Installing a Driveway Culvert Pipe the Easy Way 

Did you work for Cleveland Brothers?

@@jeffclarke4720 Highway Equipment at one time

@@shawnatkinson2086 ahhh ok…. I live in Alabama and worked for the Caterpilar dealership here for 36 years which is why I asked. Have some friends at Cleveland Brothers…

I was wondering about that too!

Nothing to it really. Bell and spigot design of the pipe allows for easy assembly. Spigot end is equipped with a rubber o-ring gasket. Just install the pipe with the bell end first. Put a little backfill on it to keep it from moving them throw the section with the spigot end in the trench. Push them together with the bucket of the machine. The pipe has a mark on it to indicate "home" so that complete insertion of the bell and spigot can be verified. Some people put lubricant on the bell portion to facilitate assembly, but it is not absolutely necessary. Care must be taken to properly line up the pipe and also make sure that the o-ring does not roll out of the groove on the spigot end. It is handy to have someone guide the two sections together and watch the procedure but I install them all the time single handedly. I find that it is good to dig a small cavity in front of the bell, (bell hole) to help keep the spigot end from dragging dirt into the bell during assembly. This will foul the connection. If the pipe requires excess force to get to the "home" position, it will be necessary to take it apart and find out the problem and do a little connection pathology. It could be that the two pipes are misaligned, gasket rolled over, or debris inside the bell. Good luck!

@@davidmorse8432 thanks make sense.

Good morning Jack ! 😸😺

@@badcat4707 good morning Bad Cat

I like that one too. Where did he get it installed?

Thanks 👍

No usually run it about 75 maybe 80% unless Im swinging a full 180 then maybe crank it up some more

Thanks Chris! I appreciate that. You mentioned we messaged you, be cautious of the message, we will never message anyone saying they won a prize or to message us on another platform.

That pipe can come as single wall or double wall. The single wall is courrugated inside and out. Don't get that kind because it is weak and the roughness inside can restrict flow thru the pipe and cause debris to build up inside the pipe. You get what you pay for.

@@davidmorse8432 Thank you, hopefully I'll never need any again.

Thanks for replying

Recently I purchased a 20' joint of 60" ADS , HDPE. -- $3,000. And that was after shopping around awhile. Normally $4,500, yikes!

Ouch!