[TheForge] Sucker rod

[xlch58 at swbell.net]

Woolley wrote:
> I have never heard the term "sucker rod " before.  Where does it come 
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Must not be from Texas.  We had several corrals built from well casing 
for posts and sucker rod for rails.  Sucker rod is used to connect the 
oil well pumping machinery on the surface(Walking beam, or donkey as we 
called them) with the plunger at the bottom of the well.  It comes in 25 
foot lengths and has a alternating male and female threads at each 
end.   It is screwed together to make up the required distance between 
the top of the well and the bottom.  

Charles