Similar HDD setups are used to lay gas pipe up to 50 inches or so ---
possibly larger --- but this is the largest I have first hand knowledge
of. So, laying underground medium and low voltage lines should be
feasible.
Otis Wright
On 9/1/2011 10:35 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Joseph McAllister
<pentax...@mac.com> wrote:
On Aug 30, 2011, at 14:31 , Charles Robinson wrote:
On Aug 30, 2011, at 16:14, John Sessoms wrote:
Put the utilities underground where they belong and you don't got
to worry about trees falling over on them.
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<major rant>
<snip>
DOWN WITH THE WIRES, AMERICA!!! ?(and everywhere else) (think what a
bounty of jobs that would become available if the go'mint formed a
DWW whose goal was to transition overheads to buried, ojne street at
a time. Tell your representatives, local, state, and federal about
this plan. Improve the economy with me!
Yeah, you're mostly right, but there's a down-side to putting
everything underground: Every time there's a problem holes have to be
dug at great cost of money and time, along with all the disruptions
that causes. Once the fix has been made and everything filled in and
patched up, the pavement is always uneven and bumpy.
Real bumpy.
Dangerously bumpy to cyclists.
And after a winter or two those patches begin to disintegrate into
huge (and even more dangerous) potholes.
And that's only repairs, Over the past decade or so private concerns
(read: cell phone and cable companies) have been installing fibre
optics under our streets with the expected bumpy roads left behind.
Some streets are un-ride-able to the point that I avoid them
altogether - that's if I can find a passable street nearby.
While I generally agree with you, John, there is another side to the
story.
cheers,
frank
There's pros & cons on both sides. Utilities underground cost more to
repair, but don't cause major power outages every time the wind blows.
Around here they don't dig up the street to install fiber optics. They
use some kind of horizontal drill rig that tunnels under the road.
http://img.directindustry.com/images_di/photo-m2/horizontal-directional-drilling-rig-523688.jpg
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