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Old 12-04-2004, 10:37 AM
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I avoid septic systems like the plague, I don't want to have to deal with the 'mess'. My first job out many years ago I asked the homeowner where his septic system was. He told me. Shortly thereafter a leak developed in his tank and it was nowhere near where he said it was. The guy then came after me for busting his tank?????

Check very, very, very well if you will be running dump trucks near the system. I don't fret driving my bobcat over the leaching fields or tanks (if the soil above isn't already mushy). But even my 26,000 lb dump truck stays off of them.

I have heard of guys laying 3/4" plywood over leaching fields or preferably the pipe connecting the leaching fields to the tank.
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