Great Video Tim. If you had told me 25 years ago I would be watching you, in a video online, replacing a broken hydrant, I probably would have laughed and asked how you broke it.
That happened once where I worked. The fire department was doing some training,and one day that happened. It was a huge mess. At least with this one the water department did not have to go to far. It was in four separate areas of the parking lot.
I LOVE Mueller hydrants. They can take a direct hit and be reinstalled without issue. Easy to fix if the breakaway kit functions. Unfortunately, you can buy 2 Darlings for the cost of 1 Mueller. I absolutely HATE Darling hydrants. P.O.S. Also, Muellers almost always drain and Darlings only drain on the day of installation LOL. We also cut our chains off at the request of our fire dept.
I know our fire department where I lived at would enrage our water guys for the city. They shut a hydrant too fast and blew a water main about 3 blocks away. Having them come in on a weekend to repair the main.
That's happened to us as well. We had a pool place come get a hydrant meter once and the kids working for them slammed one causing an all night repair.
A water main in my state exploded just after it was finished being replaced around the area etc. It sent a 6mtr length of pvc pipe thru someone's window....nice call for crew to get at 3am when they only got home at 10pm lol
Just curious, on why you guys take the tops of the hydrants off, I’ve replaced and or put risers on lots of hydrants, and never had to take them off. Is it easier that way? And is it worth the extra work of messing with another gasket and more bolts?
As a fireman, the one thing I can say, please face the hydrant in a sensible direction. In most rule areas, they seem to stick hydrants in the most ridiculous places, and then we have to try to fill off of them with the tankers.
@@railrider2000 in the US all hydrants are dry hydrants by federal law.... we are talking about the shear plate and pin. when they install it they need to line up the shear pin for the valve stem with the shear plate "the bolts that hold the barrel to the city water line. they are designed not to when the barrel is hit by a car or object to shear off and not let the water free flow as it is in the video....
@@TimMcArdle lol not where I'm at. 300feet is about right 😂. Heck one case it launched a concrete mixer full of concrete 100mtrs(300 feet roughly) up the road. Driver was lucky he had invested in a special harness bc he did allot of hills work. Truck completely written off. Was brand new as well.
Actually is the fact that water comes from the bottom (negative...the floor) is like a cable (water)touching the floor.....and also the amount of water...make particles touch each other...they are to close......rain is separate😮...something like that 😅😂
