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Descant · 08-19-2025, 01:21 PM

We have never removed the pipe from the winter, since 1960. Originally we had galvanized pipe and it was just too heavy. When we switched to poly there seemed to be no reason to pull it out. Once, the pipe wore through where it rubbed on the rocks with wave and ice action. We now have a section of 4" pipe to protect the actual feed line (and the electric cable) along the immediate shore.

08-19-2025, 01:21 PM	#17
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,449 Thanks: 1,373 Thanked 1,650 Times in 1,078 Posts	removing pipe? We have never removed the pipe from the winter, since 1960. Originally we had galvanized pipe and it was just too heavy. When we switched to poly there seemed to be no reason to pull it out. Once, the pipe wore through where it rubbed on the rocks with wave and ice action. We now have a section of 4" pipe to protect the actual feed line (and the electric cable) along the immediate shore.