Anybody use a rear scoop to trench?

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I’ve never used a rear scoop. Wondering if I would be able to dig a trench with one? If so how deep would I be able to dig with one? I have a loader on my Kubota B2920 just trying to figure out the best way to run some 4” PVC drainage tiles. I know rent a trencher....
 
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An exact answer would take some measurements.

For example: If the lower pins on the scoop are 12 inches above the bottom, and your lift arm ends will go down to 8 inches above ground, you could scoop out a 4 inch deep "trench."

Bruce
 
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I used a 30" scoop behind a JD2555 to dig a ditch in sandy soil next to a road my sister in law owns. The people living on the road just used that ditch to drive in since it was smoother. I finished the last half of the ditch making erratic lumps and bumps in the ditch by varying the depth. Before I finished it on the third day, some of them were using shovels to fill in the ditch, saying I took the best part of the road and made it a ditch. I told them the next step was to put posts up (to keep them off the shoulder encroaching on mother in laws property) and one of them told me he would hook his 4x4 up to them and drag them into my yard and drop them. I told him if I caught him, I would shoot him for trespassing. That didn't go over well with the rest of the neighbors. At that point, I simply quit grading the road with my tractor and now all it gets is an occasional piece of chain link behind a 4x4 F350. They did quit driving in the ditch because someone put nail strips in it (not me!). Got to love people when you are doing something for them for free.
David from jax
 
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I used a 30" scoop behind a JD2555 to dig a ditch in sandy soil next to a road my sister in law owns. The people living on the road just used that ditch to drive in since it was smoother. I finished the last half of the ditch making erratic lumps and bumps in the ditch by varying the depth. Before I finished it on the third day, some of them were using shovels to fill in the ditch, saying I took the best part of the road and made it a ditch. I told them the next step was to put posts up (to keep them off the shoulder encroaching on mother in laws property) and one of them told me he would hook his 4x4 up to them and drag them into my yard and drop them. I told him if I caught him, I would shoot him for trespassing. That didn't go over well with the rest of the neighbors. At that point, I simply quit grading the road with my tractor and now all it gets is an occasional piece of chain link behind a 4x4 F350. They did quit driving in the ditch because someone put nail strips in it (not me!). Got to love people when you are doing something for them for free.
David from jax

Hahahaa. Love those neighbors.. I used to have them too. I moved further out.
 
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I have a bi-directional scoop I purchased from TSC years ago and used it before I had a FEL on a tractor. I doubt you would do well in trying to use it for a trench and it is no longer of any use to me with 2 FELs.

I've used a single bottom moldboard plow or a middle buster. The moldboard did the best as it rolled the dirt to one side and was easily returned with a properly angled 3 pt scraper blade.

For the MB to work you had to either put a good tilt on it to force it to dig or weight it down good....best. More than one pass may be required to get the desired depth. Having someone follow you with a shovel or rake to help the clods stay out of the furrow (some want to fall back in) makes for a good job. Your ground speed should be very slow which is slow enough for someone to walk behind in the furrow with a shovel, or walk beside the spoils deposited on the ground with the rake....which works best.
 
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Hahahaa. Love those neighbors.. I used to have them too. I moved further out.

I quit making the road smooth past my sister in laws house, now there are very large potholes in it that could swallow a smart car past where I maintain. They don't mess with me anymore, afraid I will quit doing the first section between the pavement and my sister in laws. I live on the pavement part, so have no reason to do the dirt road, other than being a nice neighbor.
David from jax
 
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I use my pallet forks..... works great! I tack weld them together, grind it off when i'm done. like it better then trencher. around here we hit rocks and the forks allow me to pop the rocks out. you just work forward with the trench in between your tires.
 
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We put in a new seep drain line with the pond scoop behind the 801 Ford. The pins would be the depth limit I expect. I would subsoil the heck out of it first. I may do a test with the pallet forks just to shine them up some.
 
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I use my pallet forks..... works great! I tack weld them together, grind it off when i'm done. like it better then trencher. around here we hit rocks and the forks allow me to pop the rocks out. you just work forward with the trench in between your tires.

Yea. You could go down 42" or so, depending on fork length. Multiple passes of course. You had to clean out the trench how?
 
 
 
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