How to get gravel out of pipe?

[aczlan]

To bring this back to tractors, here is a PTO powered vacuum that would probbaly do the trick: AgriMetal Tuff Vac 4000 Leaf and Debris Vacuum, 30 HP, PTO Model

Aaron Z

 

[MapleLeafFarmer]

shop vac would be my first choice but water blasting could work as well.
1/2" copper pipe attached to garden hose and plung and lift with highest water pressure you can get out of a garden hose may "float" blast enough out??

 

[powerpace]

Rod with chewing gum on the end. Don't complicate it.

 

[handymansvs]

Hello,

I would use a Carpenters Brace with a Auger Bit that fits inside the pipe. Cleans it out quickly!!

Joe

 

[texasjohn]

Tractor>inverter>shop vac>empty pipe>empty vac into FEL>dump FEL at point of your choosing>all done!!:tractor:

 

[BIG DOOLEY]

Don't forget Pilot,, if the shop vac doesn't take care of the problem,, I can still come up with some type of explosive device with the use of a tractor front end loader as a shield,, if needed.. just let me know.. Lou

Unfortunately thats always been the preferred method her in Michigan.
Pipe+Powder+Rocks=somethings moving fast
We have had our share of bomb nuts her in Michigan.
Timmothy McVeigh practiced on a farm here in Deckerville.
Not sure we will ever recover from that nut.
Stick to the bubble gum or shop vac

 

[podagrower]

If the pipe is PVC (which I doubt it is in this case) muriatic, sulferic, or hydrocloric acid makes things disappear.

 

[MossRoad]

Take a masonry bit a tad smaller than the inside diameter of the pipe and a hammer drill and all will be well in a few minutes. I know this because I used to work at an airport with gravel T-hanger floors.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

shop vac would be my first choice but water blasting could work as well.
1/2" copper pipe attached to garden hose and plung and lift with highest water pressure you can get out of a garden hose may "float" blast enough out??

I'm with you on the water blast; only problem, working with a 3/4" pipe means you would have to fashion the 1/2" copper pipe, but it should work well. As I recall, this technique is used to recover sulfur...they pump steam down a pipe that's inside another larger pipe, and the product comes up the space between. Of course air should work too.

 

[Pilot]

Water sound like a good idea, but there is no nearby source of water.

After this storm passes thru and I can open one of the doors to the hangar without it blowing off the hinges, I intend to duct tape a small pipe to my shop vac so I can slip it into the pipe in the ground and suck the rest out.

Thanks for all the suggestions.