Moving concrete pipe

[Smallplot]

Will plastic pipe (double walled stuff) handle a tractor/mower driving over it regularly? I was worried about the strength of it.

Plastic culvert pipe is used in a lot of farm field drives around here. If you have to wonder about your tractor lifting this concrete pipe, i don't think your tractor will have enough weight to worry about this. Sorry I don't know anything about your tractor specs either.

 

[MrWhippy]

Plastic culvert pipe is used in a lot of farm field drives around here. If you have to wonder about your tractor lifting this concrete pipe, i don't think your tractor will have enough weight to worry about this. Sorry I don't know anything about your tractor specs either.

Different tractor. The Ford 5600 pulls a batwing, but is 2wd and has no FEL

The NH Workmaster 55 has the FEL, BH 4wd, etc.

 

[Smallplot]

Different tractor. The Ford 5600 pulls a batwing, but is 2wd and has no FEL

The NH Workmaster 55 has the FEL, BH 4wd, etc.

And that 5600 is a lot smaller than field tractors, combine, or loaded grain trucks. I have driven a Ford 8000 across many of them.

And I don't know what the concrete pipe costs but I am sure the plastic is cheaper. And you could prob carry the plastic one over your shoulder without worry of it crumbling.

 

[JoeL4330]

as others have said, consider HDPE plastic ...double-wall, smooth interior meets everyone's standards ...you might be interested in the two attached PDFs:

one is installation practice that shows how much cover for how much load (and other worthwhile advice);

the other is an extract from a product brochure and I have highlighted the information on weight per 20 foot section, which should illustrate what others have been saying.

 

[Whitnel]

If your pipe has a lifting hole in it a chain can be run through the pipe with a loop in it. then put a pry bar inside the loop inside the pipe. When you lift on the chain it will pick up the pipe. You could put it on a trailer and haul it to the install location. They make a device we call a tea cup for lifting as well. It is a metal cable with large end, that end goes through the hole in the pipe then a metal disk slips on the the metal cable that is bigger than the hole to pick it up. You might be able to borrow this from the pipe supplier to set the pipe.

Don't know the company but shows what I am talking about.
Low Profile "Tea Cup" — Caldwell Group Lifting Solutions

 

[MrWhippy]

Great information!

I'm going to take a look and see if the plastic culvert will work for us. Definitely easier to maneuver!

 

[Pete Judd]

I just put a plastic culvert 24 inch in one of my creeks a couple of weeks ago, and am driving my 4wd truck over it loaded with wet firewood. About 5 inches of pit run, and batter boards on both ends to keep the gravel from falling into the creek. Almost no flex at this time, and I think it will outlast my grandkids.