Axxe55
Retiretgtshit stirrer
might also check on some repurposed asphaltfor road material
East Texas land purchase
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I'm at the mercy of what's available around here. Crushed concrete and milled asphalt would be the cheapest but it's 85 miles away, one way. Too far and too much fuel. I'm shocked to have found the limestone that's only 20 mins away, so I'll see how that works out.
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Axxe55
Retiretgtshit stirrer
my brother and father were having some of the same issues as you are having so they bought a huge3yard dump trailerto go and pick up the material instead of having it deliveredhe can pickup the material for $75 a ton iirc it
s$125a ton delivered!
Lol, just clay, and lots of it.
I got my 3 loads today. Was raped in Jasper, Texas Aggregates is 20 mins away and they charged $50 per ton for 3x5 rock. That was a $500 load. I made some calls and found a quarry 1 hr north in Milam, TX and got the same weight for 110.
Finished up with 4 loads of rock. Used my dump truck with a load in the back as my compacter. It's a solid road, I used fabric so we'll see how it holds up when it gets wet. I have about 30 more loads to go.
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I picked up a 24"x20' culvert pipe for the driveway entrance. This will have to
wait a few weeks until i have more time to get the rock. I'm closing on a new home soon and will be busy with that for a while until we get settled in.
Next project after finishing the road will be getting the water line from the water meter to camp. I'm looking at about a 1300' foot run. Vevor has pex-b for $300 per 500ft roll.
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That's the cheapest I've seen anywhere and based on what I've read pex can be buried with no issue. Opinions?
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wait a few weeks until i have more time to get the rock. I'm closing on a new home soon and will be busy with that for a while until we get settled in.
Next project after finishing the road will be getting the water line from the water meter to camp. I'm looking at about a 1300' foot run. Vevor has pex-b for $300 per 500ft roll.
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That's the cheapest I've seen anywhere and based on what I've read pex can be buried with no issue. Opinions?
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Without knowing if you’re going uphill or downhill from the meter, 1” Pex may not supply suitable pressure over a run that long. Uphill may need larger pipe or pumping; downhill may allow too much velocity.…
Next project after finishing the road will be getting the water line from the water meter to camp. I'm looking at about a 1300' foot run. Vevor has pex-b for $300 per 500ft roll.
[/IMG]VEVOR PEX Pipe, 1 Inch x 500 FT PEX Tubing, Non Oxygen Barrier Red PEX-B Pipe, Flexible PEX Water Line for RV Sewer Hose, Plumbing, Radiant Heating | VEVOR US
Discover VEVOR PEX Pipe, 1 Inch x 500 FT PEX Tubing, Non Oxygen Barrier Red PEX-B Pipe, Flexible PEX Water Line for RV Sewer Hose, Plumbing, Radiant Heating, Far-reaching 500 FT PEX-B Tub and 7 in Bending Radius at lowest price, 2days delivery, 30days returns.
There's about 15 ft of uphill elevation change from the meter to camp. I was trying to be cheap. There's a huge difference in price between 1 inch pex and 2 inch hdpe water line.
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I believe Pressure loss due to elevation change is constant regardless of pipe size. There is a constant for it.
1300’ you will probably need a bigger pipe size to offset frictional losses.I picked up a 24"x20' culvert pipe for the driveway entrance. This will have to
wait a few weeks until i have more time to get the rock. I'm closing on a new home soon and will be busy with that for a while until we get settled in.
Next project after finishing the road will be getting the water line from the water meter to camp. I'm looking at about a 1300' foot run. Vevor has pex-b for $300 per 500ft roll.
VEVOR PEX Pipe, 1 Inch x 500 FT PEX Tubing, Non Oxygen Barrier Red PEX-B Pipe, Flexible PEX Water Line for RV Sewer Hose, Plumbing, Radiant Heating | VEVOR US
Discover VEVOR PEX Pipe, 1 Inch x 500 FT PEX Tubing, Non Oxygen Barrier Red PEX-B Pipe, Flexible PEX Water Line for RV Sewer Hose, Plumbing, Radiant Heating, Far-reaching 500 FT PEX-B Tub and 7 in Bending Radius at lowest price, 2days delivery, 30days returns.
That's the cheapest I've seen anywhere and based on what I've read pex can be buried with no issue. Opinions?
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Unfortunately potable water under pressure is not something to be cheap on. If the meter in restricted flow and your utility has 150 psi i in the main like SAWS does, you might be able to get away with 1” up to camp and putting the pressure regulator up there, but I think that’s a lot of ifs having to line up.
You really want 70psi at camp. I get there’s only a travel trailer up there, but you don’t want to do this job twice. There’s also the risk of not enough pressure to get the water up to camp, as well.
