812harleys
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- Joined
- May 21, 2007
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- 44
- Location
- Dolores Colorado
- Occupation
- Equipment operator, mechanic, some office work on
Hi guys, I could use some help on getting an estimate together on a pipeline project we are getting ready to do. I can't seem to find a thread I was looking at a month or so ago about how much pipe one can lay in a day. What we are going to do this winter is lay 5 1/2 miles of 3 foot irrigation water pipe. I still need to find out the exact pipe it is because we may be going with the poly pipe and it is welded together. We are also going with the wireless meters so we can keep track of the water usage right here in the office. Anyway, this is all stuff that will come in in due time.
We have 2 excavators, a 240 and 490 John deere, a 310 rubber tire hoe, 550 JD dozer, 4 ton dynapac padfoot roller, dump trucks and all but I would like to know is if anyone out there has done any 3' pipelaying and about how many feet a crew can get done in a day?? I went out and dug some test holes for the engineer for the realignment in some areas and looks like we can do it. There is only one knob that has alot of shale rock that will take a little time to get through but most of this operation is going less than 8'-10' deep and will be able to put it right into the old ditch or next to it and fill in the old ditch with some of the excess dirt generated. There will be places we will import bedding sand that we have alot of from cleaning ditches for over 100 years and I will want to do as much pre-planning beforehand to get sand hauled out there and place in some easy to get spots, some roads cut or dressed, and as much done before the water is out of the ditch to speed things up for this phase during the winter(about half). Is anyone familiar with plastic welded water pipe and is there a rule of thumb or a template I can use to estimate how much time with this epuipment it will take to lay this pipeline. I am rather new to estimating and doing office work but I have one real bad back and my boss is getting me into the office to do computer work and this pipeline is to be my project so I want to do him a good job(any advice is appreciated.) In addition to the paperwork I will be running the 240 excavator and we should have 2 other people to operate, 3 people the help ly the pipe and drive truck or whatever, and according to the engineer the pipe company will be supplying a plastic welder and man to operate it as well. If anyone is familiar with laying 3' welded pipeline please let me know what I can expect timewise. I know there is alot of variables involved but I have no experience with welded plastic.:beatsme
We have 2 excavators, a 240 and 490 John deere, a 310 rubber tire hoe, 550 JD dozer, 4 ton dynapac padfoot roller, dump trucks and all but I would like to know is if anyone out there has done any 3' pipelaying and about how many feet a crew can get done in a day?? I went out and dug some test holes for the engineer for the realignment in some areas and looks like we can do it. There is only one knob that has alot of shale rock that will take a little time to get through but most of this operation is going less than 8'-10' deep and will be able to put it right into the old ditch or next to it and fill in the old ditch with some of the excess dirt generated. There will be places we will import bedding sand that we have alot of from cleaning ditches for over 100 years and I will want to do as much pre-planning beforehand to get sand hauled out there and place in some easy to get spots, some roads cut or dressed, and as much done before the water is out of the ditch to speed things up for this phase during the winter(about half). Is anyone familiar with plastic welded water pipe and is there a rule of thumb or a template I can use to estimate how much time with this epuipment it will take to lay this pipeline. I am rather new to estimating and doing office work but I have one real bad back and my boss is getting me into the office to do computer work and this pipeline is to be my project so I want to do him a good job(any advice is appreciated.) In addition to the paperwork I will be running the 240 excavator and we should have 2 other people to operate, 3 people the help ly the pipe and drive truck or whatever, and according to the engineer the pipe company will be supplying a plastic welder and man to operate it as well. If anyone is familiar with laying 3' welded pipeline please let me know what I can expect timewise. I know there is alot of variables involved but I have no experience with welded plastic.:beatsme