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Exposing and Removing the Old Pressure Tank

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What happens here

Once the pressure tank is located and exposed, carefully remove the old tank from the pit. The mini excavator is used, with a chain securely attached to the tank, to lift it out. Due to the depth of the pit, a ramp was dug to allow the excavator to reach the tank, and also to provide access for future work.

Goal: Remove the failed pressure tank from the well system.

Tools and materials

  • Bobcat 325 Mini Excavator Bobcat — Lifting and removing the old pressure tank
  • Chain — Securing the pressure tank to the excavator for lifting
  • Old Pressure Tank — The component being replaced

What they say

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them and since i had that original problem i switched well companies and never had a problem again until my buried underground pressure tank failed and that means i've got a lot of digging to do which way does it go well i think i would imagine the tanks here and the one goes around must go to the house that one you know from the tank or whatever so you think the tank might be i'm thinking the tanks are way over here yeah oh sweet oh it's into something right down here you guys aren't familiar with what benching out means creating ledges down in the hole and that helps prevent cave-ins where a guy could get trapped instead of having vertical sidewalls i have ledged sidewalls or stairs stairs stepping down most guys that uh run utility companies or work in utility companies have trench boxes and the trench box is safety uh vertical sidewalls that hold the sides from collapsing in and then they crawl down into the middle a trench box is typically used in street utilities where they can't oversize but when we're just out working in the country we just oversize the holes and stair step down the sides to make sure that they're safe i can't imagine that this underground tank would be much bigger than a one that goes inside of a house what would the benefit be having a brilliant feel you know you think it rust could eventually you think it rust in the ground like that but it doesn't seem like to be whatever coating they put on there i suppose it is they're protected but man you think it would brush away i don't know i don't i i've never heard of pairing a pressure tank underground before i don't mess with the details though yeah must be must be a thing all right guys i'm here with tyler and he was just edumacating me on it's called a bison tyler a bison hand pump so you can actually put a hand pump alongside of a standard well so if you have no power forever you can just keep pumping water yep it's just a hand pump that bypasses the pit list but it's 5 000 bucks just for the pump itself god that's insane but i can i can get you pictures and stuff cool all right i don't know if it works with five inch wells i'm pretty sure it does but i'll have to talk to him huh oh is it here and your dad oh cool that's pretty cool i'm gonna have to swing it over to the side i can't back up there you go to expose that pressure tank challenged the mini excavator it was actually over the maximum digging depth of the machine so to get to the bottom of it i had to actually dig a ramp…

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