THE ACME PIPE WINCH IS A ROBUST, EASY TO USE MACHINE DESIGNED TO SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS OF TRENCHLESS PIPE PULLING.
Quickly and Safely replace lead, galvanized, and aging copper, and plastic water laterals along with steel and plastic gas laterals.
In use, a pulling cable is fed through the existing lateral which acts as a conduit. A pulling lug or splitter head is attached to the distal (basement) end of the pulling cable and engages the lateral while the proximal end of the cable is fastened to the drum of the Acme Pipe Winch. As pulling power is applied to the cable, the existing line is split or pulled and the new copper or plastic pipe is towed in.
WHEN IT COMES TO PIPE PULLING, THE ACME PIPE WINCH AND THE COMPACT EXCAVATOR ARE THE PERFECT COMBINATION TO GET THE JOB DONE.
Maneuverability makes the compact excavator the machine of choice when performing urban utility excavation. But when it comes to using the excavator for pipe pulling, it may not have the traction force or stick breakout force required to make the pull. Do not bring in larger equipment, combine the Acme Pipe Winch and the compact excavator to get the job done.
The Acme Pipe Winch (patent pending) is the preferred pipe pulling machine to help you achieve trenchless success.
It has the pulling power required with a rated line pull at 20,000 lbs.
It preserves the original bury depth of the water line as the pull is made at a horizontal plane to the existing line.
And it is safe, as the tensioned pulling cable remains within the confines of the winch frame and the access pit during the pull.
EXCLUSIVE to the ACME PIPE WINCH
YOU CAN UTILIZE THE BENEFITS OF THE ACME PIPE WINCH TO PULL A WATER LINE, EVEN IF EXCAVATION REVEALS IT TO BE NEAR A SEWER LATERAL.
The sketches illustrate the different scenarios of water line to sewer lateral arrangements one may expose. The base of the Acme Pipe Winch can be easily field configured with use of hand tools to 3 different setups to afford clearance to a sewer lateral and still apply a powerful horizontal pull to the water line and not sacrifice bury depth. Simply remove the left foot or the right foot and attach the face plate accordingly. If there is no sewer lateral close by, leave both the left and the right foot on and make the pull.
THE ACME PIPE WINCH ADVANTAGES:
Powerful — The Acme Pipe Winch applies a powerful pulling force of over 20,000 lbs. directly to the pulling cable. It can be hydraulically powered by your excavator or backhoe.
Compact and Maneuverable — Pulling water or gas lines with the Acme Pipe Winch requires a very small excavation. It attaches to your excavator or backhoe via a quick coupler and will dispatch to the access pit at any approach angle to engage with the existing lateral. The Acme Pipe Winch rotates a full 360 degrees, and locks rotation in 6 degree increments.
Stay in Spec — The Acme Pipe Winch engages the existing lateral at its original bury depth and pulls in a straight horizontal plane, preserving the original bury depth. Compare this to pulling a cable with a backhoe or excavator with a cable clamp, where the pulled pipe will permanently migrate upwards due to the steep angle of the pulling cable during the pull.
Quick Plumbing Connections — When replacing water laterals, interior plumbing hookups are expedited as the new lateral typically lands to the same location as the original line. And the floor patch work is also minimized.
Safer — During the pulling operation, the tensioned pulling cable remains safely inside the confines of the winch frame and the excavated access pit. Compare this to the crude method of pulling the cable with a clamp and an excavator or backhoe, where the pull finishes up with the excavator or backhoe and the tensioned cable in the traffic right of way.
Economical — The pulling cables are not consumables, they are reusables. After a lead water line pull, the Acme Pipe Winch drum is shifted to free-spool and the combined cable/lead line is reversed off the drum on site. The cable is then slipped out of the decommissioned lead line. The cable goes back on the truck for the next job, and the lead can be sold to the recycler, qualifying as responsible disposal. Optionally, when the splitting method is utilized, the split lead line will remain in the ground. Then the cable is free-spooled off the drum and then goes back on the truck for the next job. However, when replacing galvanized or copper laterals, expect to scrap the spooled up combined cable and pipe.
TO PULL OR TO SPLIT... YOU HAVE A CHOICE.
When pulling in a new water line, you will choose between two different methods — you can either pull or split. Both methods utilize a pulling cable which is landed in the existing lead, plastic, copper or galvanized line and engages at the distal end (farthest from winch) with a mechanical device - either a pulling lug or a splitter head. A pulling force is applied to the proximal (closest to winch) end of the pulling cable with the Acme Pipe Winch. The construction of the pipe to be replaced and the job site soil conditions along with past experience will steer your decision as to which method to employ.
PIPE PULLING
The Pipe Pulling method removes the entire length of lead, galvanized, or copper water line.
Pulling can work well in soils that will allow the length of the old line to break free, such as moist, compressive soils made up of clay, silt, sand, fine gravel.
The Pipe Splitter Head will cut the lead or plastic line and form it open as the splitter head and cable is being pulled through.
Splitting does not require the entire length of the lead line to break loose and be pulled.
Splitting may require less pulling force.
Splitting can work well in dry, hard soil made up of dense granular material.
PIPE SPLITTING
Whether Pulling or Splitting, the Acme Pipe Winch will pull the cable in a the horizontal plane to the existing lead line, preserving the original bury depth and safely perform the pull within the confines of a short excavation.
