[TheForge] OT: Spring tile question

[Andrew Vida]

I have thought of this.  Another thing would be a 1000 or 2000 gallon 
precast septic tank.

Question: how steep a grade would a truck be able to negotiate to set 
such a tank?  Think "red shale clay" soil.  Anyone know?  I suspect it 
cannot be done as my rather capable 4WD truck has a hard time going down 
there.

On 4/2/2012 2:11 PM, Dan Brewer wrote:
> You can use cinder block to construct the cistern.  6X6X6 with a 4 inch
> floor and the blocks filled will give you plenty of water that will not
> freeze easly.  You can build this for less that 400.00 buying all the
> materials for a big box store. Coat the inside with dry lock or similar
> basement waterproofing product and you should have a water supply for the
> rest of your life  .
>
> Dan in AUBURN
>
> On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 5:38 AM, Larry Ruebush<lrt at winco.net>  wrote:
>
>> Andy
>> For plastic tanks, check out farm supply stores or fertilizer dealers. We
>> use all sizes of tanks and usually farm stores get truck loads at a time.
>>
>> Larry Ruebush
>> west central IL
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Andrew Vida"<osan at netlabs.net>
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>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT: Spring tile question
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>>
>>> Kim, Larry,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the help.  This is for a friend and neighbor for those days
>>> we lose power here, which is actually pretty often in this part of the
>>> state.  I am thinking of doing the same at our place.  We have a 24x7
>>> spring coming out the mountain that is flowing as low as perhaps 1 gpm
>>> and as high as 5-10 I estimate.  I am thinking maybe a 2000 gallon
>>> concrete tank if they can actually get it down there... pretty steep
>>> slope that part of the farm.  Can always use a plastic tank, but they
>>> are a bit pricey these days.  Cheapest I found was about $600 for 1500
>>> gallon, plus about $400 for shipping from plasticmart.com.
>>>
>>> Thanks again.
>>
>>
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