Middle Buster

[Alan W.]

Great looking old tractor

Thanks. Im the second owner.

 

[Loaderman22]

I used the Tractor Supply Subsoiler to bury an electric line for pool service. Here all electric needs to be 18" deep. I ran 2 passes with it behind my Ford 2n and got the 18" deep, however we did have to dig about 1/2 the dirt out by hand. Our soil is a mix of dirt, clay, with baseball + sized stones, not to mention roots from oaks, maples, etc all on top of bedrock. Found a few roots that stopped the Ford dead, but with a pick axe we cut through them, I'm sure if you've got more than 13hp you might be able to cut them with the subsoiler. If you are running the conduits, I would go with the Agri-supply pipe layer kit, seems like as long as you can feed the piping in, it would work great. I have used it behind my JD2155 which is higher HP than the Subsoiler is rated for, but I went slow and didn't force it, worked great, no damage. I did 3 passes there for a couple 4" downspout lines. Since I am on bedrock so I could only go 15-16" for most of it. Good Luck

 

[1930]

I decided to make my own with some parts I bought and some made, Im gonna try it out this weekend. Might be it wont go deep enough but if it dosent Ill just make some more mods. Thanks

 

[4570Man]

I’d suggest welding the whole thing solid. There’s close to zero chance of that little pin holding up.

 

[Loaderman22]

I’d suggest welding the whole thing solid. There’s close to zero chance of that little pin holding up.

Especially if that spring pin ends up below grade.

 

[1930]

That pin is not being used other than for reference, Im making it adjustable to see what angle is gonna work best for the digging.

 

[fried1765]

I decided to make my own with some parts I bought and some made, Im gonna try it out this weekend. Might be it wont go deep enough but if it dosent Ill just make some more mods. Thanks

With a 14HP tractor you may be able to dig 6"-8" deep, even in the Florida sandy soil

 

[1930]

With a 14HP tractor you may be able to dig 6"-8" deep, even in the Florida sandy soil

H.P of the tractor isnt gonna determine how deep I can go, determination of the driver and limitations of the implement will do that.

I have a larger tractor though should I choose to remove the B.H ( which I wont )

Thanks for reminding me to update my siganture

 

[Loaderman22]

H.P of the tractor isnt gonna determine how deep I can go

True, you may just have to make more passes going deeper each pass, then run the conduit once the soil is loose. With the Agri-supply pipelayer attachment, you don't really remove the soil, you are loosening it to make room to feed the conduit pipe down into the bottom of the trench. In softer soil, this "idea" seems like less work, at least in theory.

 

[the old grind]

True, you may just have to make more passes going deeper each pass, then run the conduit once the soil is loose. With the Agri-supply pipelayer attachment, you don't really remove the soil, you are loosening it to make room to feed the conduit pipe down into the bottom of the trench. In softer soil, this "idea" seems like less work, at least in theory.

Windmill maker says to bury air lines 6". We've dug out one trench 2x deeper for a 4" drain elsewhere. I'll be running 80' and 120' 1/2" airlines down a mowed 'hill' to shore.

Thanks for the nudge to get/use a pipe layer for my subber. :thumbsup:

btw, IMO it's easy to underestimate what the OP can accomplish. :tractor: