11/23/2025
We dug up some 4” tile today that we installed back in 1975 — some of the very first plastic tile installed in southwest Minnesota.
Gary Ling, being the sharp guy he was, knew that if you wanted round tile to actually stay round, the bottom of the trench couldn’t be flat. Nobody made a V-shaped boot at the time… so he just built his own.
Safe to say it worked — nearly 50 years later that plastic tile came out of the ground looking like it was installed this morning. Goes to show that properly installed tile, at an optimal depth can last generations! Pretty neat to see!