Re: OT: Fun with well pump pressure switches

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:02:47 -0800, snarl@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:


Ours is 185' and it was a bitch! Hopefully you have the semi-flexible
poly and the safety rope is still firmly attached to the pump. It
took (two strong guys) everything we had to wrestle that puppy up the
first 2/3 of the way up. Remember, that pump and pipe are gonna be
full of water, until it all drains out.

I pulled mine by hand once from 225'. 1" sch.80 PVC in 10' sticks,
full of water, plus #12 wire. My wife operated the slip and handled
the wire and rope slack. I may have grunted a little and cussed once
or twice. I bet she'd encourage me to buy my own pump truck if the
alternative was helping pull that thing by hand again. ;-)

Wayne

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