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09/27/13, 06:40 AM
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Well, first off Fall is here and my priority is firewood. Secondly, I bought my wife a new flashlight........... Third, the spot I would have to dig is right on the edge of the driveway, and the exact spot I turn my truck around, and being the only convenient spot to turn around. My plan is to find a very small remote video camera to get a look and see if whatever is down there is worth digging up. Does anyone rent such a thing?
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Most root cellars are "humped" up over the top. So this may not be one. Whether it is and old root cellar or an old tank, using the area to turn your truck around is risky. Just because you have gotten by with it for years, doesn't mean you will get by with it tomorrow. Personally, I would find out what it is before I drove anything over it again.
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09/27/13, 12:02 PM
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Have you dug it up yet? Inquiring minds want to know. Maybe it is Al Capones secret vault!
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09/27/13, 07:55 PM
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getting updates
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09/27/13, 09:09 PM
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I heard that Roto Rooter had a camera on the end of the snake and it turns the camera in all angles, and it has it's own light! Do you feel like you opened a can of worms? Hope this all works out for the best.
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09/29/13, 03:19 AM
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The next Homesteading get together should be a TINKNAL's, so we can get this thing dug out!!!
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09/29/13, 08:01 AM
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have you dug down to the top? most likely there is some type of man hole cover on top of it, and most likely a old water cistern.
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09/29/13, 04:34 PM
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Location: Minnesota
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Quote:
Originally Posted by farminghandyman
have you dug down to the top? most likely there is some type of man hole cover on top of it, and most likely a old water cistern.
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The ground water here is usually pretty close to the surface so cisterns are uncommon around here. If it was a gravity fed it would have had to fed into the basement.
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09/29/13, 04:45 PM
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Location: South Central Wisconsin
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Originally Posted by tinknal
The ground water here is usually pretty close to the surface so cisterns are uncommon around here. If it was a gravity fed it would have had to fed into the basement.
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If it were a reservoir for stock, it would have fed to the barn, not the house. For house water, hand pump on the windmill would have provided it.
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09/29/13, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Paquebot
If it were a reservoir for stock, it would have fed to the barn, not the house. For house water, hand pump on the windmill would have provided it.
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That would even make less sense location wise. It is located in such a way that it could be used to provide water to a lower pasture, but that is about it.
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12/08/13, 07:40 PM
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Still no update?
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12/09/13, 05:01 AM
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Buddy of mine works for a sewer outfit that sends cameras down municipal lines all the time. Unless he knows you, that could be a little spendy. On the other hand, it could be an old ICBM silo. Have you noticed any low flying drones around your place?
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12/09/13, 06:09 AM
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12/09/13, 08:52 AM
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Get busy!!!!!! What the heck is in there?????? 
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12/09/13, 05:06 PM
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you know ---------------------now we're gonna have to wait for spring for them to dig and by that time, we will have forgotten---NOT!!!!!!
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12/09/13, 05:25 PM
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Well now he is gonna have to wait till summer at least!
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12/09/13, 06:08 PM
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Location: Michigan
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Well now he is gonna have to wait till summer at least!
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Yup and they are in Minnesota so Summer is those first two weeks of August.
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12/11/13, 11:53 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Texas
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Right?!?! I've been ready for the adventure to start for the last 4 pages!
Come on tink.... how about an early Christmas present for the forum?
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03/15/14, 05:15 PM
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Any updates?
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I have given up.
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