So its been in the 40's just barely 50's here the past few days, I decide i want to run the power to my shed. Yeah ok, 2-3 inches down, ground is frozen!



had to pickaxe all the damn dirt out and I am still only 5" down with the pipe.


What were you looking for some type of porn here?


Go ahead Dan.....laugh. I should have rented a ditchwitch!

Terry

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well first I was thinking porn sweet, then intercooling piping would be cool too. I'm installing mine this weekend. But no
you Fail!

We will build you bigger and stronger


Wake up and drive my ass... More like wake up and fix it.

If the opposite of Pro is Con
then the opposite of Progress is Congress

Just to be an asshole, spec is 3' deep. Good luck with it and remember to cut the power before you tie it in!


P.S. You should have rented a Ditchwitch.

Representing the Central Cali chapter of 2GNT!
(I think I'm the only member )

Ha, after getting a foot of snow a few days ago, it was 50* here yesterday, all the snow melted and I thought it would be a good idea to put in my mail box since when I resided my house I had to take it off the house. I started digging in the ground and it was froze too, so it will have to wait.

But Terry, you should have rented a Ditchwitch.

-MIKE-

Stroked 2.2L

We will build you bigger and stronger


Wake up and drive my ass... More like wake up and fix it.

If the opposite of Pro is Con
then the opposite of Progress is Congress

I can see it now....

you sell the house in a few years, and the new owners decide to have a barbecue. They're setting up the volleyball net, pounding a stake into the ground, when ZAAAAAAAP! lol

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Electric spec is not 3', i work for the electric utility and can say from experience that you are very wrong.

Water pipes are minimum 36" due to frost line.

Least i wasnt digging for a mailbox...lol

Screw it to the top of a 55 gallon can mike!

-MIKE-

Stroked 2.2L

That looks like it was fun.

It reminds me of when i did surveying work. A 130lb man driving a metal stake in a frozen ground with a 20lb sludge never seemed to work out for me, took like 15-20mins for me to do on

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13psi on a built bottom end with a stock now mtx, check mate.

Mike's mailbox.....




better yet:

Originally posted by Star Turbo Talon
Mike's mailbox.....

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13psi on a built bottom end with a stock now mtx, check mate.

Originally posted by susafuss
That looks like it was fun. It reminds me of when i did surveying work. A 130lb man driving a metal stake in a frozen ground with a 20lb sludge never seemed to work out for me, took like 15-20mins for me to do on

Representing the Central Cali chapter of 2GNT!
(I think I'm the only member )

lol dumbass.. you can expect the ground to be frozen all the way 'till mid April at least. Why do you think I did not build my deck in the spring...

-97 GS (First project, 299 whp)(sold)
- 97 RS 2.6 last numbers: 306hp, 352tq @16psi (Dead, parted out)
- 99 GS OZ, Hahn Kit, 56k miles (Sold)
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- 02 Audi A4 1.8T Quattro

I'm not using to seeing dirt when people dig. It's all sand here.

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1998 Eclipse GST - Stroked 2.3l, HX40 fed: Build in progress
2010 Subaru Outback Limited

I hate hipsters.

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By primary you referring to 4/12kv/34kV correct? Your right, new subdivisions typically get the primaries, transformers, and most services installed before final grading. A service drop is not referred to as a primary (yet so many people seem to think it is). Now the damn landscapers come along and remove 12-24" of clay to lay down 4" of top soil. Service drops are only installed 24" below surface and thats direct bury. Conduit runs are a little different depending on application. Most of your City (chicago) duct packages can be as deep as 20' or 6'. It all depends on the engineering and other utilities located there. In the city we installed all concrete duct packages though so good luck hitting it with a hand shovel. It all depends on where you live to, southern states have a hard time because 24" is all water.

Many garage feed wiring is within the top 12" of soil and its typically direct bury Romex. 40 years ago there were no such things as spec or whats really important is CODE. Your believed spec doesnt mean jack shit to anyone. Plainfield still has very lienant CODE. Shit, our houses are all built with romex...no conduit. When i rewired my garage I went with 1/2 conduit, not because its safer, because it was covered inside the walls and if i burned up a wire, i was not going to tear my wall apart to fix it. Same with the shed, direct bury would need to be around 16' down with my dogs but sched 40 PVC cant even be broken into with a hand shovel.



Terry

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Your a lineman? If so congrats....it will be the best career of your life. you can anywhere and work at any time. If your ever in chicago we will have to get together.

Terry

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Yeah i do vaguely recall talking about it. Sometimes I regret leavign the union/Field but other times like winter I dont. Storms are much better to be in the field though. Office is so screwed up its not funny...