diy attachment to pull pipe or at least dig a trench?
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quicksandfarmer
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Like this:
King Kutter Sub-Soiler, Model# SUB | Category 1 Cultivators Tillers| Northern Tool + Equipment
If your soil isn't too rocky you can pull plastic pipe, 150' should be no problem.
King Kutter Sub-Soiler, Model# SUB | Category 1 Cultivators Tillers| Northern Tool + Equipment
If your soil isn't too rocky you can pull plastic pipe, 150' should be no problem.
There's a fair amount of gravel and that type of thing in the soil (mostly clay/sand).
Just not sure if there are any attachment points on the back of the tractor that would be strong enough?
It's like this one http://www.public.iastate.edu/~jvandyk/mower/mower.jpg
So, use something like a tiller and then push the pipe in after to lay it along the length?
Just not sure if there are any attachment points on the back of the tractor that would be strong enough?
It's like this one http://www.public.iastate.edu/~jvandyk/mower/mower.jpg
So, use something like a tiller and then push the pipe in after to lay it along the length?
Sprinklerman
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See if there is an lawn sprinkler contractor near you , If they have a vibratory plow , 150 feet would take less than an hour . I would charge around $ 200 to do a small pull like that
That one fits one a tiller/ripper so it's $100 for the adapter + $200 for the tiller/ripper.
Was just hoping to keep it cheap somehow.
Where would I mount a ripper on the back of the WHite Outdoors? Don;t think there are attachment points, just a plain metal back.
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I am having the same project starting about Tuesday of next week. Going to bury PVC pipe for irrigating flower beds in our front yard. I intend to use my subsoiler to dig a trench. Then turn it around and mount it on the tractor with the point angled the wrong way. Kinda like trying to push it thru the ground in reverse. I have a piece of angle iron I intend to mount to the subsoiler that will keep the pipe from slipping off to the side. Wife driving very slow and me feeding the pipe. Hopefully it will work. All I have to do is get the pipe half a foot or so below ground level as there will be cutoffs to drain the water at low points and I will use a compressor to blow it out in the fall.
Wish me luck and keep this thread up so we will know how each other's projects come out.
RSKY
Wish me luck and keep this thread up so we will know how each other's projects come out.
RSKY
quicksandfarmer
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I did that exact thing and broke my toplink. My subsoiler didn't have enough range of motion on the toplink attachment for it to be turned around. When I lifted it, the toplink snapped.
quicksandfarmer
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You don't have enough traction with that to dig a trench. You can rent a trencher at Home Depot from about $100, I think that's your best bet.
brasco426
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X2. I think your asking for trouble trying that on the lawn tractor, it might damage the hydrostatic transmission.
LD1
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Option 1. Dig by hand
Option 2. Rent a machine
Option 3. Hire it done.
What you have is a lawn mower. You cannot Trench with a lawn mower.
Option 2. Rent a machine
Option 3. Hire it done.
What you have is a lawn mower. You cannot Trench with a lawn mower.
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That sounds like a challenge to the TBN lawnmower crowd!
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LD1
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Trenching in poly pipe 6" deep in my soil would be a challenge for a deere x7 series. Maybe downhill? And a deere x7 series probably has about 3x the pull power than a lawn mower with tiny rear turfs.
What he pictures, I doubt would pull a knife to make a 1' hole only 3" deep downhill. If you want a good anchor or park break....go ahead and rig up an anchor to it.
Common sense is right
What he pictures, I doubt would pull a knife to make a 1' hole only 3" deep downhill. If you want a good anchor or park break....go ahead and rig up an anchor to it.
Common sense is right
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Ouch!! My little Kioti is only 22-hp so I don't think it can break anything, might be wrong about that. My subsoiler has a sheer bolt. Got it to pull behind a slightly larger, 52-hp, tractor at times.
But thanks for the warning, I will be careful.
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ANY lawnmower or his little lawnmower?
First of all please don't insult the TBN crowd by implying we have common sense.
I'm pretty sure someone like you or rswyan could "hop up" A lawnmower (where is the dividing line?)
and slit trench a cable. Might need to be done in beach sand at first. But it sounds like a challenge.
Especially to the "Tim the Toolman" types.
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LD1
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That's not a lawn mower....that's a garden tractor
If we want to hash out the differences between lawn mower, garden tractor, SCUT, etc again.....I don't think I have the patience and will unsubscribe from this thread.
So in the context of this thread, and what the OP has, and what he wants to accomplish: I'll stand by my statement that a lawnmower ain't gonna work. No point in debating the semantics about it with me.
If we want to hash out the differences between lawn mower, garden tractor, SCUT, etc again.....I don't think I have the patience and will unsubscribe from this thread.
So in the context of this thread, and what the OP has, and what he wants to accomplish: I'll stand by my statement that a lawnmower ain't gonna work. No point in debating the semantics about it with me.
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