Sand Connector

ONLY USED IN RECENTLY RECLAIMED STRIP MINE SOILS

So why do I want a system like this you may ask ???

This system is your ONLY option on these soils.
This system WILL be flood dosed and as of now
can only use a Gravel Field Bed.

South and East of Elberfeld (Ayrshire Mine) you will see this type of soil and East of Paradise (Blue Lake and Victoria area) and many other recent mine sites mainly in Warrick, Gibson, Pike, Dubois and Spencer Counties,,,, THE COAL BELT!!

 

 

 

The mine soils we have that have been reclaimed after 1980 were done so with a method that causes SEVERE surface compaction in the first 3 - 5 feet of soil. With this compaction the effluent can't soak through into the subsoil, it just pools to the point that it comes through the surface. To prevent this we dig through this compaction and install Spec. 23 sand to within 3 feet of the surface, then install a typical Gravel System with Flood Dosing. Currently Infiltrator Chambers (and others) are not allowed with this system. This method was adopted by Indiana State Dept. of Health and is required in these soils.

 

 

***Spec. #23 Sand is required by State Rule***

*** Most Counties ONLY allow a Gravel System to be installed over the Sand although EZflow is State approved and cheaper***

These systems are costly due to materials; some contractors will try to use fill sand instead of Spec. 23 sand because it is cheaper,,,, this will only come back to bite YOU!!

Some contractors will even ignore it and install the system with NO SAND AT ALL!!!

 

 

This picture is from a system that the builder installed himself with NO SAND it obviously didn't work. We had to dig between the gravel trenches and install the sand between them, overall it DOUBLED the cost of doing right it the FIRST TIME!

 

 

 

 

This is one of the Buckets that dug at AMAX mines. My wife is circled in Red, the bucket took 175 cubic yards of dirt and stone each scoop that's about 525,000 pounds of dirt and stone. This is the bucket attached to the Drag line at the top of the page, this machine and a 150 cubic yard machine dug at Ayrshire Mine. It was the 2nd largest in the world the largest was in Ohio and used a 220 cubic yard bucket. All 3 machines have now been cut up for scrap metal.