Ok need some QUICK EMERGENCY HELP!

[addy1]

Just talked to dumpster man, he will take it, my neighbor will round up her nephews and their friends to haul it out, down our slope, up the slope around the back field than into dumpster. I don't think my tractor can move it. Way bigger than my bucket.

 

[Tula]

Always good to be on good terms with a dumpster man - LOL

 

[Tish]

Whew! I'm glad that's over. I could feel your panic!! Good Job!!

 

[mrsclem]

Finally getting back to this- glad you got it handled! Good to have friends and neighbors that are there when you need them.

 

[j.w]

All is calm all is bright! Next year the fish will have a nice new home spot all fixed up w/plants and gosh didn't you just need all this to keep you busy

 

[addy1]

Fish always surprise you. We had a bucket with the loose clay we were dumping in, to control it and also in case a snail was lost. Love my trap doors. I went out to dump the bucket and make sure all the snails were safe. As I was dumping I saw a wiggle and one of my baby fan tails was buried in the clay and still ALIVE unreal. There was some water on top of the clay, not much, and it was a layer of ice. Unreal. It swam away as soon as I put it in the tank.

And I have found a few trap doors crawling through the muck in the hot tub, under the ice layer. So I saved them. One tadpole.

No kidding @j.w I am so far behind in yard etc work, no biggy it will get done at some time, if not will watch it grow again this summer lol.

I will take advantage of the dumpster, remove as much as possible. Excess bee stands and other stuff etc. Maybe even use the kids for hauling stuff to the dumpster. Young body labor!

 

[combatwombat]

. I don't think my tractor can move it. Way bigger than my bucket

Have any straps? You can strap and lift with the bucket. That’s what I did.

 

[Lisak1]

I have utilized young men in my neighborhood for some heavy duty projects as well. I mean, I used to have three who lived here, but now that they are all grown they say "Mom - hire someone and I will PAY THEM to do it for you!"

 

[addy1]

Have any straps? You can strap and lift with the bucket. That’s what I did.

Yes have straps. The dumpster guy said it needs to be cut up a bit. Wider than their biggest dumpster and taller than the sides.

I will need to back down our slope, the weight tends to tip the tractor. Had to do that to get rid of a fridge.

I have utilized young men in my neighborhood for some heavy duty projects as well. I mean, I used to have three who lived here, but now that they are all grown they say "Mom - hire someone and I will PAY THEM to do it for you!"

All men around here are gray!

 

[poconojoe]

Whew!
What an ordeal you went through!
It's definitely been a rough winter so far.

We had two days of -6F here in PA. It stayed below freezing for over a week. And that was during the day.

I had a copper pipe freeze in my basement between the foundation and sheetrock wall on Christmas Eve. By the time I found where it was and thawed it out all the stores were closed. I found the copper pipe split in two places. We went without water for two days. What a hassle. Good thing we had bottled water for the water cooler.

I ended up pulling in a 35 foot piece of pex to replace the copper pipe. I had to cut several holes in the sheetrock wall in order to strap up the pex.

Global warming? Oh wait, that narrative didn't work out for them. Now they call it climate change.

 

[GBBUDD]

Whew!
What an ordeal you went through!
It's definitely been a rough winter so far.

We had two days of -6F here in PA. It stayed below freezing for over a week. And that was during the day.

I had a copper pipe freeze in my basement between the foundation and sheetrock wall on Christmas Eve. By the time I found where it was and thawed it out all the stores were closed. I found the copper pipe split in two places. We went without water for two days. What a hassle. Good thing we had bottled water for the water cooler.

I ended up pulling in a 35 foot piece of pex to replace the copper pipe. I had to cut several holes in the sheetrock wall in order to strap up the pex.

Global warming? Oh wait, that narrative didn't work out for them. Now they call it climate change.

and 10 Years ago it was the oceans rising until Obama moved to an island
20 years ago it was ozone layer
30 acid rain

You had a great gift from mother nature yourself @poconojoe . Sounds like damage may have been moderate. Gratefully you weren't at the kids house across the country or similar for x mass . Having a burst pipe running when your away is the worst ask me how I know...

I have taken advantage of the weather, the cold snap said last shot before it stays cold for outside projects.

 

[combatwombat]

20 years ago it was ozone layer
30 acid rain

Those were real problems that we fixed. And a cold winter doesn't tell you anything about global warming, which is still real and still happening. Would be like overeating on Thanksgiving and then believing that you couldn't possibly get hungry again.

 

[GBBUDD]

It's not the fact of reality in either direction it's where is the most money going , whats the flavor of the day . Today its everything electric. again not good bad or ugly . its how the flavor is sold ...

 

[addy1]

Whew!
What an ordeal you went through!
It's definitely been a rough winter so far.

We had two days of -6F here in PA. It stayed below freezing for over a week. And that was during the day.

I had a copper pipe freeze in my basement between the foundation and sheetrock wall on Christmas Eve. By the time I found where it was and thawed it out all the stores were closed. I found the copper pipe split in two places. We went without water for two days. What a hassle. Good thing we had bottled water for the water cooler.

I ended up pulling in a 35 foot piece of pex to replace the copper pipe. I had to cut several holes in the sheetrock wall in order to strap up the pex.

Global warming? Oh wait, that narrative didn't work out for them. Now they call it climate change.

At least mine was outside! Happy you caught it in time before a huge flood!

 

[Criscar]

At least mine was outside! Happy you caught it in time before a huge flood!

Just saw all of this, (sorry for all the stress and glad you were able to save a lot!) and that you ended up with the same set up I have with regard to the 300 gallon Rubbermaid stock tank. I have insulation wrapped around the tank, it’s in a wind sheltered spot, I turn off the waterfalls/pump at night, but I don’t cover the pond due to the plants. The end result is my pond temps run on average about 5 degrees warmer than our overnight lows, if that info is helpful in any way in planning for future cold snaps in a setup not as well insulated as the hot tub would have been. Here’s a graph of the air temp next to the pond and the water temps over the past month. Air is the left and water is the right: