[NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help

[Dave Harmon]

Ron....I did the same thing once with a piece of 5/32 music wire and a pair
of vice grips.
Sharpen the end of the wire first.
It gets a bit hard to push in after the first 30" or so.
This was in clay.

Regards

Dave Harmon
NSRCA 586
K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
Sperry, Ok.

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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Ron Van Putte
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 5:13 PM
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Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help

The location is up in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains in  
southwest Georgia.  The well services a group of about twenty cabins  
and the pipes were installed in about 1977.  We want to install a  
cutoff valve in a 4" PVC pipe about 100 yards from the well, but want  
to minimize the digging to find the pipe.  I can't find any record of  
how the pipes were installed; no layout plan.  I think the pipes were  
privately installed, so no local utilities were involved.

I don't mean to impose on the Discussion List to solve the problem,  
but I thought someone might be able to save me some time and energy.

Ron Van Putte

On Apr 6, 2008, at 3:20 PM, rj520 at aol.com wrote:

> Try your local utilities locate phone #.  They seem to be able to  
> find just about anything.
>
> Randy Johnston
>


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at cox.net>
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Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 3:04 PM
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help



> I am trying to trace the route of a 4" PVC water pipe about 100 yards
> from a well.  The pipe is buried about 12" to 14" underground.  I
> think it goes fairly straight.  I don't want to dig down to find the
> pipe until I'm sure where it is, because the soil is VERY difficult
> to dig in, due to lots of gravel and clay.  Although I'm sure there
> are instruments which will enable one to trace the route of the pipe,
> I don't have a clue who to ask.  Any help available out there?
>
> Ron Van Putte
>
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