Trenching.
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They made it up until about 5 PM. Tomorow they are renting an excavator with a blade, bucket and jack hammer attachment. They are coming down a hill that is a 300-foot drop. I am not sure how long it is from top to bottom but a lot of it is solid rock and steep.
300 ft drop = 130 psi of head pressure.
what’s the pipe rated for?
Eric has that figured out and is using high pressure piping and adapting for that. When they reach bottom, they will be coming back up part way.
The pipe is for high pressure.
Eric said the pipe he is using is 250 psi piping.
Wouldn't a tee at the "back up part way" suffice??
Thats up another hill. worded that wrong I guess
These are the lower part of the property. All total over 4000 feet of water line. Actually 8000 feet because there are 2 lines.
This is the low ground, and you can see the hill in the background.
I need a good garden tractor with an angle blade on the front to push the dirt in. Doing a small layer of dirt to cover the lines and then unroll a metal underground tape roll into the trench and cover it all up with the rest of the dirt. I am using the bucket on the bobcat to pull the small hill of dirt and it is slow going. with an angle blade I could just drive down the side.
This is the low ground, and you can see the hill in the background.
I need a good garden tractor with an angle blade on the front to push the dirt in. Doing a small layer of dirt to cover the lines and then unroll a metal underground tape roll into the trench and cover it all up with the rest of the dirt. I am using the bucket on the bobcat to pull the small hill of dirt and it is slow going. with an angle blade I could just drive down the side.
My son eric and my son-in-law decided to hire someone to trench the hillside. Here is a pic of it when he got to the bottom. I walked by it while he was trenching and didn't even think to take a pic of it Here is a pic of it at the bottom of the hill and a pic of Eric and Bryce in the trench.
This is a pic of the trench leading up to the hill.
This is a pic of the trench leading up to the hill.
Do you have a rear blade? You could straddle the trench and pull dirt over into the trench.
He only has a box blade and it doesn't angle.
Right now back dragging the small hill of dirt to cover pipes before laying in the metal tape for a metal detector. Then will turn around and back fill ther rest of the dirt. It would be so much easier and quicker with an angle blade.
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Here' a few pics of the hillside. the one with the view is a flat area that needs to be cleaned out and a little cabin put there so you can have your coffee and watch the sunrise. the last on is some of the rocks he dug up. He also opened up a cave the guy's are going to go back sometime and see ho big or deep it might be. They will drop a light and a camera.
