Middle Buster

[4570Man]

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:

I won’t burry anything 6” deep. It’s too easy to break later. I’ve got a trencher and excavator it goes down 2’ just as good as 6”.

 

[Sonny580]

Wish it was that easy around here!lol! we have to put water lines a min. of 42 to 48 inches deep! I put in a couple runs for a neighbor and we decided on 60 inches because 48 was freezing up at his place.
used my homemade excavator to do the job.

 

[1930]

Wish it was that easy around here!lol! we have to put water lines a min. of 42 to 48 inches deep! I put in a couple runs for a neighbor and we decided on 60 inches because 48 was freezing up at his place.
used my homemade excavator to do the job.

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Too cool man

 

[Jstpssng]

I don't know how well that Troybilt furrower is going to hold up. You have a welder though, and seem to know how to fix what you break. :thumbsup:

Let us know how it works out.

 

[1930]

I don't know how well that Troybilt furrower is going to hold up. You have a welder though, and seem to know how to fix what you break. :thumbsup:

Let us know how it works out.

I've made a decent living out of fixing broken things so why should this be any different?

one way or another I'm going to have a good time

 

[1930]

I did use this yesterday and it worked great, I need to modify it to go a few inches deeper, I also may want to modify the spade portion so that its wider and dumps the dirt further out and away from the trench ( or I may just purchase a larger spade )

I used for the first time the low gear setting on my B6100 tractor yesterday whilst working this and it is amazing, having little experience with tractors I was amazed at how slow my tractor can go, I literally jumped off the tractor and steered it whilst walking next to the tractor and watching the middle buster perform its duties.

I found it best when I jumped on the back of the 3 point hardware cause an extra 200+ pounds kept the spade deep into the soil instead of having the tendency to ride partially down. I can easily ride on the back of the 3 point and steer the tractor.

Whatever minor roots I encountered were easily torn and ripped, Im sure a major root would stop the tractor but at the speed Im moving I feel it would spin the tires/lose traction before the tractor toppled.

My phone took a dump yesterday, everything on it was lost forever I.E factory reset, Ill take some pict next weekend and post.

Once again this little Kubota B6100 is gonna save me a ton of time and money and potentially back breaking work

 

[wolc123]

I made a narrow shovel that bolts onto the bottom of the heavy duty bucket on the front loader of my JD 4120 tractor. It is just piece of 12" wide x 36" long steel c-chanel. It bolts on with (3) 1/2" bolts, (2) thru existing holes on the front edge, and one drilled thru on center farther back.

This "scoop" extends 24" beyond the front edge of the bucket and easily digs 12" wide trenches up to 2 ft deep. It also works well as a tree spade, simply stabbing under the front of the root ball, wrap a strap around the back of the trunk, then curl the bucket back to pop the tree out.

The best thing about this tool is that it was free, made from scrap that I had on my junk pile. It is also much faster to install than a backhoe attachment.

 

[1930]

I made a narrow shovel that bolts onto the bottom of the heavy duty bucket on the front loader of my JD 4120 tractor. It is just piece of 12" wide x 36" long steel c-chanel. It bolts on with (3) 1/2" bolts, (2) thru existing holes on the front edge, and one drilled thru on center farther back.

This "scoop" extends 24" beyond the front edge of the bucket and easily digs 12" wide trenches up to 2 ft deep. It also works well as a tree spade, simply stabbing under the front of the root ball, wrap a strap around the back of the trunk, then curl the bucket back to pop the tree out.

The best thing about this tool is that it was free, made from scrap that I had on my junk pile. It is also much faster to install than a backhoe attachment.

Something similar is on you tube. Is that your video?

Great thinking/description BTW, I can easily picture what you describe