Trenching is a way to lay pipe in the ground in depths up to five feet. Pipe plowing is a method used to pull pipe into the ground behind the trencher / plow machine. The conduit is gripped on behind a thin plow blade and pulled directly in as the machine moves forward. Depths of 36" can be obtained easily with the machine pictured. Very little damage is done to the ground surface and virtually no settling occurs. Cable breaks are easy to find with special equipment that traces and then pinpoints the break. The actual break in a cable can be found within a foot, saving complete or partial replacement of a cable. Skid loaders are used extensively by our company to backfill with proper materials and our equipment is set up with augers for drilling holes for light pole bases.

Rods are pushed under a street or drive with a heavy frame that holds a hydraulic cylinder. The push head has a radio beacon in it that allows us to know where it is at and steer it. When the rod reaches the other side of the street, a receive pit is dug. A bell of diameter choice up to 10" is attached to the pipe and pulled back along with the pipe or pipes needed. Since no dirt is removed it does not cause a settling problem later. This photo shows (3) 2" conduits pulled in place. With the pipes in place under the street, the pusher can be removed and the pipes continued on in a regular trench.

Tesdell Electric offers the service of pouring concrete on jobs where a lot of electrical work is involved in the concrete itself. The picture to the right shows us setting up for a generator pad. The generator will weigh in excess of 25 tons; therefore the pad must be very substantial. The location of service pipes to the generator are critical. A rebar pattern of two layers and deep columns are made up to add strength to the pad. Tesdell crews bored the holes.

The conduits from the pad are run to the nearby building wall and placed to rise up to the next floor. When the wall is completed the conduits will be hidden. Precise placement is necessary. Concrete is poured carefully to avoid moving pipes and damaging layout. Any bolts in concrete are placed at this time to insure accuracy. We also pour transformer pads, satellite pads and light pole bases.

We have installed many generators and automated transfer systems, however the blue housing with the man standing on it in the picture is the largest for us. It is generator capable of producing 1600 kw, large enough to power a small town. It is powered by a 2000 hp diesel engine and weighs in at 44,000 lbs.

We have installed many generators and automated transfer systems, however the blue housing with the man standing on it in the picture is the largest for us. It is generator capable of producing 1600 kw, large enough to power a small town. It is powered by a 2000 hp diesel engine and weighs in at 44,000 lbs.