The week seemed to be dry and all the clothes were too clean.
But we got a chance to get a little dirty before the week was through.
A few leaks popped up this week, some where passed off to other crews, but we fixed a few ourselves. Friday was the muddy one.
A reuse leak came in a few days before, but it was small so we let it go for a couple days. Since it was reuse water, we shut (we thought) the main off so it could dry up (it didnt).
We headed out Friday morning to get it fixed. I hooked up to a trailer and we brought out our BobCat and a mud pump.
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| No matter where you go, make sure your hair is fabulous. |
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| A few scoops taken out for exploratory reasons. |
The main ended up not being off all the way, and the somebody turned the main back on with someone else in the hole. Main was shut off all the way, then the repair began. Ended up being a slipped fitting coming off the main tap saddle.
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| Mud hog pumping down the hole |
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| Squeeeeezing the bucket between the main and other utilities. |
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| I thought the main was off!? |
After we got down to the break, I headed back to the yard with a trailer full of mud. That proved to be a task. All that muck settled driving back to the yard, and suction cupped itself to the trailer floor. I had to hand shovel it all out.
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| Brownies? |
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| The mud did not move. At all. I even shook the tar out of the trailer and nearly broke the hitch. |
After getting more dirty emptying the trailer than I did working, I loaded up some fresh dry dirt to back fill the hole, and headed back. Fuel first.
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| All the lights |
Once back, both reuse services were built back in poly. Meter boxes were set, and we began to backfill. All in all the repair went the way it should.
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| Tee'd straight off the main. |
Not much leak action this week, but I'm sure there will be more next week. I think we have a repair scheduled to remove a meter from a driveway, so that should be fun.
See you later!