Line pumping under a house
elkhunterz 03-13-2009
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I had the pleasure of doing 3 1/2 yards of 8 sack grout with a little 3/4 rock in it to pour sonos on the underside of a modular house today.  I put 65' of 2 1/2 inch hose on a 32m boom.  I could not find any single ended hoses at our yard befor I left, so (and only because of the influance of this site) I called the boss and ask him if I could cut a 25 footer down to make 2 tip hoses.  He agreed, and when I showed up to the job, the two guys I poured for had a 45 degree light plastic elbow like you would use on rain drain. We taped it on the end of  the tip hose (wish I had a picture to post cuz it worked great).  Under the house, there was only 2 feet 8 inches head room of crawl space to work in.  The I stayed outside and listend for my truck and the hose in case of a plug, while communicating with the hose man via radio.  Got the 26 sonos pumped out in just under 3 hours!!!   I guess sometimes you make money on a big pour and in todays hard time you sit and let it slow stroke all the way to the bank.  Pump On!  (and off and on and off and on...)

Todd 03-14-2009
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This is a great post, man i like your boss, he is a good man. I love that he let you cut the hose. Thanks for the kind words also, it does mean allot.

TooTall 03-16-2009
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 elkhunterz, In slow times like these that little volume knob on the remote can be used for what I like to call "dialing for dollars"! $low & $teady!!!