Shovels

Tim Carter, of http://AsktheBuilder.com, demonstrates how to choose the right shovel for the right job.

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[wwe107]

Hey Tim, I guess I'll have to use the "duck bill" shovel to run my conduit and schedule 40 2" waste pipe to my drain field. It's about a 350' run. There's ignorant pine tree roots in the way. I'll have to sweat my balls off with a regular spade and dig the roots clear and cut them out with a chain saw because of the economy. I can't afford a back hoe and the fuel to run it on top of material.

[AsktheBuilder]

@wwe107 What about renting a ditch witch machine? They're affordable.

[DrainExpress]

Hey, Tim

Check out another shovel I have - the JetShovel.

You can throw out soil and rocks from deeper trenches without feeling their weight,no kidding!

[AsktheBuilder]

I checked it out. Sure hope you have one huge insurance policy. Great concept, but I see loose dirt in peoples' eyes, rocks hurled like those from a trebuchet and even the handle coming back and hitting a rookie operator in the head. I give you thumbs up on the idea, but I would have said the same thing hundreds of years ago when I saw the first rifle or gun.

[DrainExpress]

Askthe Builder, you must be joking.When you hold it with both hands it issimply weightless - I work with it. But it it one more shovel to know about for you, lol..

[AsktheBuilder]

I watched your video. I saw dirt spray. I saw the dirt fly off the shovel many feet away. Imagine launching a shovelful of gravel. Wow! I'm not saying it doesn't work. Don't get me wrong. I'm saying there has to be a learning curve, and my instincts say that one mistake going up the curve could get the operator or a bystander hurt.

[07poopballs]

hahahahahaha TIMMM uh

[VengeanceIV]

love the ending xD

[pyrosynthesis]

Dirt. People have no idea what shovel to use. I use the dragon lance thirty seven point of six fiver sixtyniner.

[wwe107]

@AsktheBuilder The drive way is going to need a trencher or back hoe. Each trench needs to be inspected. One inspector told me I could dig one and have it inspected and cover it back up, to fit budget and planning overtime. The other issue is which septic tank pump to buy because it being over 400' line with 45 degree bends. I was also told, by the inspector, to put the PVC inside a steel pipe across the driveway. Have you priced steel pipe lately? PVC comes to about $173. 3 stage tank $3000

[wwe107]

@AsktheBuilder Thanks for the idea, but at 1', I was pulling out 8" thick rock in the yard. I'd have to pay for damage to the rental trencher. Either way, I'll still have to dig out by hand by the pine trees and cut the roots out with a chain saw. It's a huge project still in planning because I'd like to run electric conduit to the garage in the same trench. The drain shovel would make two separate trenches rather quickly in the lawn.

[pathaanx]

luv the ending love, and cheers for the tips tim.