The SEE has really been earning its keep lately. I have been working it really hard, and I have a lot yet to do with it. The SEE has just been amazing. It can do a lot more than I have the skill to do, but I have been learning a lot about how to work it. That probably deserves a thread of its own. I will try to document some of the things I have learned. Maybe some of you better operators can give us trial and error guys some tips.
Here is my laundry list of things to do with it.
- Dig out the trench for the rough plumbing for the garage.
- Dig the trench to connect the garage plumbing to the main septic line. I have a full basement and a gravity drain. So the main line is about 9' down. With about 120 feet at 1/4" per foot = 30" so starting 7'6 deep at garage.
- Water supply line from well to house ~ 150' ~ 4' deep to get below frost line.
- Trench for electrical conduit ~ 60 feet @ 3 feet deep.
- Hole to bury propane tank
- hole to bury cistern
- Hole to bury septic tank.
- Leach field ~ 12' x 76' at 3 feet deep
- Main sewer line ~ 250' starting @ 9' ending @ 3' with 1/4" per foot increase in depth .
I am sure there will be other stuff but that will keep me busy for a while.
here are some pictures of what I have done so far. I will try to add some other pictures later.
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First leg of septic from future garage to main line.
Rough in of plumbing for garage. 2" in foreground for utility sink. Immediately behind sink is shower P-Trap. To the left of that is 4" for the toilet. The black pipe is a water supply line. 3" in the back ground is a clean out. I should have planned this better. I needed to back fill the plumbing rough in so I could dig the trench to connect to the main septic line. Which meant I had to dig down to find the pipe from the plumbing rough in. Of course I caught the line while trying to locate it and had to cut out the damaged part to make the connection.
trench for conduit. I would have loved to have a 12" bucket for this, but I think I need 24" for everything else.
SEE at the end of a long day in the trenches.
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