Please help me identify what this is; outdoor home "thingy"

[simple_gifts]

This is outside my friend's house; she believes it has something to do with the previous owner having a tractor driven generator; The large nut does not rotate but the sleeve to the right of it does? VERY firmly in the ground; i could not move it @ all.

Thanks.

 

[earlyre]

weird DIY hose reel?

 

[MasterSolenoid]

weird DIY hose reel?

That's my guess.
You beat me to it.

 

[skyactiv]

Feed a Endoscope/Colonoscopy camera down it and find out for us.

 

[BigCahuna]

Maybe a home made oil tank fill pipe?,,

 

[totegoat]

Looks like a good stout one.

 

[nomas]

My guess is a hose reel . Or part of one .

 

[ekrampitzjr]

Maybe a home made oil tank fill pipe?,,

Would an oil company be willing to use a homemade fill pipe like that one? Just asking, I don't know.

 

[55hambone]

A paper towel holder.

 

[WylieCoyote]

Can't think of why a hose hanger would need a spinning sleeve, but it sure appears to be one. Is there a spigot nearby?

 

[Warstud]

IDK....but your friend needs a couple of feet of downspout to get the water away from the foundation.

 

[eljefino]

Maybe a home made oil tank fill pipe?,,

The nut's wrong, and by code there should be a "whistle" nearby.

 

[oldhp]

I'll bet there was a wheel or hub that goes the rotating piece. Why I have no idea. Come on this is BITOG !!!!!!! We won't sleep until we know!!!!

 

[skyactiv]

Feed an electricians fish tape with a cotton ball secured on the end and see.

 

[Dave9]

I'd guess a hose reel and if there isn't a faucet nearby then that adjacent downspout was probably feeding a water barrel in the past.

 

[chemman]

Does the house have oil heat?

 

[DirectRejection]

Really gonna need a correct answer here.

 

[loneryder]

Radon vent??

 

[Dinoburner]

Found a sleeve like that many years ago and tossed it on the iron pile. Now I`m really curious, will have to see if it`s still there.

 

[CleanSump]

It is not for heating oil. Look at that right angle. It would dump as much on the ground as in the tank.
It is too small for the hose end. It would not meet any code. No one would be willing to try to fill it.