how about a Oklahoma,AR,MO,KS,TX,+IA GTG thread?

[Lurch]

Many years ago, our neighbor would fire a high-powered rifle down his driven well to clear the clogged sand point screen.

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We had a sand point well on river bottom ground in IA.Used it for the critters. 2 or 3 rounds from the .22 always opened it up.

 

[rsting]

Still bone dry here. Looks like once again its.going north of us. Might get a shower later.

 

[67L36Driver]

We had a well drilled next to our wire mill at work. 24” x 50’ deep.

Intended to use the estimated 250 gpm water for cooling after the furnaces and rinse in the batch cleaning house (muratic acid).

What we got was 7 gpm ( I measured it ). [emoji90]

Seems we drilled a bit too far from the historical river bottom up the Blacksnake creek.

Instead of getting into river sand, we had rock flour sediment left by the glaciers. That super fine clay gives up its moisture very slowly.

Pissed away about 60K.

 

[plcnut]

Just got back from Sikeston. Had to hurry home so I could vote
Drove through some very heavy rain today from Cabool to Mountain Grove.
We got a little rain in Hartville yesterday, but the rain gauge was already dried up when I got here, so there couldn't have been much.

Heading to Morris Illinois (just south of Chicago) on Thursday for a service call.
Thankful to have work to try to keep the bills paid.

 

[plcnut]

I was talking to an older gentlemen last week about their irrigation wells, and he said that they would use a whole string of blasting caps spread out every few feet, and hang them down in a well. They would then use their truck battery to fire the caps off. He said that the well would pump out a pile of sludge for a few minutes, and then would clear right up, and they would be good to go for a few more years. He said that most of the wells now are plastic, so they cant use that method anymore. Of course, you cant get the blasting caps either...

These were all 6" to 12" wells in Missouri's Mississippi Delta.

 

[Hinerman]

Just got back from Sikeston. Had to hurry home so I could vote
Drove through some very heavy rain today from Cabool to Mountain Grove.
We got a little rain in Hartville yesterday, but the rain gauge was already dried up when I got here, so there couldn't have been much.

Heading to Morris Illinois (just south of Chicago) on Thursday for a service call.
Thankful to have work to try to keep the bills paid.

Have a safe trip Mr. Bee Charmer. That was impressive, especially your little helpers.

I stepped on a bee once in my teenage days, started screaming like a girl...my Grandma came running outside thinking I cut my leg off or something. She laughed her head off when i told her it was a bee sting in the bottom of my foot.

 

[Hedgerow]

Bill Rose they are the best.They take care of our well,always have 40 some years.Bill was my little league coach.His son runs it now,they are just down the road from us.They won't cheat you just the best.Known them all my life.did I say they are good people.Matt how are you liking your sparten mower I been looken that or a bad boy?

I believe the Spartan is a better machine for equal money.

But I'm biased.

 

[moparnut88]

Have a safe trip Mr. Bee Charmer. That was impressive, especially your little helpers.

I stepped on a bee once in my teenage days, started screaming like a girl...my Grandma came running outside thinking I cut my leg off or something. She laughed her head off when i told her it was a bee sting in the bottom of my foot.

That's good stuff!! Lol! nothing like a manly man!

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[67L36Driver]

We had ‘patenting furnace lines. Bring cold worked rod AISI 1074 steel up to 1950 degrees and quench in (at first) lead or later sodium nitrate at 1000 degrees. Air cool or water quench after depending on the steel chemistry.

The salt bath was a hoot. Toss a scrap of paper out on it and watch it burst into flames.

We had to switch forum lead because of the health hazard.

One summer a flash flood from a thunderstorm swept thru the wire mill. Took near three months to get the wire mill back up running.

Almost all the machine motors and motor/generator sets were on the floor.

 

[Only the Tony]

Many years ago, our neighbor would fire a high-powered rifle down his driven well to clear the clogged sand point screen.

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Someone dad worked with talked about dropping a sharpened metal weight on a rope to break up the sediment on bottom of well. With plastic pipe I could just imagine how many holes I would put in it with a rifle.

 

[WKEND LUMBERJAK]

Would a large air compressor work. High volume air

 

[plcnut]

Have a safe trip Mr. Bee Charmer. That was impressive, especially your little helpers.

I stepped on a bee once in my teenage days, started screaming like a girl...my Grandma came running outside thinking I cut my leg off or something. She laughed her head off when i told her it was a bee sting in the bottom of my foot.

Lol
I don't think I'm much of a charmer, but, thanks!

 

[plcnut]

We had ‘patenting furnace lines. Bring cold worked rod AISI 1074 steel up to 1950 degrees and quench in (at first) lead or later sodium nitrate at 1000 degrees. Air cool or water quench after depending on the steel chemistry.

The salt bath was a hoot. Toss a scrap of paper out on it and watch it burst into flames.

We had to switch forum lead because of the health hazard.

One summer a flash flood from a thunderstorm swept thru the wire mill. Took near three months to get the wire mill back up running.

Almost all the machine motors and motor/generator sets were on the floor.

I bet you have seen a lot of cool stuff over the years that us young fellas will never get to see because of all the 'hazards'.

 

[moparnut88]

There are a few YouTube vids on this saw. I'll try to post a link to one I found later.

You should order one Carl..

Get back with us..

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[Dub11]

There are a few YouTube vids on this saw. I'll try to post a link to one I found later.

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Is this it?

 

[Hedgerow]

Is this it?

Priceless...

 

[Workshop]

Is this it?

Geez, talk about tough.

 

[moparnut88]

here is the link I found.

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[Hedgerow]

here is the link I found.

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Man...

That guy needs a *f-wording clue on saw tuning and chain setting for milling..

The 9010 would have run through that 30” slab in half the time..

The chi com 070 should be tuned to 12,000+, not 8000..

 

[Hedgerow]

This is called “meat coma”..

Somebody discovered brisket is extra yummy...