Good morning!!!!

[rswyan]

Never seen that done, does the iron build up enough to cause flow issues?

Yes it does - eventually .....

In fact, 8 years ago we had so much iron sediment accumulated in the well that it completely encased the pump (I saw it when they pulled it), stopped the flow and caused the the motor to burn up .... that little adventure cost over a grand IIRC .... although we did go up in HP when we replaced the pump. I think it's a one HP that's in there now ....

We never did that down in NC when I was a kid either and that water had so much iron you could pick it up with a magnet!

LOL .... that's a lot of iron to be sure .... :laughing:

 

[johnk]

11:03 AM. 83 degrees and going to 90 and sunny. Need rain badly..........

 

[toppop52]

Yes it does - eventually .....

In fact, 8 years ago we had so much iron sediment accumulated in the well that it completely encased the pump (I saw it when they pulled it), stopped the flow and caused the the motor to burn up .... that little adventure cost over a grand IIRC .... although we did go up in HP when we replaced the pump. I think it's a one HP that's in there now ....


LOL .... that's a lot of iron to be sure .... :laughing:

I guess the difference back then was above ground pumps vs submersibles. You could easily clean a pump in the pump house if needed.

 

[300UGUY]

I sure wish it would rain here. I mowed the grass, only because some weeds were sticking up. Miserable job, it was a 2 hour dust bath. It got up to 88, but it has cooled back down to 77 now. Hope you guys had a good day!!

 

[jmurray01]

Morning guys!

Miserable day here, but good news is that the joiners are over hanging a new living room door (you may remember I posted a thread a while back asking how the heck the glass shattered!).

It'll need painted (which I'll do) but at least it is hung, at last.

 

[MossflowerWoods]

I mowed the grass, only because some weeds were sticking up.

That would be the only reason for me to mow also. The dandylions are the only thing sticking up high enough to get mowed... Grass is browning out...

David

 

[MossflowerWoods]

Morning all,

t-stat says it is 70 outside. Online weather says 66... I'm thinking about going to the fair tonight an spending way too much money on some rinkydink rides with the kids.

TSC called yesterday and my PHD is in.

Yesterday morning when I went to help the girls with feeding the birds we discovered a horrid racoon/mink/rat attack on our baby guineas... very little left... I'm considering poison... I was so disgusted and angry... and they were inside a fully enclosed chicken wire and reinforced cage too... Grrrr...

I think I'm riding to work againa today.

Be well all of you!
David

 

[MossflowerWoods]

Wow, where is everyone?

David

 

[RoyJackson]

2012-07-13, 0751

68 here and overcast...definitely looks like rain (I hope!!). The forecast is for a high of 85 and showers...thunderstorms maybe.

We ordered some laminated flooring, so I've got to do some prep work over the next few days. The carpet is gone for the most part. Now it's time to remove the moldings, T-moldings and give the floor a good scrub.

 

[toppop52]

71 sunny and nice, one more day then the heat comes back. Gotta mow the weed tops off, some grass tall enough due to rain early in the week.

 

[300UGUY]

Just checking in. 66 here, maybe going to 90. After the 100+ days we had, 90 seems ok. I have some mulch being delivered to the shop. I need to show them where to dump it. Have a good one, be safe guys!

 

[creekbend]

07-13-2012 Currently 72 degrees. High of 84 expected. A buddy of mine removed 7 stumps for me 2 weeks ago, and I put 35 pounds of fescue seed out yesterday covered by 5 bales of straw on these areas and other areas that had been cleared. Rain is in the forecast later this evening. I sincerely hope so. BTW, I just realized that today is Friday the 13th.

 

[deerseeker001]

its 65 and sunny going up to 84 today with a chance of showers. i think ill do some more trimming today.

 

[Mousefield]

Morning all,

t-stat says it is 70 outside. Online weather says 66... I'm thinking about going to the fair tonight an spending way too much money on some rinkydink rides with the kids.

TSC called yesterday and my PHD is in.

Yesterday morning when I went to help the girls with feeding the birds we discovered a horrid racoon/mink/rat attack on our baby guineas... very little left... I'm considering poison... I was so disgusted and angry... and they were inside a fully enclosed chicken wire and reinforced cage too... Grrrr...I think I'm riding to work againa today.

Be well all of you!
David

David, it could be a mink, they will kill everything. Years ago we lost over 30 egg laying chickens in one night. The mink basically go on a killing frenzy. I have had to deal with 6 mink over the past few years. One I had to deal with in hand to hand combat using a pitch fork in the chicken coop.

87 and sun. Looks like this trend will continue for a number of days.

 

[rswyan]

71 here @ 09:00 .... looks to be largely overcast ....

We had shower and thunderstorms all around us yesterday .... but nary a drop right here .... they are calling for the possibility of shower later tonight ....

The well guys came out and bailed the well yesterday .... that ended up being a mixed bag .... there wasn't a lot of iron sediment in the bottom of the well - he hit hard bottom with the bailer pretty much straight out of the gate. I think he ran the bailer down only twice (three ?) .... and it was coming up pretty clean .... although the pump intake screen was partially covered (50% or better) with iron and/or shale ....

Guy felt that the pump itself (not the motor) was probably toast (from sucking shale) .... and that replacing it would handle the problem (flow/pressure drops off significantly with sustained use) .... so I had him replace it (pump only) .... but not before I asked about cleaning/rebuilding it. He basically said it wasn't worth the time/trouble.

Tested it out (after replacement) by opening up a garden hose and letting it run ..... and I'd say it may have actually made the problem worse .... probably because the pump inlet was no longer restricted ....

We were letting it run .... and the pressure dropped way off after about 10 minutes .... at around 15 minutes his helper who was standing by the open well casing reported that he could hear the pump sucking air intermittently ....

My guess is that due to lack of rainfall, the aquifer is way down and is just slow to recharge. We were down over 4.5 inches as of early/mid June ..... probably even more now ....

I think he said that the well depth was only 108' ....

In hindsight I should have had him continue to bail it - 4 or 5 times may have shown up the well's slowness in recharging when the bailer came up not completely full .... probably also should have demonstrated the problem with a water hose before I let them pull the pump.

I really should thoroughly test it by doing a prolonged bucket fill test .... to see exactly what it's doing.

I kept the pump (it's a Gould and not all that old) .... will check into getting a rebuild kit for it if one is available.

 

[ronjhall]

Need lot of coffee this morning. Stay out way past my normal bed time. 78 degrees this morning. Heading to 89 with lots of sun. Back to my RV project.
Good Morning All.

 

[MossflowerWoods]

Stay out way past my normal bed time...

Ron,
I hope you had FUN!


David

 

[MossflowerWoods]

David, it could be a mink, they will kill everything...

Mouse,

So far all I have had hand-to-hand with inside the coop is the 6 black snakes I've killed so far...
Taking on a Mink with a pitchfork... You're THE MAN!

I am pretty sure it is the same 'coon that ripped wings off of my duck and the pullet. Thay got ahold of the keet through 1" chicken wire and everything that would fit through that size hole was gone... the other 2 were terrorized but alive. We moved them in with the larger birds into the "Chikn Shak"...

I've had it with the varmints.
I will show no mercy ever again to any of them...

David

 

[MossflowerWoods]

BTW, I just realized that today is Friday the 13th.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :shocked:

We are all gonna DIE! :tombstone:

Jason is gonna get us!

Quick seperate to make it easier and more dramatic to get killed... :tragedy:


Sorry, flashed back to High School for a second there...


David

 

[rswyan]

My youngest son was born on Friday the 13th .... and it shows ....