texasjohn
Super Member
Farmerford, Well... there are stories in several TBN threads that people have pulled plastic pipe several hundred feet. I only have experience in pulling it for maybe 30 feet along one side of a fence... under the gate.. then along the fence again to come back up and hook the underground electric fencw wire back into the electric fenc.
So, I can't give you any direct experience, but I am here to tell you that it is amazingly frictionLESS.... and don't doubt that quite a long pull can be done..however, I DO recommend that you do it with a buddy... one to drive the tractor, the other to watch where the pipe enters the ground and keep kinks away, etc.
Yep, soil will make a difference.
Once, I pulled a black plastic pipe under a gateway and got interrupted and just left the tractor where it was.... came back about a week later... we'd had a light rain, maybe .5 inches a couple of days after the initial pull. I decided that I needed to pull another couple of feet, so started the tractor and started slowly forward... yep, all moved forward OK... UNTIL I looked at the pipe.... it was STRETCHING OUT... AND GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER. The rain had caused the loose dirt to clamp down on the pipe and it no longer was pullable! Lesson learned... don't stop a pull until it is COMPLETELY done.
Give it a try, you'll be amazed how well it works. If I didn't need to snuggle up to a fence, I'd make it a well centered pull rather than off to one side.
So, I can't give you any direct experience, but I am here to tell you that it is amazingly frictionLESS.... and don't doubt that quite a long pull can be done..however, I DO recommend that you do it with a buddy... one to drive the tractor, the other to watch where the pipe enters the ground and keep kinks away, etc.
Yep, soil will make a difference.
Once, I pulled a black plastic pipe under a gateway and got interrupted and just left the tractor where it was.... came back about a week later... we'd had a light rain, maybe .5 inches a couple of days after the initial pull. I decided that I needed to pull another couple of feet, so started the tractor and started slowly forward... yep, all moved forward OK... UNTIL I looked at the pipe.... it was STRETCHING OUT... AND GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER. The rain had caused the loose dirt to clamp down on the pipe and it no longer was pullable! Lesson learned... don't stop a pull until it is COMPLETELY done.
Give it a try, you'll be amazed how well it works. If I didn't need to snuggle up to a fence, I'd make it a well centered pull rather than off to one side.