Tigershark
Silver Member
I have to put in a 1000 ft water line at our farm, I have been using a Vermeer ride of trencher and it does well but I am consistently hitting rock anywhere from 24-30 inches. Would a mini excavator do a better job over going through the rock or pulling it up? I believe most of it is sandstone. What other options should I consider? This is for a garden on our farm and to water around 75 trees we planted in the fall. I wouldn't need it during the winter but would like to get it down to 3 ft if possible, We might build in 5 years so we could potentially come off this line for the house it would be another 900 ft away. Was planning on running 2 inch pvc. I haven't used an excavator before and didn't know if they had the power to dig up the rock. Open to suggestions, tried digging 6 test trenches this evening over a 30 ft area and kept hitting rock.