Well I ran out of intake hose to reach the waterline so I moved the pump down close to the waterline for the final drain out. Only problem is, now the pump has to push up hill a considerable amount which has increased the head considerably, and it shows with decreased pumping rate.
I may have to move the pump to the other side of the pond birm adjacent to the drainage ditch of which the intake hose can reach the deepest water. Or I do have 3 inch corrugated hose the intake hose will fit inside. I may experiment with that as in increasing the length of the intake. I'm just not sure the corrugated pipe will stay on the bottom.
Although I'm not doing anything wrong I don't like to draw attention to my pumping, which is why I was hesitant to move the pump to the highway side. It would also be a good way to get the pump stolen after dark. On top of that I want to drain this pond completely today as I notice my power company put in markers next to the ditch. Either they are marking buried power and the highway department is coming to dig the ditch or they are working on overhead powerlines. Either way I don't want to be pumping water while their here.
The pump moved down to the waterline and attached to a skid.
The end of the intake hose is inside this cage to keep fish out that would block the intake. Been there done that!
