[AT] fuel gelling and water line repair

[Phil Auten]

Ouch! I felt that all the way down here in TX! I really am fortunate not 
to have bad knees.......yet.

Phil in TX


On 2/11/2019 9:31 AM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
>
> 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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