Posted 1/10/2011 21:07 (#1540077 - in reply to #1539552) Subject: Re: For you Northeners that deal with cold. Who makes the best water hydrant?
west central Iowa
I have one Ritchie and the rest are Iowa hydrants never had any them freeze up since I quit using gravel at the bottom. The old guy that used to do my trenching showed me how to fix them better. You use about a 18" piece of 4 inch PVC and a cap. Drill a hole the size of the hydrant pipe thru the cap and glue it on the 4" pipe. Screw the bottom off the hydrant and slip the pipe and cap over it with the cap to the up side. Then reassemble and install the hydrant. They drain back much better with open space than with just gravel.
For you Northeners that deal with cold. Who makes the best water hydrant?
