[TheForge] Sucker rod

[Saint Phlip]

Not from Texas, or Ohio, either. It's a generic term, applied to the
rods in oil wells, but also applied to similar (but usually smaller)
rods for the same purpose for water wells.

On Jan 18, 2008 11:13 PM,  <xlch58 at swbell.net> wrote:
> >
> 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


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