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To: ConservativeStatement

And the dogs are missing their fire hydrants. By the way, just how does one go about stealing a fire hydrant?


2 posted on 05/18/2014 4:20:59 PM PDT by shove_it (long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of Obama's America)
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To: shove_it
You turn off the water main that feeds it, and you unbolt it. Not turning off the water main would be a 'hold my beer' moment, and maybe a Darwin Award moment.

/johnny

3 posted on 05/18/2014 4:23:19 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: shove_it

The valve opens in to the main so that when a hydrant gets knocked off, the valve will stay or slam shut.

The stem is about 1” rod and has some pipe sleeve connectors that hold them together.

Many times the bolts inside are so rusty that when a hydrant is replaced, they unbolt the outside flange and bend it over and break the sleeve.


29 posted on 05/18/2014 6:30:44 PM PDT by Clay Moore (I Like My Guns Like Obama Likes His Voters: Undocumented)
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