First, the 2 phase power line has an issue with a downed wire off a pole. The electric company can't get to the powerline on their easement, so they have to call in a dozer crew to clear the line for the lineman truck to access the downed line.
That takes close to a month...
Finished and fixed power line.
Then what happens? The well that irrigates 60,000 olive trees and provides water for cattle quits working... It's blowing $20 control box fuzes like they are candy without pumping much water..
So I call the deep well guy.
AND... it takes 3 weeks or more to fix.
Water in the huge tank is barely there.
Pulling unit in place.
Turns out it wasn't the pump, but the motor.
New motor, and pulling the well and running everything back down-hole is gonna cost around $10k...
They should have that back down hole today. I'll be running that well for a few days, playing catch-up.
I would have liked to have welded a regular garden hose faucet on that pipe while I had the hole to deal with, but probably correctly assessed the pipe was a bit too thin to weld on...
Good thing there is #10 wire now that no one uses baling wire. Heck that repair will last til the innertube fails from sunlight exposure.
Did the well company not test the wiring/motor before pulling the pump?
Olive trees??? I am being serious and trying to correct ignorance on my part. Are there many olives grown in the area and a market for olives down there, green or ripe?
Some spelling errors can be corrected by a vowel movement. ~ MOLON LABE ~
Good thing there is #10 wire now that no one uses baling wire. Heck that repair will last til the innertube fails from sunlight exposure.
Did the well company not test the wiring/motor before pulling the pump?
Olive trees??? I am being serious and trying to correct ignorance on my part. Are there many olives grown in the area and a market for olives down there, green or ripe?
Yessir, the well company got an electrician out there and tested before it was pulled.
Olive's are a pretty new market here in Texas. The orchard I manage has 60,000 trees with room and irrigation for about that many more.
It's a market for olive oil. They have to be processed immediately upon harvest, as they spoil quickly. That all has to be done at night here, with the temperature below 90*
They have a mobile mill that will crush and extract the olive oil right there in the orchard as they are harvested.
All olives whether green or ripe have to be pickled before they are edible. (You won't try but one fresh one... )