A good buddy's outdoor water hydrant next to his wife's horse barn had finally gone bad below ground. He was going to abandon it and suggested his wife could carry buckets of water to her "#$@% Hay Burners"!! I helped to persuade him to replace it with my excavating down to it with the backhoe. And we should also move it just inside the building instead of it being outside.
We hit the water table at the time, right at the depth of the water line.....about 7 ft down. After removing the old hydrant I cut the trench just under the footings. We punched a quick hole in the shed's concrete floor, cleaned out the muddy trench bottom, and hooked up his new hydrant. We had the hole backfilled and new hydrant operational in an easy afternoon. I didn't even get my shoes muddy!
He was very pleased. His wife even more so! And he's ready to give me a hand whenever I need help. A win, win!! Here's some pics.
We hit the water table at the time, right at the depth of the water line.....about 7 ft down. After removing the old hydrant I cut the trench just under the footings. We punched a quick hole in the shed's concrete floor, cleaned out the muddy trench bottom, and hooked up his new hydrant. We had the hole backfilled and new hydrant operational in an easy afternoon. I didn't even get my shoes muddy!
He was very pleased. His wife even more so! And he's ready to give me a hand whenever I need help. A win, win!! Here's some pics.