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Bringing Water to the Park
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EddieWalker
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Here's my handy trench filler from the other side. Notice how smoothly it slides the material into the hole. It really is allot of fun to see it happen!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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just a guess but I assume it is for locating the waterline after it is buried? Probably one of those "Call before you dig" tools. I think there is certain equipment that you can connect to an electrical circuit that allows you to detect where that circuit is underground.
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It is a wire that is placed along with underground utilities so it can be traced later. Water lines, gas lines, etc. Don't think they needed trace wires back when utilities were in metal pipe because it could be traced with a metal detector but with so much plastic in use something was needed to locate underground utilities.
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Eddie, I was putting in a road for a guy and had to cut the sod off first, so I angled the blade and lowered it. The road was 2200 ft long and straight as an arrow so all you had to do was point it in the right direction and let it go. I was cutting about 3 inches deep and went sound asleep on the dozer about 100 foot from the end of the road. I hit a tree at the end and woke up. I had been sleepy all morning and just dozed for a second, but with the heat and that old diesel humming it is easy enough to do. No damage done except to my pride when a friend asked how I skined that tree at the culde a sac(sp). Mine was a 450 JD with no muffler and it would hum you to sleep in a heartbeat. That's one of the reasons why I don't hear as well as I once could. Looks like you are going to get done before I get another vacation. Later, Nat
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Looks like the tracer wire question got answered.
Pretty basic, but it's amazing how many lines went in with no tracer wire. They probe and dig, and probe some more hoping not to hit the unmarked pipes trying to find them.
Nat,
I spent most of the day today smoothing and shaping my road, which is about 700 ft. I know the feeling of getting sleepy, but to fall asleep on a dozer has to be a first. Good thing you didn't do any more damage then you did. Just the thought of a dozer running along on it's own is overwhelming.
Here's my finish tool. It's an oak log 8 ft long and 20 inches thick. It's heavy enough to smooth out the high spots, and the cylcone fence does a nice job of spreading things out.
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Pretty basic, but it's amazing how many lines went in with no tracer wire. They probe and dig, and probe some more hoping not to hit the unmarked pipes trying to find them.
Nat,
I spent most of the day today smoothing and shaping my road, which is about 700 ft. I know the feeling of getting sleepy, but to fall asleep on a dozer has to be a first. Good thing you didn't do any more damage then you did. Just the thought of a dozer running along on it's own is overwhelming.
Here's my finish tool. It's an oak log 8 ft long and 20 inches thick. It's heavy enough to smooth out the high spots, and the cylcone fence does a nice job of spreading things out.
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Very true. Down in the country I was on the board of directors for our water company and they never used a tracer wire; something I couldn't understand. A couple of times on my own property, the employees told me where they thought the water lines were, and they were wrong both times. I found the lines myself with a probe; something that's nearly impossible to do in the summer when that clay is dry and hard as a rock.
Very true. Down in the country I was on the board of directors for our water company and they never used a tracer wire; something I couldn't understand. A couple of times on my own property, the employees told me where they thought the water lines were, and they were wrong both times. I found the lines myself with a probe; something that's nearly impossible to do in the summer when that clay is dry and hard as a rock.
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They came out today and preasurized the pipe. It was only turned on a little so to get the air out, then fill with water. It took half an hour until water came out. This is a major step forward!!!
Now I have to let it set for a few days to allow the chlorine granules that I put into every fifth pipe to disenfect the impurities in the pipes.
Monday or Tuesday they will flush the lines and take a sample to the health department for analysis. If it's safe to drink, I'm ready for the next step. If not, then the water department will add more chlorine to the line until it does pass.
Not sure how they do that, but they have there ways. I'm not sweating it since I put so much in there.
Eddie
Now I have to let it set for a few days to allow the chlorine granules that I put into every fifth pipe to disenfect the impurities in the pipes.
Monday or Tuesday they will flush the lines and take a sample to the health department for analysis. If it's safe to drink, I'm ready for the next step. If not, then the water department will add more chlorine to the line until it does pass.
Not sure how they do that, but they have there ways. I'm not sweating it since I put so much in there.
Eddie
