On the 29th, we cleaned and inspected a short tower (105 feet) in Madrid, Iowa. I have been working on increasing my speed while setting up and breaking down now that I have a solid grasp on my responsibilities. The total time of the job depends greatly on the tender's speed with setup and breakdown (we call it "mob" and "de-mob"). This tank was mobilized, cleaned, inspected, and de-mobilized in about three hours. We were back in the truck by noon.
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| What a mess! Actually, this looks disorganized because I had to pull the hard pipe out of the hatch to fill it with water. Doing so makes it possible to "prime" the hose. By closing off the pipe at the bottom when we fill it, we can create a syphon in the hose and clean a tower without using a pump. |
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