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kltadmin	Posted: 5/30/2011 4:16:31 PM
Joined on 5/8/2008	I am looking for corrugated plastic tubing, large enouh for divers to safely pass thru. I would like to make a trail using several of these culverts. any ideas?
unspun2000	Posted: 6/6/2011 3:09:31 PM
Joined on 6/6/2011	Your best bet might be to look for cut-offs. I got ahold of a 6' piece a few years ago that I needed to make a deep sump pit. Put the word out to anyone you know who is in either farming or road construction. The cut-offs usually are long enough to use for anything else, so you can probably get them for free. I know a few people in both categories down here around Bloomington, so I will put the word out here as well. (Make sure that you specify what size you need. The 2 largest diameters are 18" and 24". I doubt you would be able to use anything less than the 24" for someone wearing SCUBA gear, so you'll want to specify that you need 24" diameter pieces.) -Lane Hansen
unspun2000	Posted: 6/6/2011 3:16:43 PM
Joined on 6/6/2011	Note: I may have been incorrect on 24" being the largest plastic culvert pipe. It is the largest that I have found. However, you'll still want to specify what the minimum diameter is that you can use.
unspun2000	Posted: 6/6/2011 3:25:58 PM
Joined on 6/6/2011	And now that I think about it, I'm not so sure that a 24" pipe would even be large enough. You might want to figure out what diameter would be needed for sure first. (Sorry if I jumped teh gun on that a little bit.)