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My old foreman told me to always check the suction line screen after a heavy silt run

He said it back in '08 on the Columbia River project, and I thought it was just extra work. Last month on a channel job near Portland, we lost prime three times in one shift. Finally pulled the screen and it was packed solid with river grass and plastic bags. Cost us half a day of downtime. Anyone else have a 'useless' tip that saved your skin later?
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caseys30
caseys306d ago
Remember my uncle saying to always pack a spare pair of dry socks in a ziplock bag, called it dumb. Got caught in a flash flood last spring surveying a creek bed, boots filled up. Those dry socks were the only reason I didn't get trench foot walking back to the truck.
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brookep62
brookep627d ago
Seriously, my buddy learned that the hard way too.
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