[TheForge] Sucker rod

[robert hensarling]

Sucker rods are used in the pumping of water from wells also.  Most rods for 
water are wood with brass fittings to eliminate rust in the water well pipe. 
The chief source of energy for causing the rod to go up and down is (drum 
roll please) the wind.  Windmills are still present all over this state, 
with some of the deeper ones out in the Big Bend area able to draw from more 
than 1,500 feet.  The actual device at the bottom of the well that causes 
the water to go to surface is basically a large brass checkvalve.  The valve 
is open on the downstroke, and closed on the upstroke, which causes a set 
amount of H2O to be drawn up, providing that there is some wind.
----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Sucker rod


> Woolley wrote:
>> I have never heard the term "sucker rod " before.  Where does it come 
>> from?
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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
>
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