My uncle told me to always run the pump dry for 30 seconds before shutdown. I thought it was a waste of time.

He ran a cutter suction dredge on the Mississippi for 20 years and swore by it. Last month, I skipped it to finish a job near Mobile a few minutes early. The next morning, the impeller was packed solid with settled silt. Cost me half a day and a new wear ring to clear it out. So, is this a must-do step, or just an old habit from a different era of equipment?

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diana5121mo ago

Old habits often come from expensive lessons.

milarodriguez1mo ago

Yeah, my friend learned that the hard way after trusting a bad roommate with rent. @diana512 is totally right about expensive lessons. Now she checks references like a detective, no exceptions.

seth_singh201mo ago

Checking references can scare off good people too. Sometimes the best roommates are just starting out and don't have a rental history. Overdoing the background check feels like you're hiring for a job, not finding someone to share a fridge with.

dakota41512d ago

Man, this whole thing reminds me of my cousin's situation last year. He rented a room to this guy who seemed super chill and normal at first. Three months in, the dude just stopped paying rent and started using the living room for his "online business" which was just a bunch of weird pyramid scheme calls at 2am. My cousin had to go through a whole eviction process because he didn't even get a basic reference. Sometimes you gotta know who you're letting into your actual home, not just your fridge.