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Easy to transport and handle <br />• The light weight of fiberglass makes <br />Dualoy 3000/L easier to transport <br />and handle than steel. A typical <br />service station requires from 800 to <br />1000 feet of piping. For 2 -inch steel <br />pipe, that's about 13/4 tons—a hefty <br />truckload. The same footage of <br />Dualoy 3000/L weighs less than <br />500 pounds and can easily be <br />carried on a light pick-up. One <br />person can unload enough <br />Dualoy 3000/L for a whole <br />service station job quickly, by <br />hand, without a forklift. <br />The fiberglass pipe weight <br />advantage is even more telling <br />during installation. A standard <br />20 -foot length of 2 -inch steel weighs <br />over 70 pounds, the equivalent <br />Dualoy 3000/L a scant 9 pounds. <br />This means easier handling and <br />lower labor costs during cutting, <br />end preparation, layout and joining. <br />Rapid end preparation <br />is <br />Pipe end preparation is a large part <br />of overall job cost. Dualoy 3000/L <br />pipe arrives at the job -site with the <br />ends factory tapered. Fiberglass <br />pipe and nipples can be cut to <br />length much more quickly than <br />steel, and the cut ends tapered in a <br />fraction of the time needed to thread <br />steel pipe. For example, a 2 -inch <br />end can be prepared in less than <br />20 seconds using a portable <br />tapering tool for on-site joint <br />preparation. <br />Most steel pipe failures start at <br />threaded joints: threading the pipe <br />peels off the protective coating and <br />exposes the bare metal. By contrast, <br />the Dualoy 3000/L pipe wall is <br />constructed of corrosion resistant <br />materials throughout, so tapering <br />the pipe end does not compromise <br />its corrosion resistance. <br />Simple, threadless joining <br />Dualoy 3000/L employs a deep - <br />socket bell and spigot adhesive joint <br />• for faster joining than threaded steel <br />r� <br />u <br />A worker easily carries 100 feet of inch Dualoy 3000/L pipe during a service station rehabilitation. The <br />same length of equi valent steel pipe would weigh over 350 pounds. <br />Dualoy 30001L pipe is so easy to work with that it can be cut to length using an ordinary hacksaw. The <br />cut end of the pipe is then tapered with a portable tapering machine Both cutting and tapering can be <br />accomplished without even getting out of the trench. <br />