hawkeye08
Elite Member
Yesterday was hot and humid, but thundershowers last night cooled things down a bit. Noticed that the non freeze hydrants that have issues are the same brand, power source or something like that. The one we just replaced had the brass rod at top bend and then broke. There is another one that is hard to turn off and when I examined it yesterday, the brass rod on it was bent slightly. Both are less than 4 years old. The design puts side force on the rod when shutting off. I'll take a look at the one we just installed (different brand) and see if it has same design problem. I have not found a local source for the Woodford brand (they seem to have really good reviews)... I wish we could get the same ones we installed 25 years ago.