Show Cable digger works for burying pipe Forest Rangers Hangers arent aren't only interested In saving trees some are interested in saving you money One minded conservation-minded ranger Brent McBeth Salt lit Lake Wasatch District National Forest orest recently developed an idea which has already saved taxpayers thousands of dollars 1 is responsible for laying underground from mountain springs to forest service-maintained service water troughs in the foothills IN TILE THE PAST according to McBeth laying the plastic pipe has been a big job It usually takes a work crew with shovels two weeks to bury one pipeline over miles of rocky terrain The cost of laying the pipe six inches underground runs into thousands of dollars And at that depth it is subject to rodent a and nd frost damage LAST SUM SUMMER lIm I while in route from Salt Lake to the Stansbury Mountain Range McBeth noticed a Mountain Bell bulldozer plowing cable un un- The phone company uses a special plow which buries telephone cable with minimum disturbance to the chest was secured with a lock put in a vault at Utah State University with the stipulation that it not be opened until June 11 2000 ground McBeth made arrangements with Mountain Bell to use one of the company's rigs and a qualified driver for Cor laying the pipeline ITH TILE THE use of the cable plow we buried the from 18 to 36 inches deep Inmost in inmost inmost most areas This is below the frost level and beyond the ther r rodent dent penetration level The cable path is easily covered and no noticeable scar is left on the landscape Not only can we bury the cable deeper and with less damage to the land but we can do the job much faster and with fewer men Instead of four men working a couple of weeks two men can do the job in two days McBeth said as far as he |