toby78611 | 07-24-2014 | comment profile send pm notify |
I forgot to blow one of my hoses out on a job today, this concrete is completly dried, any tips for getting it out?? |
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ShortStik | 07-24-2014 | reply profile send pm notify |
hang it in the air and HAMMER TIME |
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toby78611 | 07-24-2014 | reply profile send pm notify |
Any other ideas? tried that on the ground lol. it's a 25' hose
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lucky phil | 07-24-2014 | reply profile send pm notify |
If you know someone with a vibrating roller run it over a few times break the Crete up |
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Todd | 07-25-2014 | reply profile send pm notify |
I hate it when that happens, i had 200 feet flash once, after 150 feet i just gave up and trashed the last 50' |
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PumpKid_88 | 07-25-2014 | reply profile send pm notify |
like all of us pump guys and gals we have done this once or twice but after the 2nd time the leson has been learned first thing is first get a fork lift and hang the hose start from the tip and work ya way up seem like no luck get the 8 lbs sleg and start beating it... sorry that happen but it happens to the best of us but its some thing we all dealt with for sure |
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toby78611 | 07-25-2014 | reply profile send pm notify |
Yeah, first time for everything. I rented a jackhammer and got 2 old bits given to me. I welded a piece of angle iron on it and it's working like a charm. It was actually a new guy on the job and he let it set up in 275' of 25' hoses and the hopper.I was too embarassed to print the whole story lol.But I found a good fix for it that can be passed along. I will post pics of my invention later on this afternoon. |
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toby78611 | 07-25-2014 | reply profile send pm notify |
I forgot to mention that after i beat it I rinse and tap out on the ground all I can, then blow the rest out with air. |
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zzzzz | 07-25-2014 | reply profile send pm notify |
crush it under outrigger piece by piece |
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BCCP | 07-25-2014 | reply profile send pm notify |
Make a blowout cap for your pressure washer. Make sure you tie down the hose thou. |
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toby78611 | 07-25-2014 | reply profile send pm notify |
Thanks for all the advice, I never would have thught of the pressure washer. |
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toby78611 | 07-25-2014 | reply profile send pm notify |
I will keep everyone posted on what happens and how my hoses turn out in the end. |
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biged | 07-26-2014 | reply profile send pm notify |
If you unhook a hose alway have someone roll it and get most of it out if it had set one night in the morning its still green, I lost 2 -25 footers we were pumping in a mud hole very wet ground got plugged and the finishers would not help get it out, thats another good reason I sold my business. for the new guys that one good leason. |
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Michael C | 07-26-2014 | reply profile send pm notify |
Just remember that running over the hose or smashing it can damage the reinforcement of the hose. The hose may not structurally sound to withstand the maximum pressure of the pump. If you do any of this, a good inspection of it needs to take place to make sure you didn't damage it during the clean out. |