![]() ![]() Make sure you don't pump too close to bulkhead as it could pump a hole below it before you knew it had happened. We had to clear the hose with water to drag it around. When it was full of sand and water it was so heavy we couldn't move the discharge hose. We had to tie the pump down to keep it from rocking and rolling into the canal. Ended up tieing a rope to the end of the intake to drag it around. I just laid it on the bottom, which was about knee deep, and in less than 5 minutes we had a 5' deep hole about 5' across. The intake hose had a stainer with 1/2" holes. My neighbor and I had simular problem several years ago and we rented a 3" diaphram pump, had 20' rigid intake and 50' discharge hose. I'm beginning to think that it's less about the pump than efficiently maintaining the intake position. $299 Harbor Freight trash pump and some kind of mount to direct the intake hose where you wanted it, and force it into the surface of the canal bottom. ![]() she keeps everything.īut for the $6K cost you could put together something similar yourself using a Laura MIGHT have some contact info for Gene. Tony, a rich guy in Estelí would have it, and I exchanged some emails with him last Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, I cannot find contact information for him. I think that he bought a backhoe the last time I talked to him, or was in the process of doing so. The guy you probably want is "Gene" who runs a gold dredging operation up near the Honduran border. ![]()
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