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That moment when the suction line clogged on the Cooper River job
We were pulling up a lot of clay and old timber near Charleston, and the pressure gauge on the 10-inch line just spiked out of nowhere. I had to shut down the whole pump, then spend two hours with the crew pulling up sections to find a solid mass of roots and plastic bags jammed in the elbow joint. Has anyone else found a good way to spot those kinds of clogs before they stop everything?
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simon_coleman10d agoTop Commenter
Solid mass of roots" sounds like a nightmare... heard thermal cameras can spot those.
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park.abby10d ago
Thermal cameras? Simon_coleman, that sounds like a scene from a weird sci-fi movie. Just picture someone pointing a heat vision thing at their lawn looking for root ghosts. I guess if the roots are REALLY packed and holding heat different from the dirt, maybe? But honestly that feels like overkill for my gardening problems.
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olivia_rivera8810d ago
Yeah, that solid mass of roots is the worst. We started doing quick pressure checks every half hour on messy sites like that, just a short pump stop to see if the gauge settles back normally. It's annoying but way better than a full shutdown. If the pressure doesn't drop right back, you know something's building up in the line before it gets totally stuck.
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