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<blockquote data-quote="Earthwerks Unlimited" data-source="post: 23835" data-attributes="member: 1300"><p>Sounds like you're gonna be up to your arse in mud if the spring is active. Forget the trencher and rent a mini excavator with the smallest bucket--likely an 8-9". I would NOT use the black corrugated pipe--it collapses eaisly and if there's ANY water in the trench it will float making it impossible to backfill without floating to the top or kinking. I would use PVC septic/sewer leach field pipe. It is white, relatively thin-walled, needs no fitting (has bell coupler on end, and half the cost of regular PVC. Place the holes in the pipe DOWNWARD. Before you put the pipe in the trench be sure to lay a few inches of straw in the trench to act as a filter to keep sediment out. When it comes time to backfill hold the pipe in the trench with a shovel or have someone stand on it just to be sure it doesn't work its way to the surface. Throw some backfill on the pipe about every 3-4 feet first then go back and finish backfilling. You may have to wait a week or so for the water to drain out enough to touch-up the backfill.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Earthwerks Unlimited, post: 23835, member: 1300"] Sounds like you're gonna be up to your arse in mud if the spring is active. Forget the trencher and rent a mini excavator with the smallest bucket--likely an 8-9”. I would NOT use the black corrugated pipe--it collapses eaisly and if there's ANY water in the trench it will float making it impossible to backfill without floating to the top or kinking. I would use PVC septic/sewer leach field pipe. It is white, relatively thin-walled, needs no fitting (has bell coupler on end, and half the cost of regular PVC. Place the holes in the pipe DOWNWARD. Before you put the pipe in the trench be sure to lay a few inches of straw in the trench to act as a filter to keep sediment out. When it comes time to backfill hold the pipe in the trench with a shovel or have someone stand on it just to be sure it doesn't work its way to the surface. Throw some backfill on the pipe about every 3-4 feet first then go back and finish backfilling. You may have to wait a week or so for the water to drain out enough to touch-up the backfill. [/QUOTE]
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