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The Craziest Looking Thing I've Ever Built


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It's a pig launcher for cleaning pipes!

 

Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding! We have a winner! Its a Pig Gurney for launching and receiving pipline inspection and cleaning Pigs.

 

I did like the pork rhinds guess - like a big lathe that peels the skin right off the pig.

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Like Steve Allen on "To tell the Truth", I had to withdraw myself from the competition because of familiarity with the subject matter. The three pages were better than an answer right off anyway.

 

I'm glad someone WAG'd it and finally got it!

 

To be honest I was looking back becasue I wanted to spoil it after 24 hours or so anyway...LOL!

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Here it is in action:

(BTW, they call them "Pigs" because back in the day, they used tools made of leather and when they went through the pipeline, the leather against the steel made a squeeling sound like a pig)

 

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Here is some background if anyone is interested.

http://www.bjservices.com/website/index.nsf/P&S?openframeset

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Tim, I could have gone the rest of my life without ever seeing that photo!

 

Gargh! That brought back memories. We used them for cleaning the accumulation out of landfill gas recovery pipes...

 

Imagine that smell. It comes back to me now. It came back when I saw that photo, as well. Eeeych!

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