[NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help

[Rex]

Ron
 
If you used Demo Cord, you could just feed it all the way through to a faucet at the far end!
Touch it off, and it would not only locate the whole pipe, but dig a new ditch too!  That would
also eliminate any need for a shovel...
 
Rex



> From: vanputte at cox.net> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 12:37:18 -0500> To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help> > I was thinking about this. Suppose, instead of a beer can on a > string, I attach a stick of dynamite with a remotely activated > detonator. I let out the string as far as I want and set off the > detonator from above ground. When the debris cloud from dirt/rocks/ > people/animals disperses, I should have a neat hole in the ground, > right where the pipe is.> > Ron Van Putte> > On Apr 6, 2008, at 11:29 PM, krishlan fitzsimmons wrote:> > Alright Ron, I'll bite. I'm a general contractor out here in Cali...> > This is what you do.. Pay attention, this really works..> > What you do is get some string, good quality... And a few beer cans > > with one end cut off. Don't waste the beer, drink it first.. It'll > > help with the whole process.. Then you attach an end of the string > > to each can carefully. Take your time here, good quality knots are > > important as to not lose the can that you send in. Therefore being > > able to recycle it still.. So obviously your next step is to send > > one can out to sea, approximately the distance you think you may > > want to dig. Make sure you hold onto the other can firmly. Don't > > want that one to get away from you.. Then, just like in the old > > days before cell phones and all that garbage, you call yourself > > using the cans and string with this technique. You get a > > stethoscope as previously mentioned by others, and as you call into > > the can, you get down on your hands and knees, and listen with the > > stethoscope.. If you can't hear yourself at first, yell louder into > > the can until you can.. It may take a few attempts..> > Now, I'm willing to give this info out on the condition that you > > record your attempt at this to video so that I can tell you if you > > did it correctly. Please post the video in your next email..> >> > Good luck!!!> >> > Man, how come it isn't this easy to write my article in the > > Kfactor? lol> >> > Chris> >> > Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net> wrote:> > Oh, come on! I hang around with Tony just to make him feel tall.> >> > Ron> >> > On Apr 6, 2008, at 10:03 PM, Mark Atwood wrote:> > > This from a guy that's routinely seen hanging around with> > > Stillman...sheesh.> > >> > > :):):)> > >> > >> > > On 4/6/08 10:56 PM, "Ron Van Putte" wrote:> > >> > >> Never mind. Van Putte won't be found crawling around, listening to> > >> the ground with a stethoscope. You've got to maintain some dignity.> > >>> > >> Ron> > >>> > >> On Apr 6, 2008, at 9:29 PM, Dennis wrote:> > >>> Rex,> > >>>> > >>> It depends on what they have been taught.> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> Dennis> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> -----Original Message-----> > >>> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-> > >>> discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Rex> > >>> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 6:11 PM> > >>> To: NSRCA Mailing List> > >>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> Oh Ya... I want to watch that! Ron on his knees, crawling around,> > >>> listening to the> > >>> ground with a stethoscope! The neighbors are gonna love that! I> > >>> hope they take pics....> > >>> But, I'm wondering.... will worms give a false reading?> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> Rex> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> From: lightfoot at sc.rr.com> > >>>> To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> > >>>> Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 20:31:52 -0400> > >>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help> > >>>>> > >>>> You can use a stethoscope.> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> Jay Marshall> > >>>>> > >>>> -----Original Message-----> > >>>> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org> > >>>> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of> > >>>> Jerry> > >>>> Stebbins> > >>>> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 6:46 PM> > >>>> To: NSRCA Mailing List> > >>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help> > >>>>> > >>>> Ron, I have seen utilities folks use a very sensitive mike. They> > >>> turned the> > >>>> water flow off and on and were able to hear it loudest at two> > >>> points and dug> > >>>>> > >>>> a line between. Hit it almost dead on.> > >>>> Jerry> > >>>> ----- Original Message -----> > >>>> From: "Ron Van Putte"> > >>>> To: "NSRCA Mailing List"> > >>>> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 5:13 PM> > >>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> The location is up in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains in> > >>>>> southwest Georgia. The well services a group of about twenty> > >>> cabins> > >>>>> and the pipes were installed in about 1977. We want to install a> > >>>>> cutoff valve in a 4" PVC pipe about 100 yards from the well,> > >>> but want> > >>>>> to minimize the digging to find the pipe. I can't find any> > >>> record of> > >>>>> how the pipes were installed; no layout plan. I think the pipes> > >>> were> > >>>>> privately installed, so no local utilities were involved.> > >>>>>> > >>>>> I don't mean to impose on the Discussion List to solve the> > >>> problem,> > >>>>> but I thought someone might be able to save me some time and> > >>> energy.> > >>>>>> > >>>>> Ron Van Putte> > >>>>>> > >>>>> On Apr 6, 2008, at 3:20 PM, rj520 at aol.com wrote:> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Try your local utilities locate phone #. They seem to be > > able to> > >>>>>> find just about anything.> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> Randy Johnston> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> ----- Original Message -----> > >>>>> From: "Ron Van Putte"> > >>>>> To: "NSRCA Mailing List"> > >>>>> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 3:04 PM> > >>>>> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I am trying to trace the route of a 4" PVC water pipe about> > >>> 100 yards> > >>>>>> from a well. The pipe is buried about 12" to 14" underground. I> > >>>>>> think it goes fairly straight. I don't want to dig down to> > >>> find the> > >>>>>> pipe until I'm sure where it is, because the soil is VERY> > >>> difficult> > >>>>>> to dig in, due to lots of gravel and clay. Although I'm sure> > >>> there> > >>>>>> are instruments which will enable one to trace the route of> > >>> the pipe,> > >>>>>> I don't have a clue who to ask. Any help available out there?> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> Ron Van Putte> > >>>>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________> > >>>>> NSRCA-discussion mailing list> > >>>>> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> > >>>>> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion> > >>>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________> > >>>> NSRCA-discussion mailing list> > >>>> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> > >>>> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________> > >>>> NSRCA-discussion mailing list> > >>>> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> > >>>> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion> > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________> > >>> NSRCA-discussion mailing list> > >>> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> > >>> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________> > >> NSRCA-discussion mailing list> > >> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> > >> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion> > >> > > _______________________________________________> > > NSRCA-discussion mailing list> > > NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> > > http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion> >> > _______________________________________________> > NSRCA-discussion mailing list> > NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> > http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion> >> >> > You rock. 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