Originally Posted By: Redonthehead
Originally Posted By: RAH
How did you bend the threaded rod? Looks great BTW.


I had bought a 6' stick of 1/4" all-thread (ebay I think), cut it into two pieces. I slowly bent them around the pipe trying not to kink it. No problem. After tightening the nuts down I sawed off the excess thread. Don't saw them off before getting it through the holes you drilled in the plate!

I second the thought of using a temporary siphon system to draw down the pond. Search on YouTube for videos. I used 2" PVC, and only glued the angles and cleanout on top of the dam, the 10' sticks were connected by temporary fernco rubber couplings. You will need a screen on the intake. Much better to let it run 24/7 by itself and not worry about a gas engine.


Good to know...

Well I did use a siphon a couple of times using 100' of 4" corrugated drain pipe... what a PAIN in the rear to get pulling... plus once I had it pulling if you went too deep in the pond I found it could not make the pull up the inside wall of the dam, I guess it was too steep, or too big of a pipe. I liked the idea of maybe installing a permanent siphon system just do not know how. I will do some research on that as well since like you said, no fun to keep gassing up a pump every 1.5 hrs...