Water? Where?

Have been surviving a water issue in the barn for months. It has been too cold or too wet to work on this project. Because the hydrant is leaking we have to turn the well pump off and on, adding trips to the basement and a constant reminder written on the bathroom mirror.

Finally the weather turned SUMMER with highs in the 80s (can you believe this!?) and now the fix is all going quickly to cr@p.

While digging up the hydrant inside the barn door, a brass fitting failed. Now using hoses from the house to fill buckets. Wonder why my shoulder hurts....

To remedy this new development he's going to dig a three foot deep, three foot in diameter, hole inside the storage space. This displaces that much cattle carpet and stone dust, too. What a mess! What a chore! What a life!

Lesson Learned: Don't buy anything mechanical from Tractor Supply. These hydrants failed within two years, not a good value.