Old post, but whatever. I came looking for a reasonably priced tool to do what I need. They make expensive ones for large diameter pipe, but, not surprisingly, I'm not finding much for small diameter pipe. Oh well. I've been thinking of using a ratchet strap to set and hold a long run of 2" sch 80 PVC together. I'm about to start two 180'-200'-ish downhill sections (one for filling from our water trailer below, the second (not shown here) for the fire dept to draw from if/when needed). Not much room in the trench and I'm doing it solo. Because of the lay of the land, it makes more sense to bench build the line (well, field build), insert the works in the trench (making gravity my friend). The plan is to ratchet it back up into place and to keep it tight while the slow glue sets. I'm thinking I'll drive a t-post into the ground to use as an anchor/attachment point for the upper strap end and to hold the existing pipe in place while I insert the downhill line into it. For down the line, perhaps an exhaust clamp (or a series of hose clamps) to secure the other end of the strap to the straight pipe section (only a couple feet down the line from where they will insert into their respective 90s). I think that will work well. We are talking nearly 200# for each line, so I may change up this plan a bit. We shall see.
