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Perk test #3492946 09/22/21 01:27 PM 09/22/21 01:27 PM
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 5,448 B'ham B Buckscent OP 12 point
Buckscent OP 12 point B Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 5,448 B'ham	Anyone know someone that does perk tests? Jefferson co

Re: Perk test [Re: Buckscent] #3492956 09/22/21 01:45 PM 09/22/21 01:45 PM
Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 6,312 Lamar Co, AL BamaGuitarDude 12 point
BamaGuitarDude 12 point Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 6,312 Lamar Co, AL	your county commissioners office should give you a name ALDeer physics: for every opinion, there's an equal & opposite opinion A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

Re: Perk test [Re: Buckscent] #3492987 09/22/21 02:29 PM 09/22/21 02:29 PM
Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 427 Central Alabama Olbowhunter18 4 point
Olbowhunter18 4 point Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 427 Central Alabama	We used Engineers of the south out of Pelham

Re: Perk test [Re: Buckscent] #3493013 09/22/21 03:43 PM 09/22/21 03:43 PM
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 413 mccalla, al A aubigmac 4 point
aubigmac 4 point A Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 413 mccalla, al	you don't necessarily need a perk, but a surveyor will need to inspect the hole you dig or they dig and they will fill out the paperwork and create a plan and submit it to the Health Department I used Rodney Shiflett 205-669-1205 or 205-965-6344 He provides a turn key service. If I remember correctly it was $600 to $700 for him to handle it.

Re: Perk test [Re: Buckscent] #3493068 09/22/21 06:27 PM 09/22/21 06:27 PM
Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 18,323 Elmore County Frankie Old Mossy Horns
Frankie Old Mossy Horns Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 18,323 Elmore County	I can't understand why it's so high . All they do is dig a couple holes pour water in them and time it . It's just another racquet. Frankie's Page

Re: Perk test [Re: Buckscent] #3493092 09/22/21 07:03 PM 09/22/21 07:03 PM
Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 4,575 Here Okatuppa 10 point
Okatuppa 10 point Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 4,575 Here	I thought this was gonna be something different I ain't fightin nobody that swings around in trees with a running chainsaw like Tarzan. - FurFlyin Oh I just thought u were a dumba$$ 🤣 my apologies… - jb20

Re: Perk test [Re: Buckscent] #3493105 09/22/21 07:16 PM 09/22/21 07:16 PM
Joined: Jul 2021 Posts: 4,525 North Al. P Paint Rock 00 10 point
Paint Rock 00 10 point P Joined: Jul 2021 Posts: 4,525 North Al.	Engineer wages.

Re: Perk test [Re: Buckscent] #3493169 09/22/21 08:27 PM 09/22/21 08:27 PM
Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 5,448 B'ham B Buckscent OP 12 point
Buckscent OP 12 point B Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 5,448 B'ham	The surveyor I use does not do perk test. I know what needs to be done and I have someone to dig the holes but I need whoever doing the perk test there while he is digging.

Re: Perk test [Re: Buckscent] #3493215 09/22/21 09:12 PM 09/22/21 09:12 PM
Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 387 McCalla Shack84 4 point
Shack84 4 point Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 387 McCalla	Engineers of the south are who we use.

Re: Perk test [Re: Buckscent] #3493251 09/22/21 09:43 PM 09/22/21 09:43 PM
Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 36 Tuscaloosa, AL D DrewK11 spike
DrewK11 spike D Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 36 Tuscaloosa, AL	Tuscaloosa Engineering in Northport. $325 in county $350 for neighboring counties. Jefferson County requires backhoe pits, so you would need to schedule one for the day the test is done. 30 years experience. 205-242-0208

Re: Perk test [Re: Frankie] #3493335 09/23/21 06:25 AM 09/23/21 06:25 AM
Joined: Jul 2016 Posts: 2,565 Earth snakebit 10 point
snakebit 10 point Joined: Jul 2016 Posts: 2,565 Earth	Originally Posted by Frankie I can't understand why it's so high . All they do is dig a couple holes pour water in them and time it . It's just another racquet. Business Insurance (alone is too high) Tax on Income (probably 25%) Drafting Software (couple grand a year) Fees for maintaining Professional License ($250 2 year) Professional Development Hours (15 per year about $100 plus or minus per hour) Business License in every county you work (unknown annual) Soil Classification Book (one time $500 and you are working in dirt) Auger (one time $1,000) Time to Drive to and from site and Perform Work (about 3-4 hours) Time to draft the site and turn in to Health Department (about 2 hours) Stamping the permit and the liability associated with it. I have all the ability, knowledge, and license to do Perk Tests on the side and it ain't worth it to me. "Hate is an acid that does more damage to the vessel in which it is stored, than the victim on which it is poured." "Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity."

Re: Perk test [Re: Buckscent] #3493441 09/23/21 10:02 AM 09/23/21 10:02 AM
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 413 mccalla, al A aubigmac 4 point
aubigmac 4 point A Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 413 mccalla, al	Like DrewK11 said, in Jefferson Co it is not a water perk test, the hole has to be 5' deep and big enough the guys can get down in it to look at the soil layers. No water used here.