Hagen Brothers farms,Goodrich ND | I needed to drain a pond across a road through an existing culvert that was 3 ft above water level on the high side. We snaked an 8 inch plastic drain hose through the culvert with both ends hanging into the water.
We had a 1/8 inch clear plastic hose plumbed into the highest part of the 8 inch plastic drain hose and connected it to a vacuum fitting on the pickup engine(gas).
The engine vacuum pulled water up into both ends of the drain pipe untill it was full and began to flow on its own. (4 ft head of water on one side) When we started to get water in the 1/8 plastic hose, we quickly disconnected it from the pickup engine and capped it.
Do not allow the vacuum hose to put water into the engine, it can hydraulic the engine and bend a rod. |
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