On 06/02/2017 01:19 PM, J wrote:
Well, as I'm filling in the trench and tossing some of the larger rocks into the woods, one of the rocks slips a little (they're muddy from the recent rains) and wouldn't you know it, is a direct hit on the vertical section of conduit at the pole. I guess it's a good thing the conduit was there, or it would likely have severed the fiber. But now there is a lovely crack in the conduit, through which water could infiltrate. The crack is extensive, probably extending 270 degrees around the pipe - but only about 3 inches in length along the pipe


FWIW, you're not the first one to do this...which is why our local code
prescribes backfilling with six inches of sand to protect the pipe.