HDRider
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What is the best pipe to use for an underground water line?
Normally I can find the stuff on the webnet but I did not.
Normally I can find the stuff on the webnet but I did not.
See the posts about rocks! Around here we consider anything head size or smaller to be gravel. Sadly we don;t have much gravel, mostly rocks the size of cars.JMJ Farms":1mf54otn said:Here's a tip if you go with PVC. Lay it out and glue it together (behind where you want to start). Take a one row subsoiler and run your trench. Go back to the beginning, wire your PVC to the bottom of the foot (put a cap on pipe), put it in your lowest gear, and you can drag it right in. When you get to the end unhook the pipe and run both sides of the trench with your front tire. No digging and no covering. Have drug in 2000' foot this way.
dun":39al2fr3 said:See the posts about rocks! Around here we consider anything head size or smaller to be gravel. Sadly we don;t have much gravel, mostly rocks the size of cars.JMJ Farms":39al2fr3 said:Here's a tip if you go with PVC. Lay it out and glue it together (behind where you want to start). Take a one row subsoiler and run your trench. Go back to the beginning, wire your PVC to the bottom of the foot (put a cap on pipe), put it in your lowest gear, and you can drag it right in. When you get to the end unhook the pipe and run both sides of the trench with your front tire. No digging and no covering. Have drug in 2000' foot this way.
Delivered? Helluva deal, I'll take you up on that!Jogeephus":3jzs7u05 said:While normally I'm asking six cents a pound I'll sell it in volume for 3.5 cents per pound. :mrgreen:
This is what I am considering. I did one 3,000 run with 1.5" and 2" PVC. It worked out fine. I just worry about all those glue joints, plus it just seems easier to use the long rolls of poly pipe instead of doing all that gluing.cowboy43":1e1itw4u said:The black poly pipe last forever and is easier to lay because you can get it in 300 ft rolls.
I buried 1200 ft by myself and it was easy.
It also won't get punched in rocky soil where the ground moves around a lot.cowboy43":onomb0y6 said:The black poly pipe last forever and is easier to lay because you can get it in 300 ft rolls.
I buried 1200 ft by myself and it was easy.
HDRider":nfeq94l8 said:This is what I am considering. I did one 3,000 run with 1.5" and 2" PVC. It worked out fine. I just worry about all those glue joints, plus it just seems easier to use the long rolls of poly pipe instead of doing all that gluing.cowboy43":nfeq94l8 said:The black poly pipe last forever and is easier to lay because you can get it in 300 ft rolls.
I buried 1200 ft by myself and it was easy.
PVC seems used most often, and I don't want to invite trouble.
Thanks all.
Nesikep":3olt7yuc said:Only problem I see with putting it in with the subsoiler is that the same subsoiler will also dig it up if you ever pass that way again!
dun":2m0psnng said:Delivered? Helluva deal, I'll take you up on that!Jogeephus":2m0psnng said:While normally I'm asking six cents a pound I'll sell it in volume for 3.5 cents per pound. :mrgreen:
JMJ Farms":ikctajnp said:Nesikep":ikctajnp said:Only problem I see with putting it in with the subsoiler is that the same subsoiler will also dig it up if you ever pass that way again!
This is very true Nesikep. Just have to remember where it is and run parallel to the water line.