[AT] Re:Underground Wire

[Ralph Goff]

Mattias, the telephone, electrical and gas lines are all marked with their
own unique posts but sometimes they are a long way between markers and the
lines don't always go in a straight line. Here it is standard procedure to
"dial before you dig" with each utility having their own number to call.
They will send a man out to locate and mark the underground lines before we
do any digging or excavating.
I'm not sure but I think most of those type lines are buried at least 2 feet
deep here.

Ralph in Sask.
http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/

----- Original Message -----
From: Mattias Kessén <Mattias.kessen at telia.com>
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 3:55 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Re:Underground Wire


> Don't you use any kind of marking like plastic ribbons or in earlier days
bricks or old planks. Anyway not all do that here even if they should among
the worst utilities is cable tv. Many times have broken the cable tv wires
just by lifting away the asphalt!
>
> /Mattias
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>
> > How many times have list members see the Dig Safe markings be several
feet
> > off of where the actual utilities are actually located! A couple years
ago they
> > ran all new underground cable lines in the town where I work. We
averaged 4
> > calls a week for utilites struck by the contractor. At least 98% were
due to
> > mismarked or unmarked utilities.
> >
> > The ultimate call was when the cable contractor "found" an unmarked
> > electrical conduit. They called the power company out and after 30
minutes of
> > discussion determined that it was "abandoned" and said the cable
contractor could use a
> > chainsaw to remove the piece in his way. We were told the flash was
> > spectacular when the saw cut through the still-live wires in the
conduit. The guy
> > running the saw was transported to the hospital  for flash burns but,
was fine.
> >
> > After 2 weeks on the job, the contractor abandoned using equipment to
dig and
> > just hired a bunch of laborers with shovels.  The job took a little
longer
> > but any utilities they "found" didn't get disturbed.
> >
> > So, I guess that any method to help identify the location of underground
> > utilities is probably money well spent.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Karl
> >
> > In a message dated 8/13/04 12:59:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > andyglines at hotmail.com writes:
> >
> > << Putting gravel or sand over utilities can be a good idea for future
> >  excavations.  I used to be a backhoe operator and anytime I came up
with
> >  something like gravel, sand, different colored dirt I would stop to see
> >  where it came from.  This often indicated that I was about to dig into
one
> >  of those utilities which were so "carefully marked". >>
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