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Re: Digging a level trench with a backhoe
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Posted by old on January 09, 2007 at 10:25:11 from (4.244.90.57):
In Reply to: Digging a level trench with a backhoe posted by Terry Edwards on January 09, 2007 at 09:31:05:
Pratice, pratice and more yep. Now then you really need to dig it about a foot deeper then that, fill with some gravel, lay the pipe, fill with more gravel, then lay plastic on top of the gravel. The plastic keeps the fill dirt from blending into the gravel and clogging things up. Also if you want and even better system at the end of each line make a dry well. Dig a hole 8-10 foot deep run the end on the line into it and fill 3/4 of the way with gravel, then cover with plastic and then fill in the rest with dirt. Thats how e did my system and my parents system and we have never had any problem and both system where done back before 1992
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