JohnD2007
New Member
Need to 'fish' for rescue line: Update 8/30/10; Pulled pipe & got it!
Well, I wish you guys could've seen the look on my face as I watched
my rescue rope slither down the well after I untaped it from the top of
my drop pipe just prior to trimming/cutting off the excess drop pipe
that's protruding above the top of the well casing. I guesstimate my
first 'Centralizer' to be apprx 20' down hole, though it could be further.
With a flashlight, I couldn't see the 3/8th-1/2" yellow rescue rope, looking
down hole. If I'm lucky, it lodged itself on the upper most centralizer. If
it plummeted all the way to the bottom, then being 80' down, it'll require
pulling the string of drop pipe & pump all the way back out, which of course
I don't want to do. Any inexpensive telescoping poles, or other 'fishing' ideas?
Maybe a heavy treble hook w/o sharp points I could drop on another piece of
rope. I'd hate for my neighbor to know what a bone head thing I did, and have
to ask him over to help me pull the pump.
Man, that lil yellow rope disappeared down the hole like it had a bowling ball
attached to it. The 4 wire elec cable is 'zip tied' every 20' or so, so it didn't
have any tension on it.
Thank God for smaller problems. Maybe there are more rainshowers in the
works?
J/D
Rookie
Well, I wish you guys could've seen the look on my face as I watched
my rescue rope slither down the well after I untaped it from the top of
my drop pipe just prior to trimming/cutting off the excess drop pipe
that's protruding above the top of the well casing. I guesstimate my
first 'Centralizer' to be apprx 20' down hole, though it could be further.
With a flashlight, I couldn't see the 3/8th-1/2" yellow rescue rope, looking
down hole. If I'm lucky, it lodged itself on the upper most centralizer. If
it plummeted all the way to the bottom, then being 80' down, it'll require
pulling the string of drop pipe & pump all the way back out, which of course
I don't want to do. Any inexpensive telescoping poles, or other 'fishing' ideas?
Maybe a heavy treble hook w/o sharp points I could drop on another piece of
rope. I'd hate for my neighbor to know what a bone head thing I did, and have
to ask him over to help me pull the pump.
Man, that lil yellow rope disappeared down the hole like it had a bowling ball
attached to it. The 4 wire elec cable is 'zip tied' every 20' or so, so it didn't
have any tension on it.
Thank God for smaller problems. Maybe there are more rainshowers in the
works?
J/D
Rookie
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