Water pickup vs anchoring

[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by Garcia

Curious how many leave the water line in all year, and for those who do, any issues with foot valve? Just check it when the water warms up?

My waterline and pump have been in the lake for 15 years without a single issue….yet!

Dan

[TiltonBB]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

My waterline and pump have been in the lake for 15 years without a single issue….yet!

Dan

One of my water lines stays in year round. It is buried until about 50 feet from shore and then comes up about 2 feet above the lake bed for the last 10 feet. I asked the previous owner how they did that and they said it was done back in the days when you could put a backhoe in the lake. Interesting times!

[Descant]

I have a well pump similar to the set up described by Ishoot308 and Slickcraft. Never had a sand problem. (I wonder if more boat traffic in TiltonBB's area makes the water more turbulent raising sand into the intake?) I replaced the pump once, and I replaced the well pump at my mainland homer once in 45 years, so I guess the life expectancy of the pump is about 20-25 years. The poly pipe is threaded through a couple of concrete blocks to keep it close to the bottom. Anchoring in our area is rare. Some fishing. The pipe stays in place year round. I put a 4" poly sleeve around the intake pipe and the power line to protect it from chafing where it just lays on the rocks on the shoreline. Never had ice damage, but I note there are two nearby rocks (300-400 lb?) that the ice stole from my breakwater and moves them a little bit each year. One is now close to high and dry on the shore.

[ApS]

Originally Posted by Descant

I have a well pump similar to the set up described by Ishoot308 and Slickcraft. Never had a sand problem. (I wonder if more boat traffic in TiltonBB's area makes the water more turbulent raising sand into the intake?) I replaced the pump once, and I replaced the well pump at my mainland homer once in 45 years, so I guess the life expectancy of the pump is about 20-25 years. The poly pipe is threaded through a couple of concrete blocks to keep it close to the bottom. Anchoring in our area is rare. Some fishing. The pipe stays in place year round.
I put a 4" poly sleeve around the intake pipe and the power line to protect it from chafing where it just lays on the rocks on the shoreline. Never had ice damage, but I note there are two nearby rocks (300-400 lb?) that the ice stole from my breakwater and moves them a little bit each year. One is now close to high and dry on the shore.

Polypipe appears to have tremendous resistance to chafing; however, I took an additional step. I took four feet of polypipe, cut it into four sections, then sliced each one lengthwise. They were snapped over the intake pipe, which allowed rotatation when struck by wakes.

Because polypipe floats (and collects bubbles) those sections have stayed at the "rockline" for many years.