Anyone have any good plug and save stories?
Todd 06-22-2011
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Anyone have any good plug and save stories? Anyone have any good, Oh Crap I should not of done that examples?
Todd 06-24-2011
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This was sent to my email so I thought I would post it.

If you are within an hour of the shop and you plug up and cannot finish the job.  Dump your hopper - head to the shop.  The shop should be ready with tools and high volume water hose.  Break off the elbow from the turret going into the 1st section of the boom.  Put a ball into the transition elbow.  Fill the hopper with water.   Put the pump in forward - work it back and forth a couple of times and you should be able to clear out the deck and turret pipe.   If the mud is still pretty fresh put the ball into the first section of boom and reclamp the elbow.   Start pumping again.  You can hear and see if anything is moving.  Keep everyone away while trying to pump out the plug.  If it is hard you will have to unclamp the elbows and blow straight pipe of each section separately.  Elbows you can hand clean.
 
If you are out of town you can usually get to a ready mix plant and follow the above and I have found the guys at the plant will always jump in and help. 
 
NEVER USE AIR TO BLOW OUT THE BOOM.   We have acutually hooked up trailer pumps or other booms to blow out a boom with water or a pressure washer when the pump was out or motor went down.  Water will not compress like air will!  It is still dangerous but far safer then using air.  Think about it - a pump will generate a lot more pressure then air!
 
Simple Safe methods to clean out booms - In over 10 years we only lost a couple of pipe that we could not clean out.
 
TooTall 06-24-2011
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Every time a pump gags on a plug without blowing something is a good strory!
Many 06-25-2011
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TT,your so right.Not a plug of sorts,pumping lightwieght with a 52m and push the liner from one pipe on the main out.You should have been there for that,finishers filled there britches.
getRdone 06-27-2011
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With the ready mix companies out here, everyday. If you dont go to fast 97% of the time you can catch it and reverse it a couple of strokes and then off you go again. Beats trying to push it threw and losing what little cream the mixers companies grace our concrete with.
SUPERDOFFER 06-28-2011
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Can sombody tell me what a plug is?
Many 06-29-2011
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Fishing Plug
FISHING PLUG
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