fandango99
New member
I've been enjoying our almost new (300 hours) Kubota L4060HST to work our 10 acre parcel in Suisun Valley, CA just over the hill from Napa.
for the past year and a half. It's made a huge difference in what we can do with the land... wish I had done it way back... but here we go.
I registered to particularly get any/everyone's advice on a crazy scheme I'm thinking of. I need to place geothermal hose ~1" diameter
down about 6 feet deep into a trench. But I only need 1" trench width. No rocks/pipes in soil. Most trenchers only reach 4-5' and for
geothermal exchange 6' is just better depth for heat exchange. But typical trenchers claw up a foot-or-two wide trench which at this depth
brings in OSHA! OSHA requires reinforcing walls all along such a trench to prevent cave-ins burying workers/kids. But I just need to bury
a less than one inch hose. My narrow trench will probably need to be 600 feet long, placed into parallel rows, say 6 x 100'. Sooooo....
Is it possible to affix a long blade, honed like a 6-7 foot long axe blade, heavily weighted down, to the back of a **** powerful tractor or
caterpiller and slice through the soil to create my 6' deep, 1" wide trench, without any fear or worry about someone falling in? Any thoughts out there
or should I direct this question on to a specific forum that I need to get in touch with.
BTW, yes I'm in earthquake country and these hoses are proven survivors out here. I just want to tap the ground's constant temperature to cool
in summer and heat in winter.
Thanks,
Charles C
for the past year and a half. It's made a huge difference in what we can do with the land... wish I had done it way back... but here we go.
I registered to particularly get any/everyone's advice on a crazy scheme I'm thinking of. I need to place geothermal hose ~1" diameter
down about 6 feet deep into a trench. But I only need 1" trench width. No rocks/pipes in soil. Most trenchers only reach 4-5' and for
geothermal exchange 6' is just better depth for heat exchange. But typical trenchers claw up a foot-or-two wide trench which at this depth
brings in OSHA! OSHA requires reinforcing walls all along such a trench to prevent cave-ins burying workers/kids. But I just need to bury
a less than one inch hose. My narrow trench will probably need to be 600 feet long, placed into parallel rows, say 6 x 100'. Sooooo....
Is it possible to affix a long blade, honed like a 6-7 foot long axe blade, heavily weighted down, to the back of a **** powerful tractor or
caterpiller and slice through the soil to create my 6' deep, 1" wide trench, without any fear or worry about someone falling in? Any thoughts out there
or should I direct this question on to a specific forum that I need to get in touch with.
BTW, yes I'm in earthquake country and these hoses are proven survivors out here. I just want to tap the ground's constant temperature to cool
in summer and heat in winter.
Thanks,
Charles C