eianewb
Well-Known Member
i am in the middle of setting a few culverts for a guy to make some creek crossings, and was wondering how you guys set them and start packing them. i do not have a plate compactor, so i have been packing with my bucket (tryin not to hammer it much). after i get above the pipe a foot or two, then i can track across it. i have been packing it all then adding 4-5 inches of fill then packing again.
the reason i ask... we are goin to add onto a pipe coming out of a dam to extend it, but there is more water running along side of the existing pipe than is running through it. did they not pack it good enough when they put it in? i guess i thought i was doing it all ok, and had no worries, until i saw one put in by a different company that was washing out. now i am second guessing myself.
thanks
the reason i ask... we are goin to add onto a pipe coming out of a dam to extend it, but there is more water running along side of the existing pipe than is running through it. did they not pack it good enough when they put it in? i guess i thought i was doing it all ok, and had no worries, until i saw one put in by a different company that was washing out. now i am second guessing myself.
thanks