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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 valves. <br>
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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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