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What Color of PVC slides the best?

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deadhead420
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Is it just me or do the different types/colors of PVC slide differently? I think the thick walled light blue pipe slides by the best, is that a common experience?
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4 years ago
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ReturnToMonkey
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Red

**This post was edited on Oct 25th 2021 at 12:32:18am
4 years ago
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deadhead420
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ReturnToMonkeyRed

**This post was edited on Oct 25th 2021 at 12:32:18am


I feel like I've never seen anyone jibbing red pipe
4 years ago
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sarc
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don't jib it! man we're wasting perfecly good chronic on your
4 years ago
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deadhead420
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sarcdon't jib it! man we're wasting perfecly good chronic on your


Wut? You been smoking some chronic yourself?
4 years ago
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weastcoat
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mrk127I feel like I've never seen anyone jibbing red pipe


https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/675801/LINE-Traveling-Circus-6-3-PVC-Pipe-Jocks
3:40
4 years ago
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deadhead420
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weastcoathttps://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/675801/LINE-Traveling-Circus-6-3-PVC-Pipe-Jocks
3:40


Oh shit how could I have forgotten the best halfpipe run ever done by a skier. I love that episode
4 years ago
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weastcoat
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That being said I don’t think it matters. Keep in mind pvc likes to break when it gets cold. So make sure you’re using at least schedule 40 piping or a larger diameter pipe that will yield a greater thickness.
4 years ago
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zacgcb
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whatever colour the drainpipe of the local swimming centre is


not speaking from experience...
4 years ago
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piss.boy
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Idk but the greenish blue stuff breaks breaks easy
4 years ago
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Jems
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From personal experience the deeper the blue the better it slides, black pipes seem to slide differently too. Ive had some sticky pipes before and they were all blue.
4 years ago
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GlacierDays
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HDPE (the red pipe in TC and a lot of the black pipe you see in Euro parks/TC/RCFS) is different than PVC. PVC tends to get more brittle and crack in colder temperatures, but is much cheaper. HDPE is more durable, but gets softer and slows down in warmer temps.
4 years ago
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Skibumsmith
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red = color of flames = fastest
4 years ago
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270on420out
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If you get regular white PVC get solid core instead of foam core. Solid core has red lettering on the pipe and foam core has black lettering. Solid core is heavier and more expensive but it’s designed to be buried and is a lot more heavy duty than foam core.
4 years ago
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deadhead420
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270on420outIf you get regular white PVC get solid core instead of foam core. Solid core has red lettering on the pipe and foam core has black lettering. Solid core is heavier and more expensive but it’s designed to be buried and is a lot more heavy duty than foam core.

More expensive? Wait does anyone actually pay for their PVC?

Good info tho, thx
4 years ago
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hi_vis360
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mrk127More expensive? Wait does anyone actually pay for their PVC?

Good info tho, thx


get a job in construction and you will have all the pvc you want. Or better yet, rail. I got a 10' handrail the other day at work
4 years ago
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_IRRELEVANT_
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I use grey that is really thick never had an issue and it’s starting to get flat spots in the top too
4 years ago
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sarc
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Haven't done a back to back test myself, but I think you're right, HDPE is going to slide better.

HDPE high density poly ethelyne
PVC poly vinyl chloride

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3.PVC is amorphous while HDPE is semi-crystalline.

4.Both are strong and durable, but their strengths vary and they have
different applications. PVC is heavier and stronger while HDPE is harder
and more abrasion and heat resistant.

5.HDPE pipes are found to be able to dampen and absorb shock waves minimizing surges that can affect the system while PVC cannot.

6.HDPE is more suitable for lower pressure installations while PVC is
more suitable for direct burial and trenchless installations.
4 years ago
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zaz.baru
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sarcHaven't done a back to back test myself, but I think you're right, HDPE is going to slide better.

HDPE high density poly ethelyne
PVC poly vinyl chloride

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3.PVC is amorphous while HDPE is semi-crystalline.

4.Both are strong and durable, but their strengths vary and they have
different applications. PVC is heavier and stronger while HDPE is harder
and more abrasion and heat resistant.

5.HDPE pipes are found to be able to dampen and absorb shock waves minimizing surges that can affect the system while PVC cannot.

6.HDPE is more suitable for lower pressure installations while PVC is
more suitable for direct burial and trenchless installations.


I have never trusted anybodys reply more than this guys. str8 up validated
4 years ago
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Casey
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The blue stuff is called C900 it’s really expensive and obnoxiously heavy because the pipe wall is so thick. They use it in the right of way when there isn’t at least 2 feet of bury depth because it’s way stronger so it will hold up to traffic at shallow depth.
4 years ago
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deadhead420
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CaseyThe blue stuff is called C900 it’s really expensive and obnoxiously heavy because the pipe wall is so thick. They use it in the right of way when there isn’t at least 2 feet of bury depth because it’s way stronger so it will hold up to traffic at shallow depth.

Exactly, the C900 / Blue Brute is the gold standard for PVC tubes imo
4 years ago
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GrapeHunter
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CNN told me that black is the best
4 years ago
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eheeth
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doesn't matter if it's slathered in goat semen
4 years ago
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deadhead420
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eheethdoesn't matter if it's slathered in goat semen


Semen is the new fluoro. Once fluoro is banned @dolanslebensraum gonna start raving about it once he runs out of his supply of fluoro wax
4 years ago
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hi_vis360
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CaseyThe blue stuff is called C900 it’s really expensive and obnoxiously heavy because the pipe wall is so thick. They use it in the right of way when there isn’t at least 2 feet of bury depth because it’s way stronger so it will hold up to traffic at shallow depth.


one time we were getting out water out of one of those blue pipes on the jobsite, the water pressure was so high you could shoot it over the neighbors house. clean out a wheelbarrow in like .5 seconds
4 years ago
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lwilkinson
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I have like a 9 foot 12 inch pvc pipe that's green and slides amazing, even though its like 10 years old
3 years ago
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