Posted by rrlund on February 17, 2009 at 09:56:30 from (216.46.210.81):
In Reply to: Well Hydrant???? posted by SJ on February 17, 2009 at 09:39:26:
The heat tape might be your only option. Don't pull too hard. First thing that's gonna happen is that the set screw at the top will slip on the rod. I had one rot out at the bottom a few years ago where the rod screws into the plunger. I don't know how your water is,but we have a lot of magnesium in ours and it ate right through it,so yours might already be weak. It's POSSIBLE that the reason you can't pull it up is just because the rod is frozen to the seal at the top. These Simmons hydrants that I have just have a stack of 3 o-rings under that nut. If you have a little propane torch,or even a hair dryer,you might try heating that. So,yea,just wrap it up good with heat tape and insulation and hope for the best.
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