Trenching with a Massey SCUT

[dieselscout80]

2 ways to make your life easier - first, use PEX, buy it in 100 foot rolls, much quicker and easier than PVC
second, why bury it?

I thought PEX was not UV stable, so it had to be covered or protected from the sun light?

 

[aczlan]

I thought PEX was not UV stable, so it had to be covered or protected from the sun light?

It does, I would probably use the black poly pipe for outdoor use.
PEX would probably be fine underground, you just need to keep the sunlight off of it where it comes up above ground.

Aaron Z

 

[LouNY]

My preference would be black poly pipe especially in ground with stones it has more flexibility and give then pvc or pex.
HDPE Plastic Water Pipe by Size

 

[plowhog]

I posted a question in the Projects section about PEX or PVC for sprinklers. One poster said the PEX connections are several bucks apiece. Then add the tools you need which is more $$. That poster thought PVC schedule 40 was a much better way ...

 

[plowhog]

My preference would be black poly pipe especially in ground with stones it has more flexibility and give then pvc or pex.
HDPE Plastic Water Pipe by Size

How do you adapt the poly pipe to the NPT thread fittings I would need to attach to swing joints or sprinkler bodies? Are those same fittings available with the poly pipe? (Sorry, know zero about poly pipe.)

 

[LouNY]

How do you adapt the poly pipe to the NPT thread fittings I would need to attach to swing joints or sprinkler bodies? Are those same fittings available with the poly pipe? (Sorry, know zero about poly pipe.)

Yes you can get plastic, brass, or galvanized fittings that you push into the poly and use a pair of hose clamps on (one will usually work) those fittings will be hose barbed on one end and male or female thread on the other.
Search Results for hose barb mnpt at The Home Depot

 

[MF RED in MT]

How do you adapt the poly pipe to the NPT thread fittings I would need to attach to swing joints or sprinkler bodies? Are those same fittings available with the poly pipe? (Sorry, know zero about poly pipe.)

This is what I did:

I used the 3/4" black poly pipe for the first time to run water from my well's frost free hydrant with the plastic fittings and stainless steel hose clamps about 6 years ago.

I purchased the poly pipe in 100' rolls since I did not have any runs over that.

It's stubbed up about 8" from the ground next to the hydrant and when the snows all gone, I install a 4 outlet manifold at the hydrant and connect the poly pipe with a short piece of garden hose that I made up.

I buried the pipe about 8" deep and where I ran it underneath the porch decks, I just secured it to the bottom side of the decking with one holed steel electrical EMT fastening clamps.

I installed 5 hose bibs, 1 in the greenhouse, 2 attached to the front deck, and 2 attached to the back deck.

I made up a fitting with a 1/4" ball valve that connects to my air hose and screws onto the hose bib/or hose to blow the water out of the system.

The 1/4" ball valve allows me to sort of regulate the amount of air pressure going through the piping.

I also lay out all of my garden hoses in the driveway and blow out the water before rolling them up.

The first couple of winters, I kind of worried about how the pipe was going to fair in frozen ground down to 6-8 feet (temps -20F to -40F), but it's doing just fine.

Good luck, KC

 

[MoMower]

I ran Pex to our barn. It’s a home run-from a manifold to the hydrant. All told about 125’.

I trenched with my gc 1710, buried 3-4’ deep.

For the buried part I sleeved it with old garden hose.

Forgot, don’t set the brakes and you can move along by pushing with the BH bucket.

 

[cdaigle430]

I ran Pex to our barn. It痴 a home run-from a manifold to the hydrant. All told about 125?

I trenched with my gc 1710, buried 3-4 deep.

For the buried part I sleeved it with old garden hose.

Forgot, don稚 set the brakes and you can move along by pushing with the BH bucket.

I burred a 600 foot drainage line and had to level it so that it had decent slope about 3 to 4 feet deep. Used yellow tape on arm to gauge depth and used the backhoe to advance the trench by moving the tractor. My problem was the soil was mostly sandy below a foot and I should have done all this in one day or when there was no rain in the forecast. 15% of the trench collapsed before I had time to add the drainage line thanks to a rain storm. Because I couldn't get the tractor back in line with the trench I had to dig the collapsed sections out by hand LOL.