Arrrrggghhhhh - farm water
Busy day today. Lulu and her son headed back into Bellingham for a few days to take care of some stuff. They will be back out for Christmas.
As you know, I have had a few days without water at the farm -- a leaking pipe and I shut the well pump down while replacing it and the pump did not start back up again necessitating its replacement.
So I am borrowing Jen's trailer for a few days to take some scrap metal to the recycler and to do a dump run. I do two runs into town today and am back at the farm around 5PM -- it is dark. I am backing the trailer down the driveway and making the dogleg into where I want to leave it for the night. I feel it hit something. I go back and forth a bit and finally get it parked. Get the flashlight and see what I hit. A water hydrant. The very one that we hooked the replacement water line to -- and there is a puddle of water welling up. Go into the house. No water. Crap. I killed the water.
Shut the well pump off and I'll spend some quality time with a shovel tomorrow...
Posted by DaveH at December 20, 2011 9:33 PM