Came across this really cool device recently.
Anyone care to guess what it is?
It reminds me of a pipe vise for installing well pipe. The upper dog rotates to allow the coupling to pass, then drops back into place to hold the pipe while a section is added or removed.
edit: Here's a link showing the same clamp and a description. http://www.tias.com/vintage-pipe-grabber-holder-for-well-635713.html
Not sure of the name, perhaps pump jack? Used to hold a well pipe as you raise it up out of the well.
Here's one for $50...
Stephen Ward, post: 406871, member: 1206 wrote: It reminds me of a pipe vise for installing well pipe. The upper dog rotates to allow the coupling to pass, then drops back into place to hold the pipe while a section is added or removed.
edit: Here's a link showing the same clamp and a description. http://www.tias.com/vintage-pipe-grabber-holder-for-well-635713.html
Exactly. Unfortunately, I had need of one of these over the holidays.
rfc, post: 406903, member: 8882 wrote: Exactly. Unfortunately, I had need of one of these over the holidays.
I recognized the basic design because as a child we had a 500 foot deep well with a submersible pump. The well was on it's own meter, grounded three ways from Tuesday, and had a lightning arrester that the engineers at the power company recommended. Still, roughly every couple of years lightning would strike the well, burning up the motor, shattering the plastic impellers in the pump, and sometimes damaging the cable that powered the pump. I'd watch as the well drillers would spend the day removing and reinstalling the pipe to get to the pump at the bottom.
[QUOTE=" I'd watch as the well drillers would spend the day removing and reinstalling the pipe to get to the pump at the bottom.
I was sure you were going to say that it was your duty to take care of the problem. That would be extremely heavy, though.
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dms330, post: 406923, member: 2118 wrote: [QUOTE=" I'd watch as the well drillers would spend the day removing and reinstalling the pipe to get to the pump at the bottom.
I was sure you were going to say that it was your duty to take care of the problem. That would be extremely heavy, though.
They always used the drill rig to lift and lower the pipe. 500 feet of 3/4" galvanized water pipe with a pump and motor hanging off the end has to weigh a pound or two.
Stephen Ward, post: 406926, member: 1206 wrote: I was sure you were going to say that it was your duty to take care of the problem. That would be extremely heavy, though.
They always used the drill rig to lift and lower the pipe. 500 feet of 3/4" galvanized water pipe with a pump and motor hanging off the end has to weigh a pound or two.
Lot heavier than 1" black PVC!
