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C7 <br />0 <br />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 carried <br />on a light pick-up. One person can <br />unload enough Dualoy 3000/L for a <br />whole service station job quickly, by <br />hand, without a forklift. <br />Pipe end preparation is a large part of <br />overall job cost. Dualoy 3000/L pipe <br />arrives at the job -site with the ends <br />factory tapered. Fiberglass pipe and <br />nipples can be cut to length much <br />more quickly than steel, and the cut <br />ends tapered in a fraction of the time <br />needed to thread steel pipe. For <br />example, a 2 -inch end can be <br />prepared in less than 20 seconds <br />using a portable tapering tool for <br />on-site joint 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 inert materials <br />throughout, so tapering the pipe <br />end does not compromise its <br />corrosion resistance. <br />Dualoy 3000/L employs a deep - <br />socket bell and spigot adhesive joint <br />for faster joining than threaded steel <br />pipe. Matching tapers in bell and <br />spigot make a firm interference fit to <br />hold the joint together while the <br />adhesive cures. Ameron's standard <br />UL -listed adhesive cures at normal <br />temperatures without heating <br />blankets or outside heat sources. <br />For cold weather installations, the <br />necessary accessories are readily <br />available from Ameron. <br />n <br />A worker easily carries 100 feet of 2 -inch Dualoy 3000/L pipe during a service station rehabili- <br />tation. The same length of equivalent steel pipe would weigh over 350 pounds. <br />Dualoy 3000/L pipe is so easy to work with that it can be cut to length using an ordinary hacksaw. <br />The cut end of the pipe is then tapered with a portable tapering machine. Both cutting and <br />tapering can be accomplished without even getting out of the trench. <br />