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Unpopular opinion: too many guys still run their ladder pumps by feel instead of a gauge
Had my 8 inch discharge line plug solid on Wednesday out at the Arkansas River job near Van Buren, and I caught it way later than I should have because I was going off sound instead of my vacuum gauge. Cost me four hours of downtime and a new wear plate on the 6x6 pump. Anyone else switch to watching the numbers, or do you all still trust your ear on the suction side?
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roberts.troy7d ago
Did you end up mounting the gauge where you can actually see it from the controls? I did that after a similar plug up and it saved my butt more than once. Ears lie when the pump starts cavitating, the needle don't.
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