NFT: Running a tri-axle dump truck over a buried SDR35 pipe

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This is one of those situations where its better to be safe than sorry....

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bridge up on either side and run that suck over it. What's the big deal?

the line has only 12-inches of cover?

Lay them over where the pipe is to distribute the weight. Something so all the weight isn't just on the tire contact area.

There is a 10-20 foot span of SDR35 that connects the tank to the fields. It's right behind that damn pipe where I need to dump and level out the fill.

It's bad enough I gotta pay $175 for something that I can dig out of the ground for free!

20 tons of fill will take forever to move.

what's the worst that can happen?

because the distribution box is visible on the ground. The same pipe going into the box is only buried 6" or so. I'm probably being generous with the 12" guess, it might be shallower.

this post just emasculated most of us.

wouldn't it be simple to fix?

if it's buried 12-inches, you've got freezing issues with it already.

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Which it most likely is not and youre talking about driving over the field i wouldn't drive anything over it. The more you compact the area - especially if the ground is wet at all, which it most definitely is - the less of a life span you'll get on the field. And if your field has any honeycomb installed - mantis, green leech, whatever - I wouldn't drive a small tractor over it. You're talking about PVC pipe only buried a bit higher than the outflow. I wouldn't drive a dump truck over it.

to fix the septic pipe than it is to move 20 tons of fill?

20 yards of fill isn't that big of a deal. Get a few buddies over, couple cases of beer and you'll have it moved in a day.

= 1 yard?

if so, I agree. I thought depending on density of the fill, 1 ton would equal multiple yards.

But let's put it this way - a yard of mud could be up to 3000 pounds and fill definitely isn't mud. Still, it's not really that much for a bunch of guys.

Hell, rent a skid steer for the day and chop your time in half.

20 tons of fill sounds like a lot but it really isn't.

If the pipe is only 12inches deep you risk crushing it. You probably(key word here)wouldn't flatten it(it's pvc, right?)but you'll end up cracking or splitting it, maybe even quite a ways from the initial weight, and you'll have all kinds of trouble later.

Also remember the weight of this truck is going to be enormous. Wait until you see the depth of the tracks it makes as it moves across your apparently damp ground.

I'm not happy to admit this, but I've already had a small tractor work for an hour over the area. Had a massive tulip torn down and they needed the equipment to move the wood.

The (somewhat) good news is the fields are less than 10 years old, so hopefully new construction standards produce more robust systems. The tank is original. NOTHING runs over the tank...partly because it's in an ideal location away from everything.

The septic system is really screwing up my plans for my property. I'd love to pay someone to haul in 200 tons of dirt and level my entirely property but I know this would probably destroy my entire septic system. Now I have to pick and choose my battles.

the 10-20 foot span of SDR35 is really more like 50-60 feet. The tank is at least 50 feet away from the fields.

Is a dirty, nasty, ugly, miserable job. I recommend the safest route. Take your time.

Good luck pal. Like I said, the biggest I'd go is a small tractor or skid steer for earthmoving.

doesn't the septic contractor have to run over the fields with heavy equipment anyways to finalize the installation? Surely they have to use something with a bit of weight to fill-in and spread dirt and top soil.

I'll probably go the manual route. The exercise will be nice.

an excavator at a distance from the actual installation.

on 220-221. Whatever it takes.

you either move it maually or you rent a small skid loader for the day. It shouldn't cost more than $200 a day and many places will rent them for half days for less.

Sunbelt is a good national company. They don't do half days rentals but, they don't charge extra for delivery either and if they are more than 45 minutes late delivering, you get the day for free.

2 or 3 smaller loads delivered with a smaller truck.

Duh.

pipe in 4" has a wall thickness of 1/8" and has very little hoop strength. The truck will flatten it or crack it.
6" isn't much thicker and it's not any more resistant to outside force.
The skid steer isn't a bad idea or any small tractor with a bucket will do. 20 yards is a lot more to move by hand than you've been led to believe.

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Whatever isn't a big deal if you have some heads. It just takes some doing.

But it depends on how far you have to move it. If its front yard, driveway, back yard...easy shit.

If its over the meadow and thru the fuckin woods then you either change forkin plans, sell the property or airlift that mutherfucker.

Or be prepared to be knee deep in your own shit...and everyone else's that has ever visited your casa.

Use a catapult.

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to fill-in site. Luckily, it's downhill too. However, I'm a little hesitant to operate heavy equipment on a plane. I had the luxury of operating a Terramite T5C; fun toy but almost flipped it on a dozen separate occasions!

Looks like I'm going shovel and wheelbarrow...

I will stop by and some of my friends and i will lay down around the afflicted area.

then you can just drive over us for $10.00 an hour

use a Bob-cat rent one of those to transport the fill after you have it dropped in a safe place. They also have motorized wheel barrels, you may be able to rent one of those.

and put it back when it leaves...

If its that shallow...it wont be filled with shit...