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southerniltractor
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- Mar 7, 2011
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- 186
- Location
- Caryle, IL
- Tractor
- Kioti DK40se HST with FEL, Simplicity Landlord, JD130
Funny how I run headlong into a "small" project and discover so much once I start doing research and get advice from this forum in particular.
We intend to run the powered water as I described in my first post and we also require a hand pump on the well. I thought a few hundred bucks for a cheap pump, wire, pipe and fittings, borrow my friend's small backhoe, and BOOM, done! This little project is a bit larger than I anticipated.
In hindsight, I would have roughed in plumbing to allow the pressure tank, CSV and switch to reside in my workshop. Then I could have built an insulated box around the equipment and placed a small heater in there for the cold months. At the time we built it, I never anticipated this project and we were trying to cut costs. Save a penny to spend a dollar later!
At this point, I need to determine where I can place the pressure tank, CSV and switch. My retired general contractor buddy insists it is perfectly acceptable to place this equipment in the well on a platform I'll have to build into the well top.
Appreciate all your guidance to this point. I'll keep you posted!
We intend to run the powered water as I described in my first post and we also require a hand pump on the well. I thought a few hundred bucks for a cheap pump, wire, pipe and fittings, borrow my friend's small backhoe, and BOOM, done! This little project is a bit larger than I anticipated.
In hindsight, I would have roughed in plumbing to allow the pressure tank, CSV and switch to reside in my workshop. Then I could have built an insulated box around the equipment and placed a small heater in there for the cold months. At the time we built it, I never anticipated this project and we were trying to cut costs. Save a penny to spend a dollar later!
At this point, I need to determine where I can place the pressure tank, CSV and switch. My retired general contractor buddy insists it is perfectly acceptable to place this equipment in the well on a platform I'll have to build into the well top.
Appreciate all your guidance to this point. I'll keep you posted!