we still have a day of back filling and installing access manholes 
> to the valves.
>
> Somehow, the cattle knocked the floats on the tanks and water is all 
> over the corrals this morning!!! Life on the farm!!
>
> Cecil
>
>
>
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