Another long day. It's going to be like this for a while, but I do reserve Sundays as a day off.  But right now, I have a deadline to meet and I intend on meeting it, rain or not.

And yes, it did rain today.  It rained heavily, in fact and it turned the trench into a mud pit. I got to the property this morning, looked around - gotta pay attention to minutia, I want a clean park free from trash, hoarding and debris.  And I want my damned picnic table back.  I will probably ask James to come help me load it up on the trailer and haul one of them back to the fire pit.  I don't care which one, either, neither of those people asked about simply taking it. In fact, it may just well be the first people.  

Anyway, I laid out the sewer pipe so that I can just grab the next piece in line from inside the trench, no need to climb out every time.  I got everything out I could remember that I would need. I then hunted down the primer and the glue.  I don't know what it is about these bottles of primer, but even with the lid tightly shut? They will still leak out if it's tipped over.

And tipped over it was and empty it was.  It got dark. I looked up at the sky, it was like night time only a few miles away and heading my way.  Rain.  Of course, it's going to rain.  Why not?  Oh! And I was examining the 4 inch sewer pipe end, they actually had installed an female adapter (I don't make these terms up, folks, the industry made these terms up long ago) on the end of the pipe and a plug! Instead of having to cut that all apart, I simply needed to get male adapter that also adapts to the sewer pipe from the PVC Sch40 pipe.  I wondered if I could even find such a creature?

Up to Lowe's.  After much searching, yes indeed, they did have the adapter and it was relatively cheap.  Got some plumber's putty and more glue and primer and a case of paper towels. The trench was wet, muddy and nasty, have to have clean fittings before putting primer and glue on them.

Lowe's is across the street from Chili's and Taylor was already there, so met up for lunch.  I don't eat before noon while dieting anymore. I don't really feel like eating before noon, it's just a habit I've gotten into I guess. But, I was starving and gulped down a hamburger without the bun and a salad minus the croutons.  It rained the entire time I was going to Lowe's, at Lowe's and at Chili's.  

Definitely wondered about getting anything done.  I got back to the property and found the portion of the trench where you start - which is the end of the sewer line for the lots - covered in dirty water. I stood there looking at it for a while. I knew if I were to go down into that trench, my feet would sink well down into that mud even if I get rid of the water.  I was tempted to go home.  But, the deadline got into my mind. I put on my work boots and got down into that mess and yes, my boots sunk down to the ankles.  

Whatever.  Unscrewed the plug, the water drained into it.  Dug down underneath it, installed the adapter and away we go!  I got all the way up to the shed. Not where I wanted to quit at, about 3 lengths of pipe away from getting to that point, but I did get to the shed area.  It took me 3 hours to get to the shed. It's because I had to keep dumping dirt and getting the pipe on an uphill slope. Not a steep slope, but enough to let - stuff - slide down it and water as well without any pooling.  I will be checking the entire length of it with a level again before I call it final.  I don't need to do things twice that can be done right the first time.  I stopped at an area next to the shed where I dug too deep, knew I dug too deep at the time but it was because I was digging a side trench that T's with the main trench to install water line there.  And then there's another one where the sewer line goes. Then around a corner and up to where the electrical line will go to the breaker box. After I get the pipe past the breaker box? I'm going to stop there.  

And I was quite filthy by the time it started getting late and I was out of energy.  

It will take at least half the day tomorrow to get everything installed and to the point where I want it to be.  I am likely going to rent a bobcat for a 4 hour stint, by the time I get that stuff in that trench, I am not going to want to also have to move huge mounds of dirt.  That's machine work and it will cost me around $150 for 4 hours.  In fact, I probably won't do that until Friday morning, I will still have time before those people show up. Check-in time isn't until 1:00 pm.  If they show up before then, they can take lot 11 and that's that.  

I will be able to use the bobcat to do some more dirt work on the driveway as well. I didn't quite get it with the mini-ex as noted today after it had rained.  It dawned on me while contemplating that that I have that river rock that I can't use for the application I used it for. I can scoop a lot of that up with the 
bobcat and put it on the end of the trailer.  I can at least dump some kind of rock on that mess.  I can see that taking a couple of hours.  I can see pushing dirt back into the trench and compacting it with the bobcat taking no more than an hour at most.  It's just not that much work - for a machine with hydraulics.  

In fact, there are lots of things I could do with a bobcat, but I don't want to rent it more than 4 hours.  It's just too much money right now.  

Oh! On all of the lots, there is a sewer outlet. It's a piece of 4 inch PVC sch40 sticking up out of the ground with a female adapter on it and a plug in the adapter.  A person wanting to use it simply removes the plug and puts their sewer hose adapter into the 4 inch sewer adapter.  Well, I was taking it off on lot 14 today, I wanted to look down in there to ensure I wasn't going to be welcomed by a wonderful surprise when I opened up the plug in the adapter that is in the ground.  Nothing there, thankfully - but - the entire adapter just came right off.  

I examined that - they didn't put any glue on it.  I contacted the contractor asking about it.  Is this a fluke? The contractor got offended, acting as if I were accusing him of doing something malicious. No, no, no, I'm trying to understand what y'all did here? He said most people don't use the adapter and so they don't glue it on there.  I was perplexed.  "Well how do you connect a sewer line to a bare, plain-end pipe that has nothing for it to connect to? 

I didn't hear back from him for a while.  He didn't answer the question, he was wrong but didn't want to admit it.  I don't really care, I just wanted to know if they are ALL like that.  If they are, I am gluing them all onto the pipe. Not a single person has tried to pry the adapter off the top of the pipe, NO ONE.  There isn't anything for the sewer adapter to hold onto.  It would just be sitting on there and easily just - fall off and dump poop water all over the place. Gross. 

When I was at Lowe's, they have those RV sewer lines and adapters.  They ALL have threaded ends on them to SCREW INTO THE ADAPTER THAT IS COMING UP OUT OF THE GROUND. However, there are 2 hooks on opposite sides that one could possibly clamp it onto - if the pipe has nubs sticking  out of it for them to grab onto. No, those pipes don't have that.  

I just let it go.  I may very well need his services again - he is the most reputable septic system installer and maintenance company in the entire region.  He said he was sending guys out to glue all of them. No worries, I said, the park is near full and I can glue this one on myself.  He insisted anyway, but I said no, it's really not necessary. I am at lot 14 right now, in a trench, installing pipe with the same glue that would be needed to glue down that adapter.  It all ended well enough. 

Well, I want to watch a The Big Valley rerun that I stated watching last night before I got to sleepy and just shut it off in the middle of the show, lol.  And I have another long day tomorrow to prepare, time to get offa here.