2- 3" lines or LDH from the steamer ? Dont forget the hydrant wrench !!I feel bad for any newboy who tries catching that plug!
2- 3" lines or LDH from the steamer ? Dont forget the hydrant wrench !!I feel bad for any newboy who tries catching that plug!
That’s the good ole days talking. We’re strictly 5” now except for grass stations, and all 5” is in 100’ sticks. Just dragging one up the street to load from a dry lay will make you pour sweat and gasp for breath. The first winter we had it was when -20s hit and we had all lines freezing up on us as soon as we stopped flowing water. We rolled them up, they froze solid, and it took all 3 guys had to lift one roll into the back of a brusher jump seat2- 3" lines or LDH from the steamer ? Dont forget the hydrant wrench !!
That’s the good ole days talking. We’re strictly 5” now except for grass stations, and all 5” is in 100’ sticks. Just dragging one up the street to load from a dry lay will make you pour sweat and gasp for breath. The first winter we had it was when -20s hit and we had all lines freezing up on us as soon as we stopped flowing water. We rolled them up, they froze solid, and it took all 3 guys had to lift one roll into the back of a brusher jump seat
My last one I will do. I have restored over a hundred of them, gave them to young Firemen that I worked with over the years for their homes as well as the homes we have had. Some I made functional as a Yard Sprinkler. But most were just for yard decoration.
I have enjoyed doing them over the years. They are getting heavy to lift onto the Workbench. Most of them were around 250lbs. Had a dozen old 1930s that were close to 500.
I strip them down to bare metal, rust proof the innards, and clean the brass outlets and rust proof the threads on the caps, then prime and paint. Repair the chains on the caps if needed. And mount them to sewer main cap bases.
As above, the last one I am doing for the last Home we are now remodeling to live in. A passing milestone! Just finished priming this last one, have to wait 48 hours to put top coat on.
I‘ll post a photo of it painted soon.
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I have State Farm, if I had a plug, within a thousand feet, my insurance would drop to 60% of my current, rural water denied hooking a plug up, stated that if several pumpers were sucking, it could collapse the main line.Drop one in your front yard and send a photo to your insurance co. LOL
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