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<p>Ouch! I felt that all the way down here in TX! I really am
fortunate not to have bad knees.......yet.</p>
<p>Phil in TX<br>
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<p>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.... <br>
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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.....<br>
Cecil<br>
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<p>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
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<p>Somehow, the cattle knocked the floats on the tanks
and water is all over the corrals this morning!!!
Life on the farm!!</p>
<p>Cecil</p>
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